Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Time Magazine's 6 to miss
#0Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:15am
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1194152,00.html
6 To miss:
The History Boys
Lestat
The Wedding Singer
The Faith Healer
The Caine Mutiny Court-Marshal
Awake and Sing
6 to hit:
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
SHINING CITY
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
THE PAJAMA GAME
TARZAN
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#1re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:20amSwitch Tarzan with Wedding Singer and I'll be fine.
#2re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:20am
that's kinda what I was thinking too, does time warner own any broadway real estate?
and you cant hit the pajama game unless you're willing to shell out some major money.
#3re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:22ami disagree with most of them.
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Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#4re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:35amSwitch The History Boys with Tarzan and I'll be fine.
iluvtheatertrash
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#5re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:35am
MISS 'The History Boys'? ARE THEY KIDDING!?
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#6re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:37amWay off base. What idiots.
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#7re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:37amYeah, I didn't realize History Boys was in the "miss" pile too. It's all subjective. Maybe Tarzan is fun to look at?
Golfer804
Swing Joined: 4/27/05
#8re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:46am
I saw "History Boys" in London and here and it has only gotten better. It's one of the smartest, funniest, and most touching plays in my long memory.
To be fair, "Faith Healer" is tough going. Imagine! A play you really have to concentrate on and think about. I wouldn't mind seeing it again. The best acting on Broadway.
"Tarzan," on the other hand, is dopey and thin, despite the fun sets. Good musicals need good songs and there is only one in this one.
Updated On: 5/17/06 at 12:46 AM
#9re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:47am
I read the article, and I did agree about Mark Ruffalo's performance in Awake and Sing. I was actually quite surprised he got such good notices, and suprised by his nomination. I actually thought he was playing it on a whole different level than the rest of the cast, and he was distracting.
Very suprised he put History Boys there. But it is all subjective.
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#10re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 7:43amPLEASE, no one, waste your hard-earned money on the plodding, boring junk that is The Threepenny Opera. Definitely should be in the "miss" list, IMO.
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#11re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 8:06am
So glad Threepenny made it on the list.
Awake an Sing, History Boys, and Tasrzan all seem wierd choices for where they are, though.
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Corine2
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#12re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 8:33am
That is really bizarre!!!
History Boys and Awake and Sing?
Who wrote that??
I just read the article. HE LOVED FESTEN! WTF!!!!!
I thought Festen was one of the worst shows of the year.
OY!
Updated On: 5/17/06 at 08:33 AM
#13re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 8:43amthat is the most supid list i've seen in a while. ugh.
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#14re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 8:55amWow- did they not even go to most of these shows? You've got to be kidding me! (Disney must have paid them off...)
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Smaxie
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#15re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 9:06amRichard Zoglin, the Time critic, is the Mayor of Backwardsville. Pay it no heed.
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#16re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 9:13am
It really is a bizarre list. I can kind of see (despite the fact that I adore it) finding History Boys a bit overrated/overhyped, but I don't see how you could ever really put it on your miss list. Even if this guy didn't see what the big to do was, it's undoubtedly the show to see this season. How someone can say skip History Boys, but be sure to catch Tarzan is beyond me!!
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Updated On: 5/17/06 at 09:13 AM
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#19re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 9:43amThis is his opinion, of course, but what I don't understand is the comment "the dismayingly rotund Richard Griffiths". What does a person's size have to do with his performance? That is just an idiotic statement that makes the rest of what he says hard to take seriously.
PEACE.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#20re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 10:13amZoglin put Seussical on his Top 10 list. Need I say more?
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#21re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 10:14amThe History Boys, Faith Healer, and Awake and Sing! got some of the best reviews this season, while Threepenny Opera, Tarzan, and Festen got some of the worst. This guy has got to be kidding me.
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#22re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 11:02amSueleen, I believe the point he's trying to make is that only handsome, fit teachers should be groping their students.
#23re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:02pmInteresting. He didn't really like Tarzan that much, just said the sets and direction were amazing, thereofore its a surefire hit. Weird!
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"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#24re: Time Magazine's 6 to miss
Posted: 5/17/06 at 12:09pmWell in that case, Calvin, he is RIGHT ON!
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