Skip to main content
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Home For You Chat My Shows Register/Login Games Grosses

WEST SIDE STORY first preview reviews! — Page 4

New Post Search Report Abuse Rules

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

#76

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:17pm

I don't know what the Jet Girls wore before, but their costumes did not seem as bad as the guys. The Sharks costumes, especially the girls, look great.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
#78

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:47pm

Yeah.. not sure if that's much of an improvement. Most of our issues were with the skirt/dress length, IIRC, and that seems to be the same.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#79

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:50pm

lol spork, that was a picture of the ones from DC
Whizzer said he didn't know what they looked like, so he couldn't say if they changed, so those are the DC dresses
#80

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 2:59pm

Without a Trace, could you do us a favor and give us a few examples of productions that you did NOT care for? No offense, but I'm really curious. Everything seems "brilliant" and "stunning", including STORY OF MY LIFE. I'd love to know what you put on the other end of that spectrum. Thanks in advance.
#82

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:05pm

Is the song really called "Siento Hermosa"? That makes no sense in Spanish, it's missing the noun!
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#83

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:07pm

Insider2, the top three shows I *despised* were PASSING STRANGE, SPRING AWAKENING, and SPELLING BEE.

Other shows I have hated included, Shrek, Guys and Dolls current revival, Good Vibrations, The Times They Are A Changin', Lennon, All Shook Up, Lestat, Glory Days, A Catered Affair, Cry Baby, the off broadway Frankenstein, the last Grease revival, Xanadu, The Pirate Queen, Martin Short Fame Becomes Me, The Wedding Singer, Hot Feet, The Threepenny Opera recent revival, Ring of Fire, In My Life, Pacific Overtures recent revival

Sorry...I went a bit overboard with my list...
#86

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:17pm

How could you hate Xanadu! It was sooooooooooooooooooooooooo good! And so was Spelling Bee! But I'll give you the others. I still listen to "Passing Strange," trying to hear what everyone else hears, but the music is just not my cup of tea.
#88

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:21pm

My friendship with Jaystarr almost ended with our differing opinions on Xanadu, so I won't dredge that up again here...

To me, Spelling Bee was just a bunch of nerdy ugly kids moping around on stage doing their little tricks to try and spell words. I didn't find any of it funny...just wasn't my type of show I guess...and "MUE" was just tasteless.

This is why Broadway is such a great thing for NY...there is something for everyone.
#89

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:23pm

Without a Trace, could you do us a favor and give us a few examples of productions that you did NOT care for? No offense, but I'm really curious. Everything seems "brilliant" and "stunning", including STORY OF MY LIFE.

Eek! Just wait until he starts trashing a show!
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#91

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:28pm

Oh, that one is nothing! You prety much said that camel crap smelled like roses compared to Xanadu and Passing Strange and anyone who liked those was crazy!

Anyhow, back to WSS...
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#92

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:31pm

"Oh, that one is nothing! You prety much said that camel crap smelled like roses compared to Xanadu and Passing Strange and anyone who liked those was crazy!"

HA. No wonder Jay and I got into a fight...

I still find it hard to believe that anyone could like Xanadu and Passing Strange...critics and regular audience members alike.

Thankfully, we will all be in agreement on WEST SIDE STORY. The audience last night *loved* it, and I'm sure it will get positive notices from all the critics.
#93

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:38pm

Ugh, "Siento Hermosa"? I hate it when a show or movie attempt to include Spanish and in the process they end up butchering the language and they don't care since they figure nobody will notice. Can they do it right? The title should be "Me Siento Hermosa," just like in English you don't say "Feel Pretty," the correct title is "I Feel Pretty." I hope the rest of the Spanish is correct and not an Anglo version of Spanish. That's another reason why I'm worried about a Spanish "A Boy Like That," the English lyrics are so perfect, I hope the Spanish lyrics match and do not butcher the language.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#94

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:46pm

Tell that to Lin-Manuel Miranda who wrote the spanish lyrics.
Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
#95

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:47pm

Yes, I can't believe that whoever translated that didn't include a noun - that's just dumb!
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#97

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:48pm

I'm not fluent in Spanish (in fact, don't know any) I do know this. Italian and Spanish are very similar and it is common to leave off the noun. It sounds weird when you do a literal translation, but its not incorrect in that language...

Updated On: 2/24/09 at 03:48 PM

#98

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:50pm

No, love, I can tell you in my perfect Spanish that "Siento hermosa" makes no sense whatsoever.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#99

re: WEST SIDE STORY first preview tonight; reviews??

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:54pm

TE sientes hermosa - You feel pretty
TE siento hermosa - I feel you pretty
ME siento hermosa- I feel pretty
LA siento hermosa- I feel her/it pretty
Siento hermosa - nonsense
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

← Back to Message Board

BroadwayWorld TV

View all Videos

Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Hot Show
Tickets From $59
Hot Show
Tickets From $71
Hot Show
Tickets From $71
Hot Show
Tickets From $95
More Hot Shows Discounts
Recommended For You