Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Thom Pain -- it extends again!
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#0Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:13pm
How is this show?...seems to be doing pretty well.
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#1re: Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:19pmI thought it was a monotonous Beckett rip-off, but different strokes for different folks.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:22pmMy words exactly MEF. Third rate faux Beckett without a tenth of the wit or imagination. I found it to be a pretentious bore.
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#3re: Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:27pmWhat do you two think is making it extend so many times, than? What is making this show so appealing?
#4re: Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:34pmHonestly, I have no idea. The success of this particular show has gone right over my head. I was actually surprised that it extended again; lately, it's been on TKTS all the time.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#5re: Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:37pmIsherwood gave it the most over-the-top effusive rave he's ever given anything before and it spurred a massive amount of ticket sales. I take it from comments from him about that review, that he intensely identified with the nihilism and bitterness in the show, so if you, too, feel that none of us "ever survives our childhoods" (as the play says) then go and have a blast and revel in the misery.
#6re: Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:41pmAh, yes, I forgot about the Isherwood rave. Out of all the things he's panned (and he's panned a lot in the short year he's been writing for the Times, not to mention his tenure at Variety), he chose to rave for this? It boggles the mind.
Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#7re: Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:41pmCount me in as one that did not get it.at.all. Bored out of my mind. I'm surprised it's finding enough of an audience to keep extending.
#8re: Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:47pmFor a show that only runs an hour and ten minutes, it feels more like Nicholas Nickelby.
BobbyRobbyBobbyBaby
Stand-by Joined: 4/15/05
#9re: Thom Pain -- it extends again!
Posted: 8/8/05 at 6:07pmThis show is highly overrated and ranks up there as one of the worst things I've seen on stage. Watching paint dry is more interesting.
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