Always have to take Rotten Tomatoes' scores with a grain of salt, but this one's at 80% while the first one was at 54%. Probably a lot of reviewers who -- like many of us -- expected this to be a complete train wreck and were relieved/pleasantly surprised. Low expectations can go a long way.
Curious to see what it will be able to accommodate... (the theater's stage/screen backs up to Lawrence I believe, so backstage space could be very limited.) Also how people will react to the neighborhood's sketchy reputation. Bought a condo around the corner from the theater years ago, and we only lasted a year. Time will only tell if suburbanites, Lincoln Park folk, etc. will venture there for evening shows; seems like a venue that size would need to bring in a LO
I did; Sept '16. It was a pretty forgettable musical trying to make light of a very depressing (real-life) event. A lot of talent on stage, but a thorough letdown.
perfectliar said: "jpbran said: "Kinda sad NBC is letting this one go while concurrently rescuing a show dropped by a competitor for low ratings. Rise isn’t a hit by any means but its ratings are double those of Brooklyn Nine Nine (which will probably drop even lower after the channel change-up). ??"
Untrue. Brooklyn 99's last episode this past Sunday got a 0.8 rating. Rise got a 0.7 for its finale last night.
Also, Brooklyn has a sy
RISE May 16
2018, 12:54:20 AM
Kinda sad NBC is letting this one go while concurrently rescuing a show dropped by a competitor for low ratings. Rise isn’t a hit by any means but its ratings are double those of Brooklyn Nine Nine (which will probably drop even lower after the channel change-up). ??
Ride the Cyclone is being produced at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in May '19, so I'd be surprised if it came to Broadway in an overlapping production with a well-known regional theater.
iTunes has the 2012-2016 shows available for purchases at (I believe) $4.99 each for HD. 2017 hasn't shown up. Anyone heard if they still plan on releasing each year this way?
(Guessing older years won't likely be available due to digital rights not having been negotiated at the time... I assume.)
One thing I loved and didn't remember from other productions (may be just my bad memory), and the part that clobbered me into tears -- Judas clinging to Jesus as he's taken away, finally pulled apart by the Roman soldiers. Heartbreaking, but I don't recall from other productions.
What Effed said... I -- a huge HP fan -- even thought the Universal theme park was a shaky idea, and wouldn't have much staying power. And they're now planning, what, the third expansion?
??That is true with any sequel/follow-up, but especially in this case as an EIGHTH chapter/follow-up. The amount of recapping/exposition they'd have to add would be unwieldy at best. Either take time to watch the 7.5 movies or read the 7 books, or maybe sit this one out.
Was kinda hoping to see it in Oct. Guessing that's doubtful now. 
