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WEST SIDE STORY (2019 Revival) Preview Thread Dec 10
2019, 06:58:05 PM
Their mistake was thinking that the Jerry Robbins choreography was just some dances someone came up with. How could they NOT have understood that Jerry Robbins was more than a choreographer in this particular case. He was one of the AUTHORS of West Side Story and his movement is every bit as integral IN THIS CASE as the words and music.
Also stupid was not understanding that the collaboration between Bernstein and Robbins on this particular show is one of the great achievements of twen
What Patti Murin and Steven Pasquale failed to understand was that the message board, in its pre-Facebook heyday, was a NOT a "fetid, squalid, toxic cesspool of hate" (or whatever she called it), but a meeting place where theater fans of different generations, different tastes, different loves, different obsessions came together and shared, compared, argued, and LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER. And, in many cases, we came to respect, admire, and even love each other. That we w
Your reaction makes perfect sense to me, clever2. Most of the greatest theatrical experiences of my life have occurred in plays and productions that were not perfect but problematic--or even highly problematic. The greatest theatrical experience of my life was the original production of Follies, which i saw when I was 15 and in high school and went back to five times. (Plus the concert, Roundabout, Paper Mill, Encores and Kennedy Center productions.)
Seeing Part One tonight. Eight years ago, I was very impressed by Matthew Lopez's (first?) play "The Whipping Man" at Manhattan Theatre Club. I'm curious to see if this holds up to my memories of that play and the hype surrounding this one.
devonian.t said: "PalJoey did you see the National Theatre production?"
Only on video, where most of the performances seemed overblown. I'm told it was more effective live, but I have accepted that I will never like another Follies, having been so obsessed by the original as a teenager.
