Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Sunday in the Park with George 2017
briankershawjr
Understudy Joined: 2/26/17
#1Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 2/26/17 at 9:28pm
Just wondering if anyone thinks they will do a cast recording for this wonderful show...
#3Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/1/17 at 1:03am
I just came back from the show. It was cute, but nothing sensational. I'll give it a 5-6 out of 10. The woman right next to me was the most annoying/obnoxious person I have ever encountered at a Broadway show. Maybe she is on here and will know that yelling, laughing all the time extremely loudly when no else does for lines that aren't supposed to be funny, and crying loudly and sniffing (Trump style) is not very considerate to other audience members. Let's not mention talking during the show and taking your shoes off, and knocking my arms off the arm rest.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#5Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/1/17 at 12:04pm
Hm, never thought of Sunday... as cute.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#6Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/1/17 at 12:04pm
muscle23ftl said: "I just came back from the show. It was cute, but nothing sensational. I'll give it a 5-6 out of 10. The woman right next to me was the most annoying/obnoxious person I have ever encountered at a Broadway show. Maybe she is on here and will know that yelling, laughing all the time extremely loudly when no else does for lines that aren't supposed to be funny, and crying loudly and sniffing (Trump style) is not very considerate to other audience members. Let's not mention talking during the show and taking your shoes off, and knocking my arms off the arm rest.
"
So you didn't see it.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#7Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/1/17 at 12:08pm
LOL, I'm imagining somebody sitting in the audience after "Move On" and the "Sunday" finale and going "...aww...so cute!"
ArtMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/08
#8Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/1/17 at 12:10pm
muscle23ftl said: "I just came back from the show. It was cute, but nothing sensational. I'll give it a 5-6 out of 10. The woman right next to me was the most annoying/obnoxious person I have ever encountered at a Broadway show. Maybe she is on here and will know that yelling, laughing all the time extremely loudly when no else does for lines that aren't supposed to be funny, and crying loudly and sniffing (Trump style) is not very considerate to other audience members. Let's not mention talking during the show and taking your shoes off, and knocking my arms off the arm rest.
"
This reminds me of the guy who sat next to me at On The 20th Century. He felt the need to laugh loudly, woo and clap his hands at almost every line. It really ruined my enjoyment of the show.
Blue_Lotus
Stand-by Joined: 8/23/16
#9Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/1/17 at 12:38pm
I don't know if he/she was being sarcastic and I'm usually not in the habit of criticizing other people's opinions but I'm still trying to wrap my head around muscle23ftl's description of Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George as "cute".
...i am an infinite soul in a human body who is in the process of never ending growth...
#10Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/1/17 at 12:56pm
I think "cute" is just about the last word I would use to describe any Sondheim show.
carnzee
Broadway Star Joined: 9/2/11
#11Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/1/17 at 1:00pm
Calling it "cute " is about being bitchy and damning the show with faint praise. " Just saw the hot new production everyone's raving about. It was cute. "
#12Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/1/17 at 1:05pm
Ok but Muscle's in love with Sunset Boulevard and On Your Feet and thinks that everything else sucks so don't take their opinion all that seriously.
pnewelljr
Stand-by Joined: 7/7/15
#13Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/2/17 at 1:14pm
Just saw this last night, my first experience with Sunday in the Park with Geroge, and wow, I loved it. How Sondheim was able to take what seems like such a short, insignificant story and turn it into a deep, multi-layerd narrative is beyond me.
In my opinion, the whole show is worth seeing for Annaleigh's performance in the opening number alone. I just had a massive grin on my face through that entire number. She really stole the show multiple times.
Still processing and will probably add more to this later, but what I really want to know is... any rumors about a cast recording? Regardless, I am going to try and see it again before closing.
brdwybuff
Stand-by Joined: 4/25/16
#14Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/2/17 at 10:25pm
I am a minority. For me it was a total bore. Annaleigh was great, but I felt my eyes closing at times.
carayip
Swing Joined: 7/2/15
#15Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 10:50am
https://goo.gl/zL3Yty
Jeanine said she is hoping to get this recorded.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#16Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 11:09am
brdwybuff said: "I am a minority. For me it was a total bore. Annaleigh was great, but I felt my eyes closing at times.
"
How does being a minority have anything to do with this?
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
pnewelljr
Stand-by Joined: 7/7/15
#17Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 12:54pm
dramamama611 said: "brdwybuff said: "I am a minority. For me it was a total bore. Annaleigh was great, but I felt my eyes closing at times.
"
How does being a minority have anything to do with this?
"
I think they mean minority as in one of the few people who didn't love it, rather than a racial minority.
#18Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 1:17pm
I liked some songs...I thought it was a cute show...but I also thought it was boring. I just don't see the point of it. I love that some people feel the need to mention I love Sunset BLVD. which I do, but also a lot of people do and it won the Tony Award (oh yeah, it was a slow year). But people never feel like mentioning that I also loved West Side Story, Kiss of the Spider Woman or A Chorus Line and other shows that seem "ok" to love on BWW. I love what I love and I don't need your approval to love it. Just like you probably are gay and people shouldn't tell you who to love. Thanks! :)
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#19Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 1:28pm
Actually I found this show plain boring. It had a few good moments and great acting, especially by Annaleigh, who is always brilliant in everything. But my favorite Sondheim show will always be "Merrily", and I enjoyed "Night Music" too, and I liked "Follies", but the other shows I've seen of his bored me. With that said, I stayed throughout the whole show and didn't leave at intermission, so it wasn't painful like "Pacific Overtures".
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#20Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 1:31pm
muscle23ftl, while I disagree with you here (I think Sunday is one of the most evocative and beautiful musicals of all time), I think those who are delegitimizing your opinion because you love Sunset and the like are being ridiculous. I, for one, love reading from people who are so passionate about certain shows 
your honesty is always appreciated, even if it isn't necessarily of popular opinion!
#21Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 1:33pm
brdwybuff said: "I am a minority. For me it was a total bore. Annaleigh was great, but I felt my eyes closing at times.
"It's probably not a minority, is that you can't say you don't like this show on this site and you will have 5 trolls attacking you. LOL!
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#22Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 1:39pm
muscle23ftl said: "I love what I love and I don't need your approval to love it."
Word.
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
#23Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 1:44pm
Thanks Concierge and Lot!
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#24Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 1:47pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "muscle23ftl...I think those who are delegitimizing your opinion because you love Sunset and the like are being ridiculous. I, for one, love reading from people who are so passionate about certain shows your honesty is always appreciated, even if it isn't necessarily of popular opinion!"
There are certain people on this board who behave as self-appointed arbiters of the theatrical arts, and they can be quite smug, condescending, and even downright insulting to those whose opinion differs from theirs. I sometimes wonder if perhaps they lost a job at some point to Brantley (the pompous and insufferable archetype) and have simply never gotten over it.
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
#25Sunday in the Park with George 2017
Posted: 3/3/17 at 2:14pm
muscle23ftl said: "It's probably not a minority, is that you can't say you don't like this show on this site and you will have 5 trolls attacking you. LOL!"
This is false; you can find counterexamples in the main Sunday thread. I think folks on this thread were put off by your dismissing the show as "cute." :)
I also love Sunset Blvd., by the way!
