The Singing Forest: Review — Page 2

I'm not saying it was an "awful" play, but a little "too much" maybe? Why did the psychiatrist have a gun anyway? And the show kinda quickly turned into slapstick/physical comedy like Three's Company, then kinda got serious. They were all hiding from each other in the apartment in one scene then Olimpia Dukakis had flash-backs, then they were all standing around chatting....I thought most of the characters were very unlikable.....I mean, I liked the idea that they explored the Nazi persecution of homosexuals and not just jews, but the plot kinda scattered.
And yes, the nudity was not really needed...although I can now say I saw Jonathan Groff's ass more times than my own haha

Well -- It's a mess.....but a promising mess....The first act is the best....the second comes from a completely different play...but at least it is amusing and the third.....well, some things are best left unwritten.

Can someone be more specific about the nudity?
Does Groff participate?
Does WannaBeAFoster know about this?

You see his "booty" and then you see him in his underwear. The other guy is the naked one.

LOVED the show. I never expected to be so moved and affected by it. And the staging is just gorgeous.

I rushed this Sunday afternoon and I certainly didn't hate it, but maybe I went in with low expectations after reading the comments here.

I totally agree with the shifts of mood being totally wrong. The Boeing-Boeing farce scene in act two was so out of place. When Groff slowly edged the shrink couch while underneath it, I could help but roll my eyes.

I was interested in the story, although I may not have actually felt for the characters. I can never say that I was bored, or confused for that matter. You did have to pay attention to the connections, but I followed it all well enough.

The first act was just so much exposition. Lucas took Officer Lockstock's advice and didn't give too much exposition at once; he took a full hour to set the scene. Then instead of diving into the flashbacks and advancing the story we were subjected to the second act farce section. The third act got back on track a little bit, but then everything ended so quickly and the storylines were wrapped up in nice little bows by the end. All these crazy people were all "ok."

I agree with WBaF...there's a lot of promise here, but it needs some work.

I did enjoy the acting, especially Olympia. I actually thought she was wonderful and really built a nice character. Groff was good too, and made you feel for his character the most out of the bunch.

After seeing this and Prayer For My Enemy, I feel like Lucas has a lot he wants to say, even a lot of thoughtful stuff he wants to say. I'm just having trouble connecting with his style 100%. I'm in no way ready to give up on him though, and would rather see a play like this trying to say something different than some other generic piece of crap.

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We have no idea if that's why Groff turned down Hair....wasn't that just something that Brantley said? Maybe he had too many pre-existing conflicts to take it on.


With the success of Hair, though, it does make you wonder if he regrets his decision!

I really like Groff over the summer...but I love Gavin.

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