I wonder if Tyler Glenn slipped in on Sunday to take some of the pressure off. Saw this tonight and the good news, is that for a show running this long, it's in surprisingly good shape.
The better news is that J. Harrison Ghee is a star in every sense of the word. I've said before that I think he's better than Billy Porter (whom I love). I've seen him 3 times in Kinky Boots and once at PaperMill in The Sting and he is an exceptional talent.
I'm not out of line about that comment by the way.
Yes, you are.
This person made all kinds of generalizations and nasty comments that suggested that they already had a fat prejudice before even stepping into the theatre.
You have fabricated this entirely. But, you, appar
GeorgeandDot said: "Were they spreading out? If they were spreading out, lean towards them, crowd them, and they'll usually get the idea. There's nothing wrong with being "PC" and just being respectful of people's feelings. You clearly hate this person just because of who they are.
Well, aren't you just a font of presumptuousness? I don't hate anyone and you know nothing about me, so stop projecting what you want to believe and creating y
I don't think anyone here has a problem with the actual people! It's being mad at the situation, not the person for being overweight.No doubt that they areuncomfortable and probably embarrassed, and I feel empathy for that. But it also sucks to not be able to fully enjoy a show because of the physical experience.
Exactly. I spoke briefly with them beforehand and they seemed quite lovely. I'm no more upset at them being overweight th
GeorgeandDot said: "No, because there's nothing to be done about it, so you can either except it or be a huge a-hole and make a scene. There's nothing to be mad about. The person can't lose 20 pounds by curtain. There's nothing to be done. Unless the person smells, I don't really care how close we are. Maybe because I grew up in New York and I'm used to being jammed next to strangers. Either way a little compassion is always good and I often feel like overweig
ghostlight2 said: "Sounds like an unfortunate situation, but you lost me at this:
Really? Not only did you had to take a shower because the person next to you smelled bad, but after the shower, you still smelled them?
C'mon."
I smell it as I'm writing this. It's probably just one of those things that gets in your nose and stays. The person smelled. It's an observation, not a criticism.
I'm a pretty easy-going guy & can put up with a lot in the theater, from cell phones to folks eating Chinese food during the show. And, it takes a lot to make me angry, but tonight, I am so angry I could spit nails.
I saw Three Tall Women tonight. Or, at least, I tried to see Three Tall Women tonight.
I paid a lot of money for an Orchestra seat. I was dead center. Great seat. Except the otherwise lovely person next to me was very large and to
Caught this tonight, as well, and wasn't going to say anything, figuring I was the outlier, but my exact thought walking in my front door, was "what a missed opportunity."
The whole show is flat and desperately needs a shot of adrenaline. I felt like I was watching My Fair Lady on quaaludes. The book scenes, for some reason I can't discern, were well done and so much better than the musical numbers (save the fabulous orchestra).
It does seem like the Times was trying a little too hard to be kind.
I don't know how I saw a different show in a different theater, but if this moves to Broadway, I've got a dollar that says it becomes Honeymoon In Vegas, Part Two.
Saw The Sting, tonight and, if anyone wants to know how to take a great film and turn it into a long, dull mess of a musical, make haste to the Paper Mill Playhouse to see how it’s done.
From the opening number, it was clear, this wasn’t going to go well. The opening number is the setup for the show. It’s sloppy, mostly unintelligible, poorly staged and filled with people randomly tap dancing and moving around for no
Dancingthrulife2 said: "This is not a play to be too carefully critiqued while watching--I do hope they could've contextualized the motive a bit more but understandably the way the play is structured and presented does not leave much room for more nuanced needlework than it already has."
Hope you're feeling better Dancingthrulife2. Can't imagine sitting thru something this intense while not feeling well. I'm glad you were able to enjoy it, though.
americanboy99 said: "Saw this Friday. It is NOT TO BE MISSED.
Buy your ticket. Now."
Saw this tonight and i think WOW is an understatement. Yes, it's a story about a woman trying to have a child, but it also has nothing to do with that. You can replace the baby with anything in life and follow it to its necessary conclusion. Compound that by watching it under a microscope and it's a harrowing dissection of very modern life.
Dancingthrulife2 said: "Does anyone think the accents are more distracting than immersive? Like some who have reported, I find it hard to follow or even understand some of the characters many times. I know that they fit the time period, but for someone who doesn't watch a lot of old movies and is seeing the show for the first time, I wonder how much more I would've appreciated the play if I could understand more of what was said."
I was weary when Denzel first sat down, but once he got going, I thought it was a fine choice. It's a bold move to have Hickey turn to the audience like that, but I imagine Wolfe wouldn't allow it if Denzel's performance wasn't so good, or even if it was a bit more bombastic. Since Denzel seems to be performing the monologue so intimately, I think the chair makes some amount of sense.
Saw this tonight and first off, must thank TDF for the 6th row Orchestra Center seat.
As for the show, I was underwhelmed, but it was fine. In fairness, the Kevin Spacey Iceman in 1999 is seared into my brain, so this had a lot to live up to.
Denzel Washington is good, but not revelatory. He does make some interesting choices that mostly work, particularly his final monologue. If only George C. Wolfe would make him get out of the chair. It's performed lik
