Well I liked Grease.. I say Let Them Live!- Page 2

[jv92]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:08pm

^ Absolutely. Working hard means nothing. Everyone works hard. That doesn't mean they're good.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:20pm

yeah, baby !



Updated On: 7/27/07 at 04:20 PM

[hawkeyemania]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:30pm

jv92

Did you dislike the actors or the production value more? just wondering?

[jv92]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 4:32pm

Probably the production values. The only actors that were really terrible were Max and Laura. The others weren't good, but it was because they were completely misdirected.

[starzilla]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:11pm

I would totally disagree with your statment as well as the hundreds of people who stand at the end of each performace before the curtain has even fell, extolling rapturous applause on the entire cast and crew, the adoring mass that waits patiently outside the theatre each night. Its not Shakespeare, Its musical comedy. If you want a stretch of the acting chops you should have been at Journeys End.

later

[tj77]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:41pm

Everyone's a critic. When it comes down to it, criticisms are just an opinion. Opinions=Crap. I have not seen the show. However, I have pretty strong opinions when I do see a show. But I realize that that's all it is...my opinion. I just think it's so funny when people love to voice their opinion as if they actually know what a good performance should be. Every performer and show is different. One slightest thing can throw off a complete performance...the orchestra...the lighting...scenery. Anything. Furthermore, even the most "amazing" performers have bad performances. This is the first Broadway performance for Max and Laura. America voted them into the show. America is aware that when they purchased tickets to this show, they know they are seeing two people who were picked from a reality show. As with every performer, they need room to grow. Give them a break. I know for a fact that Laura has worked extensively with some very professional theatres (the Tony Award winning Children's Theatre of Minnepolis as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz)and has a lot of experience. However, "Broadway" may be a bit daunting to her at the moment. But give her time. I think you'll see a lot of her in the future. I'm just so tired of people judging and criticising. Get off your high horses. It's live theatre and perhaps you happened to see a nervous group of people performing a show for the first time...it just happened to be on Broadway.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:50pm

If we need proof that the American Educational system sucks, we only need to read the naive reviews on this board.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:53pm

This thread is shill-a-licious!

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:54pm

So many people joining today posting stuff that we could care less about.

It must be Laura's mom.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 7:58pm

jv92: May I ask what you thought was terrible about Max and Laura?

[jv92]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 8:23pm

They were just... bland.
I never thought much of their singing, their acting was pretty terrible and their dancing felt like something out of a the big Carnival Cruise Line Friday Night show. (That could be blamed on Kathleen Marshall too.)
Why are you all interegating me? I didn't like it. You all knew I wouldn't like it. Sorry. The world isn't puppies and rainbows. We can't all like everything.

"If you want a stretch of the acting chops you should have been at Journeys End."
I was.
And honestly, I thought the cast of Curtains, which is a musical comedy, had a lot better acting chops than the gang from Grease.

Updated On: 7/27/07 at 08:23 PM

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 9:15pm

Oh my goodness, somebody joined this board to post a review of a show! How horrible.
Just because someone has a different opinion of something doesn't make it right to attack their opinion (especially on their first day on the board). Just because you've been here longer doesn't mean that what you have to say is any bit more important then the people who have only been here for a short time.
I haven't seen the show yet and I appreciated a positive review, just for perspective.

[starzilla]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 9:28pm

Bland acting? I believe Kathleen was reeling in the caricature acting that is so prevelent in musical comedy. They are all working their craft at true honest emotion. So If you prefer the in your face style I guess you could consider them bland. I for one enjoy the opportunity to see a classic refashioned in a new way. Now this does not mean that they are hitting it on head each night. I think there is still quite a road to travel to get where they want to be. and they are fighting some set and staging malfunctions which i hope are going to be fixed. Actually the theatre is just too small to let loose they way we all want to see it. I don't think that Grease in an "intimate" show.

hmmmmm i am pondering


Updated On: 7/28/07 at 09:28 PM

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 11:08pm

jv92: I wasn't interrogating; I was just wondering. I don't have high hopes for this show in the slightest.

[jv92]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 11:09pm

Oh okay. I appologize then.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 11:17pm

So many people joining today posting stuff that we could care less about.

It must be Laura's mom.

No kidding. The producers are, believe it or not, paying Laura's Mom to post on the GREASE Message Board on the show's website. Her screen name is Laura Mom. Much of what she writes sounds a lot like what's been posted here.

I would totally disagree with your statment as well as the hundreds of people who stand at the end of each performace before the curtain has even fell, extolling rapturous applause on the entire cast and crew, the adoring mass that waits patiently outside the theatre each night. Its not Shakespeare, Its musical comedy.

Honey, you haven't seen enough theatre. Over the past few years, I've seen audiences leap to their feet with applause for such dreck as IN MY LIFE, THE Horrendous GLASS MENAGERIE with Jessica Lange, and THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'. Standing ovations are par for the course nowadays and are no longer a reflection on the quality of the show that has just been performed, or on the audience standing there clapping.

I just think it's so funny when people love to voice their opinion as if they actually know what a good performance should be.

The folks on here who see several Broadway shows a week, read professional reviews of those shows regularly, and are not affiliated in any way with the productions at hand, begin to get a sense over time of what a good performance should be.

[jv92]

Posted: 7/28/07 at 12:33am

I have something to say...
Can Michael Riedel please write nasty column about Grease next week? Please Michael? I just need to read one again.

[starzilla]

Posted: 7/28/07 at 1:24am

Laura's Mom writes for free honey, it is from the heart.

[StageFan2]

Posted: 7/28/07 at 1:29am

I'm glad you like the show starzilla.

As for me, I'm sorry I spent the money on it. Not only does it have no production values, but I've seen better direction from a barrel going over Niagara Falls and finer, more exciting choreography from the splintered driftwood left at its turbulent base. The acting dull and sophmoric at best. I agree the Brooks Atkinson is too small for a musical production of this size. However, if you took this current cast and production crew, you could stage this thing in Yankee Stadium it would still suck. I'm not saying I hated it, but I actually to wanted to gouge my eyes out with my playbill during the performance (and I use that term lightly) of "Beauty School Dropout". It was so bad it had me looking for a Hazardous Waste Suit. Not that I'm being critical you understand.

I guess it's true what they say - "Grease is a word" because it sure as hell isn't entertainment.


Updated On: 7/28/07 at 01:29 AM

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/28/07 at 1:30am

" Not only does it have no production values, but I've seen better direction from a barrel going over Niagara Falls and finer, more exciting choreography from the splintered driftwood left at its turbulent base"

LOL!!!

[starzilla]

Posted: 7/28/07 at 1:39am

Grease Lightning Strikes Broadway

Fri, 07/27/2007 - 12:11pm — TicketNews


GREASE: BETTER THAN THE 50’S EVER WERE (and quite possibly more fun!)

By Carol-Ann Rudy
TicketNews.com
FANS—screaming, shrieking, and heard all over midtown Broadway! The Beatles? The Rolling Stones? The Spice Girls?
No, Grease this past Tuesday night.
You’d have thought it was Opening Night, which takes place on August 19th at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
And outside? Hundreds of fans, wearing “I Love Max” and “I Voted for Laura” tee shirts thronged the stage door for a look at Max Crumm, “Danny Zuko,” and Laura Osnes, “Sandy Dumbrowski,” Security had to be called at the last minute to control the crowd, as the stage door opened and the pair appeared. The fans waved playbills, posters, and photos, pleading for autographs. They traveled from all over the U.S. to see the newest stars on Broadway.
Inside, Kathleen Marshall, the Tony Award-winning director and choreographer, and David Ian, producer, took their turn at signing autographs too. Ian, along with BBC’s Paul Telegdy and Conrad Green served as Executive Producers of the nationally televised weekly talent competition on NBC, “Grease: You’re the One That I Want,” produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. . .

The new Danny and Sandy took the stage, bringing adoring fans to their feet with a full four-minute standing ovation. The sold-out audience cheered as each of the show’s characters made their entrances: “Rizzo” played by Jenny Powers, “Kenickie” played by Matthew Saldivar, “Frenchy” played by Kirsten Wyatt, and the supporting cast. With each of the show’s popular tunes, “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin,” and “You’re the One That I Want,” the crowd went wild. The score includes the original songs as well as additional songs from the film version, “Grease is the Word,” “You’re the One That I Want,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” and “Sandy.”
This production features the book, music, and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The original production of Grease opened on Broadway June 2, 1972 at the Royale Theatre, transferred to the Majestic Theatre, and closed as the longest running show in Broadway history. Along the way, it picked up seven Tony Awards. It was followed by the film version featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in 1978, “the highest-grossing movie musical of all time” according to GreaseOnBroadway.com. Yet another revival of Grease hit Broadway from 1994 to 1998 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, winning three Tony Award nominations.

The enormous popularity of the selection process for the actors via a “reality show” venue won a new young audience, to whom the songs must have a fresh, vital appeal. This has to be immensely rewarding to the show’s backers. With this third Broadway production, Grease has won a new generation of fans, new “Greasers.”

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/28/07 at 1:42am

What exactly is TicketNews.com?

[StageFan2]

Posted: 7/28/07 at 1:43am

Aww shucks WW.

*Bows with a flourish*

[Kringas]

Posted: 7/28/07 at 1:46am

It's every Broadway actor's dream to get a rave from Carol-Ann Rudy!

[StageFan2]

Posted: 7/28/07 at 1:46am

"What exactly is TicketNews.com?"

Laura's Mom's new website.
Updated On: 7/28/07 at 01:46 AM