#2
Posted: 9/28/08 at 11:46pm
Reactions?
Maybe we could tell you once we've actually seen the show.
Maybe we could tell you once we've actually seen the show.
"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"
#3
Posted: 9/28/08 at 11:49pm
Considering the 525,600 other threads on this, you may want to check one of those for "reactions"
"I think of avant-garde as downtown shows where you rub waffles and chocolate on yourself."- Hunter Bell
#4
Posted: 9/28/08 at 11:49pm
I'll let you know when me & my time machine get back to the present.
Updated On: 9/28/08 at 11:49 PM
#5
Posted: 9/28/08 at 11:55pm
It isn't very good, unfortunately.
Karen Olivio is totally convincing as Maria, but Arthur Laurents has seen it fit to cast himself as Tony, Bernardo, and Anita: needless to say, he stretches himself a bit thinly, and is completely unable to bring anything to the role of an already white-bread, uninteresting romantic lead.
The direction sucks, the choreography blows, and the technical work is the ugliest since Debbie Allen's CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
At least the score is pretty good: however, I have to draw the line at 'America', which is a clear slander and attack against a still-beautiful Puerto Rico. I plan on protesting outside the theater next week: anyone who wants to join is more than welcome.
Karen Olivio is totally convincing as Maria, but Arthur Laurents has seen it fit to cast himself as Tony, Bernardo, and Anita: needless to say, he stretches himself a bit thinly, and is completely unable to bring anything to the role of an already white-bread, uninteresting romantic lead.
The direction sucks, the choreography blows, and the technical work is the ugliest since Debbie Allen's CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
At least the score is pretty good: however, I have to draw the line at 'America', which is a clear slander and attack against a still-beautiful Puerto Rico. I plan on protesting outside the theater next week: anyone who wants to join is more than welcome.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#6
Posted: 9/29/08 at 12:08am
BustopherPhantom, next time you quote one of Matthew Murray's reviews , please include a link. Thanks.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#7
Posted: 9/29/08 at 12:09am
"I plan on protesting outside the theater next week: anyone who wants to join is more than welcome."
I would, but I don't want to look like I'm protesting the closing of LB. I couldn't care less about that.
I would, but I don't want to look like I'm protesting the closing of LB. I couldn't care less about that.
"I think of avant-garde as downtown shows where you rub waffles and chocolate on yourself."- Hunter Bell
#8
Posted: 9/29/08 at 12:47am
Do they get naked in THIS version?
That's all I wanna know.
And does Action finally come out to Riff?
That's all I wanna know.
And does Action finally come out to Riff?
"I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. I feel the actors are being put through a kind of nightmarish labor. They're like animals being forced to pull heavy carts of vegetables at incredible speeds." --- Wallace Shawn
#9
Posted: 9/29/08 at 1:05am
No, but Baby John bitch-slaps Chino in lieu of Maria's famous "How many bullets are in this gun?" speech. I'm pretty excited.
I also hear Aaron Tveit is fantastic as Tony. I'm so glad I'm a member of this board so I can get reliable insider information before it's announced
I also hear Aaron Tveit is fantastic as Tony. I'm so glad I'm a member of this board so I can get reliable insider information before it's announced
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