Ink Mar 11
2019, 08:10:42 AM
I loved it. Best thing I saw in 2017. The direction, set design, and acting all came together for a riviting and powerful evening of theatre. Totally different, but better than The Ferryman imo. Johnny Lee Miller has the lions share of stage time and while I have never seen him on stage, I imagine he’ll be fighting hard to get into that lead actor Tony race. And Bertie Carvel is so so good, I see nobody standing in his way of finally taking home his Tony in the featured category. I was sur
Way Too Early 2019 Tony Predictions thread Mar 3
2019, 04:46:18 PM
I wouldn’t hand the Best Play Tony to THE FERRYMAN or TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. While both grand by the nature of their material, neither was exemplary in transcending their storytelling to the point of Best Play. I saw INK in 2017 in London and if the American production is 2/3 as good as its British version, I believe the play will resonate with audiences better here than across the pond. Very infrequently do I feel the productions than open here strike 1/2 the chord they do in their Brit run
So far this season there have been a plethora of "new" plays. While Broadway likes to tout their edginess and always being ahead of the curve, the stories of To Kill a Mockingbird and Network are hardly new or fresh. Much to take away from them for sure, as well as Inventive and dramatically staged, but hardly new. The Ferryman is a play that comes along once every decade or so and has an epic feel and a lot to say. Choir Boy, for me, could not be a more present and timely work that
CHOIR BOY PREVIEWS Dec 18
2018, 08:53:17 PM
Adding my voice to the Choir; CHOIR BOY is an impeccable, current, breath of fresh air told as probably the most solid new-ish American work I’ve seen on stage this year. Sure, NETWORK and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD are well done pieces of theatre, but CHOIR BOY takes the form of a play with a fresh voice exploring themes that are current and satisfying and why I go to see theatre. The playwright here has given the audience an hour and forty five minutes of thoughtful and insightful storytelling an
