Why Is Leap On Broadway??? — Page 3

I think the last Broadway show I saw that did not receive a standing ovation was Thou Shalt Not.

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I could not agree with bk more. The last thing, the very last thing, commercial theater needs right now is enthusiastic young people getting excited about it. The problem with teenagers, as I see it, is that they're so now. They're from nowadays. It's not their fault, exactly, but would it kill them to learn about and behave as if they were from, you know, then?

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Updated On: 4/11/12 at 07:41 PM

When did this thread go from "the show is mediocre" to "get these kids off my lawn"?

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"In this case it was clearly used as a ploy to get audience members into a boaring show."

I wonder what they use to get audience members into a hippopotamusing show.

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It is employing a good number of {diverse} actors. And stage technicians, crew, 20 musicians, directors, designers, etc. And it is helping the NYC economy.

Does anyone know if Raven went on last night?

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"I could not agree with bk more. The last thing, the very last thing, commercial theater needs right now is enthusiastic young people getting excited about it. The problem with teenagers, as I see it, is that they're so now. They're from nowadays. It's not their fault, exactly, but would it kill them to learn about and behave as if they were from, you know, then?"

Your attempt at pith is up to your usual low standards, which is all one can hope for. :)

I have no problem with enthusiastic young people excited about theatre - I'm sure you were once, MANY years ago, an enthusiastic and maybe even nice young theatergoer and my guess is that you didn't sit there and whoop and holler as if you were at a rock concert. I was a very enthusiastic young theatergoer and loved shows and musicals and never once felt the necessity of whooping and hollering and rising to my feet when I saw some mediocre piece of crap (not aimed at Leap of Faith, which I haven't seen on Broadway) - when I saw something brilliant, like say Follies or Company or The Most Happy Fella or Hello, Dolly! or Fiddler I applauded loudly to show my appreciation. I can tell you that the title song of Dolly got really loud cheering - but it was reserved for that, which deserved it. But during its original run I don't recall one standing ovation for the show - that didn't start until the late 1970s tour.

When I went to see Catch Me If You Can, the obnoxious whooping and hollering started as the light dimmed, and continued after every single number, no matter what that number's worth. And in most cases those numbers would have been lucky to get tepid applause two decades earlier. Today we have audiences (and as pointed out, not just teens) who see this behavior on their favorite reality TV shows and bring it to the theatre. If that's what you have devolved to, then by all means go, enjoy. I find it insufferable and would have found it equally insufferable when I was sixteen. But then, thank the Lord, I am nothing like you.

Wait, I really enjoyed this show. I saw it tonight, and I was so surprised by the amount of fun I had. I thought Menken's score was perfectly solid, and I'm sure it will make a fabulous cast album. Kecia Lewis-Evans and Lesie Odom, Jr. sounded so good singing it. Kendra seemed like she was having a blast on stage. Jessica Philips is totally serviceable, and she brings a substantial amount of depth to what could otherwise be a pretty boring character. Some real chemistry with Raul. Speaking of Raul, how can you not love him in this? The score is perfectly crafted for his voice, and he really knows what he's doing. His soliloquy at the end was astonishing. The last fifteen minutes of the musical, in fact, while certainly a little campy, are really beautiful if you allow them to be. I went in with fairly low expectations due to this board, but I was so thrilled with what I saw. It's not amazing, of course: The story is often ridiculous, and many of the lyrics are painfully bad. Still, I felt like it was a fun and exciting show, with some beautiful performances to boot. I really wish them all the best.

Y'all people is crazy!

Without Raul, the show isn't worth seeing. Saw this and "Nice Work" in the same week. What a difference! And no out of town previews for "Nice Work"?

Wife's a big Raul fan, I'm a big Kelli O'Hara fan. She said "Nice Work" was 100x better than "Leap". I agree...

" Speaking of Raul, how can you not love him in this?"

Many people here have explained how.

MisterMatt, did you catch the interview with Norbert Leo Butz some time back where he said that he (and others) refer to the Harry Connick show as "Thou Shouldn't Have"?