Manhattan Theatre Club...

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 5:55pm

Stage 1 is located at 55th and _____ ? I am seeing Regrets Only tomorrow and need the cross street.

[stella985]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 6:04pm

Its at City Center which is between 6th and 7th (or Broadway- can't remember which is which at that point) but it's closer to 6th either way.

[myManCape]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 6:56pm

7th

[LadyDi]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 7:42pm

I'd love to hear what you think of the show! Please post what you thought of it. I heard it was really funny.

[midtowngym]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 7:52pm

Paul Rudnick's work is a punchline looking for a story. He doesn't disappoint, with this lightweight attempt at a serious subject. There's lots of 'humor', and Jackie Hoffman overstays her welcome way before intermission. George Grizzard is touching, and Christine Baranski is...well Christine Baranski. Nothing seems real here, because everything's a set up for a joke.
Gay Marriage deserves a better theatrical ambassador than this. Unfortunately, Terrence McNally's Some Men (at the Philadelphia Theatre Co. this season) doesn't fit the bill either.
Maybe Albee will tackle this...

Updated On: 12/26/06 at 07:52 PM

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 8:40pm

I am in love with everything Rudnick writes i find his gimmick is writing stuff that is over the top and in your face(Mr. Charles..., Jeffrey). I am sure i won't be dissapointed. Also i am so glad that Mary Testa will be in and not Ms. Hoffman.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 7:53pm

Regrets Only

One of the best plays i have seen in a long time. The one liners are plentiful but Baranski's Tibby makes every moment real. There are moments when the best acting in the show happened when she wasn't even speaking.

The set was gorgeus and metaphorical. The Costumes were extremly gorgeus. I only had one problem Tibby looked totally naked with out a necklace in her act 1 dress. The cut was made for a necklace and she looked nacked without one.

I will agree that Myra (played marvelously by Mary Testa) did get a little tiresome in act 1.

The cast was all very talented.

[LadyDi]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 4:41pm

Thanks BB!

[ken8631]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 12:33pm

Saw it at the Saturday matinee - loved it!

Very funny, and Mary Testa was hilarious!

Excellent casting and play!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 12:37pm

How was the set "metaphorical?"

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 1:24pm

Saw it a couple of weeks ago and found it middling at best. The idea was to do a sort of modern Noel Coward piece and when Rudnick keeps it light and one-liner-y it kind of works, but then he piles on too much and the play becomes very, very preachy. Only two of the characters were well defined (Grizzard's and Baranski's), Testa's character was straight out of a bad sitcom, and the second act started with a fantastical plot development that seemed from a different Rudnick play. The cast worked hard, the sets and costumes were gorgeous and the direction elegant. But the play just seems both heavy handed and dismissively light at the same time.