Was Sondheim at the opening of west side last night
Was Sondheim at the opening of west side last night
Theatrefanboy1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/15
#1Was Sondheim at the opening of west side last night
Posted: 2/21/20 at 11:13amJust wondering if he attended
#2Was Sondheim at the opening of west side last night
Posted: 2/21/20 at 11:20am
I was not there, but I assume that he would've been. I was at the first preview back in December and he was in the audience then with his partner.
Pashacar
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/18
#3Was Sondheim at the opening of west side last night
Posted: 2/21/20 at 12:54pm
Today's Broadway Briefing mentioned there was a table reserved for him at the after party. Possible he just went to that, but I would imagine he attended the performance as well.
#4Was Sondheim at the opening of west side last night
Posted: 2/21/20 at 1:32pm
I'm happy to hear that, it must mean he's recovering steadily from his fall.
Even if he hated the production as much as Be More Chill, there was no intermission for him to walk out during! Hahaha- only joking.
802AFM
Swing Joined: 4/19/17
#5I saw him at the party
Posted: 2/21/20 at 1:50pm
He was walking unassisted at a healthy clip towards the bar area
Braniff Forever
Featured Actor Joined: 6/27/15
#7I saw him at the party
Posted: 2/21/20 at 2:16pm
He was notably reported to have walked out of that show at intermission
#8I saw him at the party
Posted: 2/21/20 at 4:51pm
Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "He was notably reported to have walked out of that show at intermission"
You can only 'walk out' of a show during the actual performance.
You 'leave' at intermission, choosing not to return--for whatever reason[ref. HH].
Self edited, inept wording.
#9I saw him at the party
Posted: 2/21/20 at 4:56pm
And one cannot conclude from a walkout or a not-return that the person hated the show. I have left before the end of maybe 3 shows in my life on the ground that I hated it. I have left more than that because I did not feel well or some other totally external reason.
sjsolo
Swing Joined: 5/4/19
#10I saw him at the party
Posted: 2/22/20 at 11:57am
This version doesn't have an intermission, it runs 1:45.
#12I saw him at the party
Posted: 2/22/20 at 12:12pmIn the 60 Minutes Interview he seems invigorated by this revival. He’s probably seen it many times. Maybe he just went to the party.
#13I saw him at the party
Posted: 2/22/20 at 2:14pm
has he customarily sat through opening nights? A lot of folks don't.I assume someone here will know.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#14I saw him at the party
Posted: 2/22/20 at 2:26pmI don’t know about the performance, but he was definitely at the after party. Sat most of the time and had a cane with him, but looked well.
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