Dancingthrulife2 said: "Doyle's production is certainly one of my favorites and one of the most faithful to what Japan is and feels like as opposed to the often overblown Occidental fantasization."
I understand your point, but Sondheim's has said that his intention was to present the piece as if it were written by a Japanese person who had visited Broadway, seen our shows, then returned to Japan to write this show about Japan in what he perceive
Dave28282 said: "Standing up straight during the Anthem shows you respect the people who have died for your rights."
So exercising the rights people have died for disrespects those same people? Very interesting take on logic. Veterans are actually saying that they support the protests since they fought for our right to do just this.
I'm glad this is making Dave and some other white people so uncomfortable. White people need to be made to feel uncomfortable. That's the only way systemic racism will change. I applaud the kneelers!
If we're keeping tally, CZJ was excellent on the night I saw her. Bernadette, not so much. This reminds me of peoples' reaction to Bernadette in Follies. The night I saw her she practically dropped to her knees crying and over emoting during Losing My Mind. Half the people I know saw the same thing at their performance, the other half saw something more subtle. We all saw what we saw. That's live theatre.
Call_me_jorge said: "So the first performance was last night. Anyone go?"
I was there. Great show. Went off without a hitch. Cast were all terrific.
I haven't seen the show since the original tour. So I can only compare it to that. It was much more atmospheric and dark, visually, that is. The only complaint I had is that the playing area of the stage was really compressed to a small space, boxed in by whatever set was built around/from the wings. Several p
VintageSnarker said: "The thing that gets to me is that often the inaccuracies seem like attempts to "improve" the portraits. For Linney, he's...made the eyes larger..."
Exactly. Laura's smallish, kind of squinty eyes are a characteristic that makes Laura recognizable as Laura. A true Caricaturist would exaggerate that by making them squintier, not try to correct it by taking away the squint. Cause then she doesn't look like Laura
I do not consider these to be caricatures when he is literally just badly copying a photo almost hair strand for hair strand. This looks like something out of a high school art class. He really should just trace them and save himself the time.
ChenghisKhan said: ... at least just one battle should be included in the play. Like I said, the play took place during the Vietnam WAR. And while no major battles that involved planes dropping bombs on villages, its at least better to incorporate them, rather than what Miss Saigon actually reenacted. At least, it would make the show more intense and give the characters a more "valiant" and "heroic" character."
Valentina3 said: "^ pretty sure Public was talking about Sunset Blvd"
Ah, probably. My answer remains pretty much the same. There is no reason Norma needs to be any particular age, other than to be old enough to be a has been. Rose, not so much.
Public User said: " As for the sniping about her age and Gypsy, why are all of you not bemoaning the fact that a 70 year old woman is playing a part written for much younger right now on the Great White Way?"
Because, while Dolly may have been written for a younger woman, there is no real reason that Dolly needs to be any specific age at all. The only thing she needs to do is appear reasonably relative to Horace in age.
I thought Kodaly's bit with the mistletoe in the recent She Loves Me revival stood out as inappropriate to the sensibilities of the show. I think it went beyond innuendo into crass. It didn't offend me. But it did take me out of the play for a moment since I felt it was so out of place for the charm and innocence of the show.
I'm a beekeeper, so I want to point out that yellow jackets/hornets/wasps are not bees. They are a completely different species of insect that are about as closely related to bees as ants are.They also don't make honey. I'm assuming, based on past years, Papermill is pretty good at accuracy/detail in these guessing games. So I'm assuming yellow jacket, not bee or honey, is the clue here.
I do not consider these to be caricatures when he is literally just badly copying a photo almost hair strand for hair strand. This looks like something out of a high school art class. He really should just trace them and save himself the time.