Whats next for Saved after its run at Playwrights — Page 2

I thought the music was very good. I loved the song Make It True. However, I thought it had some of the worst lyrics in show.

I didn't find the score repetitive at all. And, I think it was cast very very well. What I would like for this show (and seems plausible) is for them to tweak it around a bit and give it a longer off Broadway run in another theatre.

Like I said earlier. It sold well enough to warrant and extension. However, I think some of the cast were surprised to find out that it wasn't going to happen.

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While I REALLY liked Saved...it is not ready for a B'way transfer. I was entertained through a great deal of it. BUT...It definitelly needs work if they are going to mount a bigger production. Or even hope for a long run off b'way production.

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well with many off-Broadway shows, i know it has a decent cult following that see it over and over again
This is a funny video from Andrew's Blog including some fans of the show (but some of them might be actors)

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Updated On: 6/23/08 at 12:02 PM

It only sold well because PH is a subscription house.

also if anyone wants to see any other videos by AKB go to his great blog:
http://www.keenanblogger.blogspot.com

Updated On: 6/23/08 at 04:54 PM

"After those reviews, nothing."

Seriously. Hopefully the writers will take the reviews to heart in further development for this shows or for whatever they do after this.

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I saw the show a couple of times. I really, honestly enjoyed it.

I think that it has potential. Some of the lyrics are horrendous ("You hit me so hard, you made me cry. I thought that was love how screwed was I.") Some of the songs are great (Make It True, I'm Not the Man I Thought I'd Be, Something Wrong, How To (though another example of awful lyrics), and Corinthians). I thought the book was decent - it was hilarious in some places, and I missed the satire in some places.

Though I thought some of the casting was odd, they all were amazing. Celia is way too old to play a seventeen year-old (love her, I'm just saying) and Julia is entirely too young to play her mother. I actually thought Mary Faber was perfectly cast. Morgan Weed was fabulous, too, as were most of the guys.

I think if they cut some of the music repetitiveness (there is really A LOT), rewrote some of the lyrics, and added some of the satire back in, the show could be really really good. As it was, I enjoyed it immensely and will miss seeing it.

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