The Next Ten Minutes- Page 2

[Jon]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 12:53pm

People bicker back and forth with their uninformed opinions, then the actual playwright/composer shows up with the definitive answer...

Way to ruin all the fun of an internet chat board, Mr. Brown!

Just kidding.

I saw the original production in Chicago, and nad no trouble figuring out that they were in a rowboat. Still don't get what was up with those little red cars, though. Ms. Prince's idea?

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:07pm

I remember the first time I figured out that the questions what Norbert says at the beginning were the answers to Cathy's questions at the end. The structure of this show is just so brilliant.

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:29pm

I really enjoy it when artists post on the boards, partly because their answers are definitive and articulate, and partly because it's the only time I'll ever out-rank them in anything.

JRB a mere Swing, and me a Broadway Star? Thrilling!

[BroadwayNick]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:21pm

Thanks everyone for input!

And to you Mr. Brown, I just want to say what a great show this is. I can't stop listening to it, it's my new favorite cast recording! Sorry if that sounded like I was sucking up...just wanted to voice my praise.

[OddExoticCreature]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:24am

"Till there's no one left who has ever known us apart"

I think I'm the only person who doesn't like that line. I see how it's beautifully idealistic but it just screams co-dependency to me. Even if I find "the one" and hope to live a long, full life with them I never want to be completely known as "a part of a couple".

hmm...

Okay who stole my ideology and innocence and replaced it with such intense need for independence? (and apparently i'm quite fond of alliteration.)

Posted: 5/5/06 at 12:07am

I open the show in a week, and we don't have the means for a boat. Instead, we have-- are you ready for it?-- a bench! It's heavy and clunky and whooie! But that's okay; I live in suburban Washington state, and the boy playing Jamie and I had to explain how New York was divided into different "sides" and what the Dakota and San Remo were, as well as how they related to any of the people mentioned. I live in a place where people thought they were cloud-gazing because no one's ever gone quite so far into the unknown east as Manhattan. Snark.

Beautiful song, though. I love it because it's the only time we're both happy-- which makes it twice as sad and poignant.

[gustof777]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 12:19am

i love the "bear your child" line...it's so honest...the whole song is.

[freeadmission]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 12:23am

The "I want to be your wife/I want to bear your child" part KILLS me everytime . . . but it's a good death. I think it has something two do with the two chords played in the piano directly after each line.

Plus the fact that I'm a girl and it touches the inherently romantic/maternal side in me.

I think I die a little inside whenever I listen to this OCR . . . it's so terribly excellent.

And I'm shutting up now.

Updated On: 5/5/06 at 12:23 AM

[Kimmygonbefamous]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 2:11am

I love that line. I don't think there's anything more beautiful or honest than telling someone that you want to create life with them. Although I do think that liking that line is a lot easier if you're a woman.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 2:47am

I'm a woman. Still creeps me out.
(It's not the sentiment. It's saying it in such a blunt way.)