I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
What an amazing faux pas! Is it a sign of reviews to come?
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Well I haven't seen it yet, so I offer no opinion and I still have high hopes personally for it. (seeing it in two weeks)
I also didn't mean to imply it SHOULD get bad reviews...just using the info as a springboard.
If the reviews are lukewarm, however, I wonder how tickets will CONTINUE to sell.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
I think people should wait until the actual opening to decide if they like it. It's still previews...the actors are still getting into their roles, and they might change some things that some people here didn't like.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
Since not too much seems to have changed since its DC run (from the reviews here) I can't imagine they are looking to make too many changes.
But just getting into their roles? In ran in DC for what: a month? six weeks? PLUS rehearsal? At this point, that's a terrible excuse!
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Bad year for revivals. Maybe it's the revival that is DOA. AT any rate, this show will soon join a long line of "re-envisionings" that are, frankly, gastric reflux.
And thanks for the compliments about "Plattline." I went through several drafts to get that one just right.
I really wanted to like this show and arrived at the Palace last night with great anticipation in seeing a full scale revival of an American Classic. Perhaps, it is a case of you just can't go there again. Or maybe the show for all of its past glory just does not withstand the test of time. However, the show's story line of racial tension remains relevant and despite the dated slang should have been presented with the reverance that this turning point in American Theater deserved.
Frankly, I have no idea what the producers were thinking of when they put together this ill conceived, run of the mill production; one whose cast is weak, sound is poor (or was it the lack of enunciation and emotion in delivering the dialog and lyrics), staging pedestrian. . . Well you're getting the idea. The show never builds any momentum. There is not a single show stopping moment. The is no tension between the Jets and the Sharks,I dare say in a show in which the star is machismo, there was just no testosterone! The addition of Spanish to the dialog and lyrics while well intentioned misses the mark. Perhaps the same end could have been reached by putting actors in place that were capable of projecting a Latin air.
It's not that the performers were not trying! And I applaud then and every other actor that takes the stage and puts themselves out there for critical review. However, much of the cast is miscast. While everyone needs to start somewhere, there was not a single member of the cast that had any real Broadway experience and it showed.
When Robbins originally choreographed this show it was with a maddening devotion to precision, however, this group could not even coordinate their finger snapping highlight. There was just no punctuation or emotion in the delivery of dialog, orchestration, song or dance. In a word, this show is lazy. But then again it was a preview and perhaps the best is held back until the show's doors officially open!
There were some moments. . . though they were few and far between. The dancing had a few intermittent performances that separated this production from being characterized as a great high school rendition.
I will say in this day and age where money is dear that spending the face value for a ticket is a pure waste of your cultural budget and the producer's bankbook. In fact, I might say that if this was an angel's way of showcasing a favored performer than it missed its mark as there is not a single performance worthy of such an investment.
I trust that this production did not live up to its responsibility to future generations as this will likely close quickly, and deprive a whole new generation of the magic of this masterpiece, relegating it to mothballs on account of what will likely be a pitiful box office that will be attributed to the times or the integrity of the book and lyrics.
Refunds are due to the audience and apologies to Messrs. Bernstein, Sondheim and Robbins.
PalJoey, you're making it sound like this revival is Arthur Laurents' final revenge.
I still have hope that I'll have a good experience tonight (tonight, tonight). WSS is one of my favorite musicals of all time and to see it desecrated because the crusty bookwriter decided to piss on his old rival's grave would be saddening to say the least. I'm going in with an open mind. Since I'm not as jaded as some people here, maybe I'll have a different outlook.
there was not a single member of the cast that had any real Broadway experience
I suppose Curtis Holbrook's 6 Broadway credits are fake.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
Not to mention Matt Cavenaugh's roles in "Grey Gardens" and "Catered Affair," or Karen Olivo's in "Brooklyn," or "In the Heights," or Cody Green's in "Movin' Out" or "Grease"?
Dear. That's like the pot calling the fire truck black.
As I stated in the other thread, I most of the time contribute positively to discussions. You, on the other hand, only stray from obnoxiousness to prove someone wrong or rabidly, creepily defend a performer.
