Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005- Page 2

[kissmycookie]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#25

Posted: 8/23/04 at 1:55pm

Too late. Frozen closed yesterday...

[Unknown User]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#26

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:01pm

That's my luck for you, this is why I never see plays on Broadway, they always close when I decide I want to see one. lol.


Are there and comedic plays out now? Because I did see 'Noises Off' which I loved, so is there anything to that nature?

[CurtainUp]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#27

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:07pm

The Foreigner is very funny, darkly so, but very funny all the same!

Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on." - from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

[Elphaba984]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#28

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:18pm

Yeah I have to agree. I'm not too excited about this season. Yes there are a few things I'm waiting for and going to see (Spamalot, La Cage Aux Folix, The Frogs, Dracula, Pajama Game)But I have to say this past season was one of my favorites for shows. At least a season of good musicals that hasn't been around in a while.

"You can't stop someone who wants to be an artist. If they're going to do it, they're going to do it... Work as hard as you can on the things you can work on. Until it seems like there is no possible chance you're going to succeed, don't give up." ~ANDREW ASNES avatar: me and jason gillman... in the pouring rain.

[MargoChanning]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#29

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:26pm

Here's a list of comedic plays coming to Off-Broadway in the next couple of months (the new season Off-Broadway is, as always, more interesting than the new season On-):

"Last Easter" by Byrony Lavery, a new comedy from the author of "Frozen" starring Veanne Cox, Jeffrey Carlson, and Clea Lewis begins performances at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on September 15th.

"White Chocolate," a comedy about a wealthy white couple who awakes one morning to find that they have turned black, begins performances at the Century Theatre September 21st.

"Jewtopia," a new comedy about a gentile who goes undercover into the Jewish world with the hope of finding a wife, begins performances at the West Side Theatre on September 28th.

"Dirty Tricks," a new play about Martha Mitchell starring Judith Ivey begins performances at the Public on October 5th.

"The Foreigner" with Matthew Broderick begins performances October 15th.

"Doubt," a new play by John Patrick Shanley starring Cherry Jones begins performances at MTC November 3rd.

"A Second Hand Memory," a new comedy by Woody Allen begins performances at The Atlantic in November.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

Updated On: 8/23/04 at 02:26 PM

[once a month]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#30

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:31pm

Except for special engagements Margo...I felt The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby was well worth the $100 pricetag...both in 1981 and 1986! Actually, it did contain quite a bit of music, and even singing which resulted in an album and then CD.

[MargoChanning]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#31

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:40pm

Yes, and the all-star limited engagement of "Long Day's Journey" last season with Redgrave, Denehey, PS Hoffman and Robert Sean Leonard was $100, and the hit revival of "Raisin" was $95 with no discounts -- but those sort of productions are the exception and not the rule. These days, straight plays on Broadway, generally speaking, simply don't attract the kinds of audiences that musicals do (unfortunately), so steep discounts are almost always available.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[Unknown User]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#32

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:44pm

Thank you! Everyone is so helpful here, thank you everyone again!


Has anyone seen the Off-Broadway show, "On the Verge"? I saw that also , and loved it!

[magruder]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#33

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:44pm

Y'all left out Michael Frayn's DEMOCRACY, with James Naughton, Richard Thomas, Robert Prosky and Michael Cumpsty, directed by Michael Blakemore.

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

[Rathnait62]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#34

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:48pm

Yep - and the other neglected musical that Matt won't acknowledge for some reason is OPPOSITE OF SEX.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[Corine2]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#35

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:53pm

I AM PREPARING THE GLADIOLAS!
WOO HOO.
DAME EDNA IS COMING HOME, WHERE SHE BELONGS.
YAY!
POSSUMS- NOV 5! Updated On: 8/23/04 at 02:53 PM

[midtowngym]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#36

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:57pm

Why did Reidel call Dame Edna 'greedy' last week? What has he done other than work hard and be successful?

'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston

[MargoChanning]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#37

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:58pm

OPPOSITE OF SEX hasn't been confirmed for this season at this point and they haven't booked a theatre. It's unclear whether it'll make it here this season or wait until 2005-2006

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[magruder]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#38

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:59pm

And also, Mary-Louise Parker, Debra Monk, Rosie Perez and Michael O'Keefe in RECKLESS!

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

[Rathnait62]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#39

Posted: 8/23/04 at 3:00pm

Margo, they lost their first choice theater(the Kerr), they're hoping to book another for this season.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[Elphie6689]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#40

Posted: 8/23/04 at 3:38pm

I'm definitley looking forward to Brooklyn.. and I'll probably see Little Women and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels because both Sherie Rene Scott and Norbert are amazing.. but if it wasn't for them I probably wouldn't go see it. I'm looking forward to seeing BARE even though it's off-broadway..

"And if I'm flying solo.. at least I'm flying free..."

[Corine2]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#41

Posted: 8/23/04 at 3:42pm

Did you hear me?
Dame Edna is coming back. Who is excited?
I for one am so happy I ordered the beauty some gladiolas.
I really think gladiolas are the ugliest flower around.
But this Dame loves Dame Edna.
Updated On: 8/23/04 at 03:42 PM

[My Fair Lady]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#42

Posted: 8/23/04 at 3:45pm

I'm only seeing Little Women for Sutton Foster. The show is going to be boring. I had to read the book and I hated it.

[BWayBoy88]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#43

Posted: 8/23/04 at 3:45pm

There are a lot of shows I want to see. Little Women, Spamelot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bare, Brooklyn

[Amy Archer]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#44

Posted: 8/23/04 at 3:52pm

Gladiolas, not gladiola's. Strunk and White, Corine. Strunk and White.

[Corine2]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#45

Posted: 8/23/04 at 4:03pm

Amy,
Get a life!
Cat fight!

[Amy Archer]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#46

Posted: 8/23/04 at 4:09pm

Ah, the pithy "Get a life" rejoinder, though I see you've made the corrections to your post. Learn your possessives.

[Elphaba984]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#47

Posted: 8/23/04 at 4:52pm

"I AM PREPARING THE GLADIOLAS!
WOO HOO.
DAME EDNA IS COMING HOME, WHERE SHE BELONGS.
YAY!
POSSUMS- NOV 5!" ~Corine2

ahhhhhhh..... you sound like my aunt. and that's not a good thing. she loves dame edna. i just don't see what's so great about it. i went to see it back when it was at the booth theatre. i hated it. i'd rather sit through the 3 hours of hell that les mis was for me. (the cast was just bad when i saw it.)

"You can't stop someone who wants to be an artist. If they're going to do it, they're going to do it... Work as hard as you can on the things you can work on. Until it seems like there is no possible chance you're going to succeed, don't give up." ~ANDREW ASNES avatar: me and jason gillman... in the pouring rain.

[SamIAm]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#48

Posted: 8/23/04 at 6:10pm

Spamalot should be fun and with any luck, Butley will hit late in 2005 as well as Harmony. There is hope on the horizon but things look pretty dull in the near future.

We can hope for some rewrites and excitement on the La Cage revival and perhaps Pacific Overtures will not disappoint.

"Life is a lesson in humility"

[Al Dente]

re: Uninteresting Season, 2004-2005#49

Posted: 8/23/04 at 7:05pm

I am looking forward to Spamalot, Dirty Rotten... and perhaps Beehive will be a reality and I'll have all of my favorite women back on Broadway, in the same season (Gonzalez, Orfeh and Sheri Scott). Although I haven't heard a word about Beehive anywhere other than Stage Notes. I'm into the levity theme. I did all my serious shows this season. Caroline, Frozen. I am My own wife, etc...I'm ready to laugh.