After Eight said: "“ it took a lot of chances with familiar material, and we need more of that.”
We need none of that.
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I'll grant you, changing the ending to My Fair Lady bugs me in a way this show (which is more radical in its alterations) doesn't, but that's because I get the impression that that production, for most of it's running time, was a typical My Fair Lady, and then this
I'm glad to see it had a run between the lengths of the other two. I'd like this show to be remembered as a success because it took a lot of chances with familiar material, and we need more of that.
Mike Barrett said: "The point is you criticize a show to death that you have never even seen, you are agesit and make fun of millennial and younger audiences who see shows, saying how they don't understand good theatre and this show must be bad because it has a younger audience. Its not about disagreement, you provide zero input to the conversation when you constantly attack a show you haven't even seen. So yes, its troll behavior. Why bother continuing and commenting on a sh
Curious how people identify trolling as disliking something they like. If posts were restricted to people who've seen a given show, the forum would not be open to everyone across the country. Funny that people are making this about me and then claiming I'm the one derailing the conversation.
I've reported every attack on me to the moderators. I think you are more in violation of policy around here than I am.
Kad said: "joevitus said: "That there were no adults raving about that performanceand few (if any)adults present says it won't likely have much to say to many grown ups. "
Are you unaware that this already had a celebrated run at New York Theatre Workshop, where audiences are generally not made up ofinvited younger people?
Dollypop said: "Sad news, for sure. I saw him in the original SUPERSTAR several times and his rendition of "Gethsemani" remains my favorite. More recently we were Facebook friends and chatted regularly.
May God rest his soul."
I envy you. There is no show I wish I could see like the O'Horgan Superstar. (I suspect ALW was really wrong on that one.)
I do own the cast album, and really enjoy his performance.
LightsOut90 said: "the script is available at the NYTW box office if you have a friend who lives here they can get you a copy and send it to you also American Theater Magazine is not that hard to order a copy of..."
A copy of that issue is. "Can't get to the show because you live halfway across the country? Script available at the box office, have someone pick it up for you" isn't a very helpful suggestion.
LightsOut90 said: "Damiensta said: I was also expecting more controversial plot considering all the bitching in this thread .... but that’s besides the point I think is better if you go into it with no knowledge of plot.
Thats because the people bitching have no clue what they are talking about because they haven't actually seen the thing."
Want to pay people's ticket and plane fare so they can write a b
elephantseye said: "I’m not sure why kids liking something makes it less than"
It doesn't. But the show already sounded too simplistic and gimmicky to begin with, and a large audience of teens appreciating it confirms that impression (because, newsflash, kids aren't as mature and aren't as capable of perceiving depth as people twenty or so years older).
Sorry I'd edited my post, but to answer your question: is that supposed to make me think it will probably wow an adult audience? Much as you might bus a bunch of nuns in to see a revival of The Sound of Music, I'm sure they know their target audience, but that doesn't demonstrate the show is any more intellectually interesting that I suspected. In fact, it tends to confirm in my suspicions that it isn't.
Valentina3 said: "What I think is that the play sounds immature and simplistic and the audience that has responded to it demonstrates this.
You haven't seen the play? Dear lordy. Is it possible that maybe, just maybe, you might be using audience's reaction to further strengthen your bias of what the play is about? To reiterate on leighmiserables' point, my really young nephew (19) who saw the dress rehearsal yesterday specifically talk
Valentina3 said: "joevitus said: "Valentina3 said: "joevitus said: "leighmiserables said: "I was at the invited dress last night, and before passing any judgement on the play itself, it really was an absolutely electric audience. There were about (I believe) 600 high school and college-aged students in the audience, and the energy was absurdlysupportive without being disrespectful at any point. O'Harris also took the time to speak to numerous s
leighmiserables said: "joevitus said: "Valentina3 said: "joevitus said: "leighmiserables said: "I was at the invited dress last night, and before passing any judgement on the play itself, it really was an absolutely electric audience. There were about (I believe) 600 high school and college-aged students in the audience, and the energy was absurdlysupportive without being disrespectful at any point. O'Harris also took the time to speak to numer
Valentina3 said: "joevitus said: "leighmiserables said: "I was at the invited dress last night, and before passing any judgement on the play itself, it really was an absolutely electric audience. There were about (I believe) 600 high school and college-aged students in the audience, and the energy was absurdlysupportive without being disrespectful at any point. O'Harris also took the time to speak to numerous students in the Mezzanine, including a young man who
quizking101 said: "joevitus said: "leighmiserables said: "I was at the invited dress last night, and before passing any judgement on the play itself, it really was an absolutely electric audience. There were about (I believe) 600 high school and college-aged students in the audience, and the energy was absurdlysupportive without being disrespectful at any point. O'Harris also took the time to speak to numerous students in the Mezzanine, including a young man who
leighmiserables said: "I was at the invited dress last night, and before passing any judgement on the play itself, it really was an absolutely electric audience. There were about (I believe) 600 high school and college-aged students in the audience, and the energy was absurdlysupportive without being disrespectful at any point. O'Harris also took the time to speak to numerous students in the Mezzanine, including a young man who I'd sat near, whohad been sobbing through almost
_/ said: "Joe, why do you keep derailing the thread with an opinion on a show you have never seen? What is the end goal here?"
