WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
falsetto17082
Swing Joined: 9/27/08
#2re: WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
Posted: 9/28/08 at 11:46pm
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Maybe we could tell you once we've actually seen the show.
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#2re: WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
Posted: 9/28/08 at 11:49pmConsidering the 525,600 other threads on this, you may want to check one of those for "reactions"
#2re: WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
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
#4re: WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
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.
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#5re: WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
Posted: 9/29/08 at 12:08amBustopherPhantom, next time you quote one of Matthew Murray's reviews , please include a link. Thanks.
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#6re: WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
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.
#7re: WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
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?
#8re: WEST SIDE STORY in 09!
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 
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