The theater is dead when it cannot support anything but big, bloated, vulgar musicals. Theater is dead. Sorry.
.Ooh Harry Potter! Ooh Donna Summer! Ooh The Cher Show! Ooh the Go-Gos
D. E. A. D. Enjoy the ashes.
The Cher Show Apr 8
2018, 02:53:12 PM
The theater is dead when it no longer adds anything valuable to our culture. Purchasing tickets indicates nothing except profits for producers.
I also saw the St. Joan at Shaw Festival last season, and it was sensational. i don't intend to see this production, but after seeing the set, which seems a bit bloated and overwhelming, perhaps MTC should have just imported the play from Canada.
To be kind: It needs a lot of work. Too long. Too much superfluous tapping. In fact, it's endless. (Why do male dancers carry women in on chairs at a couple of points in act two for no earthly reason. If it has something to do with "Let's put on a show" concept, it ain't working.) Act 2 is long and deadly dull. SO MUCH unnecessary dancing around doors.
Direction is unfocused. (Or is it the book?) Sometimes you can't distinguish w
Jerry Springer the Opera at The New Group Mar 23
2018, 10:02:10 PM
If I were sitting on an aisle, I would have left before intermission. Total ugly garbage, neither funny, pertinent, nor musically interesting. A Rando misfire, but sadly, it is the typical junk audiences get from The New Group.
What is it with the ridiculous age obsession on this site? Deal with the performance, not the damn age of the actor. Good Lord, get a grip on this lack of common sense!
This thread has become a pretentious bore. I agree with above. Start a new thread and let the outrage continue here.
MY FAIR LADY (2018) Previews Mar 19
2018, 07:31:26 AM
Good grief people. Lerner ( and Shaw) wrote a play, not the friggin' Constitution! Relax, for Pete's sake.