WEST SIDE STORY (2019 Revival) Preview Thread — Page 17

I saw it and didn't like it.



If you think CATS The Movie is a mess - stay away from Ivo's Revenge.



and when i saw the endless, pointless rain effects, all I could say was: "Lawsuit"!!!

ColorTheHours048 said: "Skip23 said: "and when i saw the endless, pointless rain effects, all I could say was: "Lawsuit"!!!"

Right. Because no live show has ever been performed with rain effects,Equity definitely knows nothing about it, andall the actors were surprised when tech rolled around and they found out they’d be dancing in rainy conditions.

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Skip23 said: "I saw it and didn't like it.

If you think CATS The Movie is a mess - stay away from Ivo's Revenge.

and when i saw the endless, pointless rain effects, all I could say was: "Lawsuit"!!!"

I’m gonna be REAL excited to come back to this post in a couple of months.

Tag said: "Equity actually has rules around this: the temperature of the water, filtration, plans for dying off etc.

Can you point to that, I'm not seeing it in the Production Contract, but could be missing it."

It's in the "Agreement And Rules Governing Employment" handbook. If I recall correctly, the language is vague and just says a comfortable temperature, clean water etc. but they provide the specific guidelines when needed.

Yes but that deals with drinking water, and general temperature (heat and a/c). There is no mention of rain or water on stage, or guidelines regarding that.

blaxx said: "....Tourists will be purists when buying tickets to this, they will eventually feed them more of what they expect...."


I agree with everything in your post, but describing tourists (and I'm an out-of-towner myself) as "purists" is being kind.

It’s not being toned down. No one involved in this production thought “Oh, good, our leading man injured himself. Now we get two extra weeks to overhaul the production we just spent months mounting.” It’s just not happening. Anyone saying it is is an alarmist.

And this is a Broadway production we’re talking about. You can’t even light a candle onstage without explicit permission from the FDNY. Of course there were extra security measures and contractual tweaks to accommodate the rain effects. No one is going to sue.

Updated On: 12/26/19 at 04:21 PM

Perchance-2-Dream said: "I'm personally very excited to see this revival (problematic casting aside...ugh)"



Problematic casting? What does that even mean? There's no "problematic casting" in WSS. It's a perfect cast, every single one of them. And certainly none of them deserve your UGH.

smidge said: "Highland Guy said: "Perchance-2-Dream said: "I'm personally very excited to see this revival (problematic casting aside...ugh)"



Problematic casting? What does that even mean? There's no "problematic casting" in WSS. It's a perfect cast, every single one of them. And certainlynoneof them deserve your UGH.


Even if you don’t agree, you must know what it means. It’s been discussed ad nauseum in this thread.

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Don’t even engage. They’re a troll who comments to the contrary of any poster that brings the Amar situation up.

I think it's a bit silly to ask (seemingly in earnest--from how I read the tone) why someone would reference "problematic casting" because you know why people have a problem with it. I'm not saying there isn't room to disagree with them, and I myself think the "trash the revival because Amar" comments are overboard, but none of that alters that we all know why they find the casting problematic. And it makes sense that some people are going to enjoy the show less, no matter how good it and he is, because he's in in it. Don't want to continually revisit the conversation, so it's my only comment on the situation for now: disagreeing is fine, but pretending like you really don't get why someone would call this problematic seems silly to me.

LuPita2 said: "Don’t even engage. They’re a troll who comments to the contrary of any poster that brings the Amar situation up.

This. He is ahateful person who has defended that situation a thousand times and in those comments revealed his hatred for women. A troll of the highest regard who shouldn't continue to be able to post on BWW. Just ignore them, that is the only way to have them disappear for good. They are bored, miserable with their own life, and troll websites looking for reactions. It's pathetic and everyone is hopefully done engaging now that they are aware."



OUCH !! THAT REALLY HURT !!

jpbran said: "ANY idea if this is likely gonna stay an under 2-hr show? Looking into a Joe's Pub 9:30 Thursday show after a 7pm WSS performance."

That would be tight timing regardless. The show as I saw it was about 1:45 and given that it started the usual 8 minutes after curtain, it came out to be 2 hours from scheduled curtain to out on the street. And then getting from 52nd to Astor Place could be tough. But if you don’t mind risking getting to Joe’s Pub exactly at 9:30 or a couple minutes after, go for it.

I really don't have the time the read through all of the above but has there been any reaction within the cast about performing with this 'unpopular' man?

I would presume[which I shouldn't] that they, being professionals, leave their opinions outside of the theatre.

Asking not for a gossippy reason but curious about a healthy, positive working environment situation.

Someone on here must know a cast member.