Marriage Story on Netflix / COMPANY Dec 24
2019, 09:42:20 AM
I might be in the minority here, but I also found Driver’s Being Alive flat and anticlimactic after what was one of the most amazing performances I’ve seen on screen. Maybe it was because I’ve been binge listening to different versions of Company recently, but the arrangement and the way Driver delivered some lines that many interpreted in a much richer way disappointed me quite a bit.
hannhannham said: "Dancingthrulife2 said: "Personally, I'm concerned. It seems to me that the director or whoever comes up with the script does not trust the material and adds so many book scenes in a supposedly sung-through musical to make it "relevant." If it's not done well, the relevancy can easily seem forcedand preachy. Also, from what the trailer shows, it looks too clean, too spacious that it loses the special kind of intimacy, messiness, homeyness,
Personally, I'm concerned. It seems to me that the director or whoever comes up with the script does not trust the material and adds so many book scenes in a supposedly sung-through musical to make it "relevant." If it's not done well, the relevancy can easily seem forced and preachy. Also, from what the trailer shows, it looks too clean, too spacious that it loses the special kind of intimacy, messiness, homeyness, and the heady mixture of all these that made me fall i
Was Blake Jenner in Cyrano Tonight? Dec 1
2019, 05:07:56 AM
I think with him being cast as Frank in the 18-year Merrily project, the future for the movie is a bit concerning.
Taylor Swift Musical? Dec 1
2019, 04:51:09 AM
I think it might work if it focuses on her relationship(s) with one or two or her live interests. After all, there’s a pantheon to choose from.
GREAT! I saw a production of WSS recently and couldn't wait for both to end.
West Side Story Revival Details Oct 29
2019, 01:01:50 AM
I wonder what Daniel Fish might’ve done with the material. WSS fit his version to put on something that reflects on a community’s need for an outsider to stay together. It comments on xenophobia more aptly than Oklahoma! in terms of the script by focusing on the desperation and struggle of the outsiders more. In terms of something in between, I still think fondly of the Signature Theatre (Arlington) production. I wish more NY audience could’ve got to see it. Still, I look forward to the upcoming
Musicals that you never tire of... Oct 28
2019, 02:57:11 AM
I’ve seen Dear Evan Hansen about fifteen times. Each cast brings something new to it, and I found the current cast’s interpretation fundamentally different from the original cast’s more celebratory take on the material. Generally, whether a show stands the test of multiple viewings depends on how much room a cast has to bring their own understanding to it even if they didn’t originate their roles.
Musicals that you never tire of... Oct 28
2019, 02:57:07 AM
I’ve seen Dear Evan Hansen about fifteen times. Each cast brings something new to it, and I found the current cast’s interpretation fundamentally different from the original cast’s more celebratory take on the material. Generally, whether a show stands the test of multiple viewings depends on how much room a cast has to bring their own understanding to it even if they didn’t originate their roles.
I bought a membership hoping there's good tickets left (you get to purchase your ticket before the general public). Nope, only a couple of extreme side orchestra ones and the rest are in the mezzanine and balcony.
Slave Play coming to Broadway in September! Oct 24
2019, 12:04:30 AM
I was quite bored by the play, well, until the very last scene that smashes all the facades that the characters built and maneuvered. Personally, I didn’t find verbiage very stimulating not provocative: it’s nothing you haven’t heard or read yet if you’ve taken any class on social and cultural analysis. The thing about the play that annoyed me to no end was the two “surprise” characters. I was disturbed not by what was said in the play, but how cartoonishly they were played and how they never le
I saw the show two weeks ago, and am already starting to have problem remembering a large chunk of it. Plot-wise there was not much going on, and unlike Angels it's not trying to make a grand statement or step out of the upper-middle class white male gay bubble. For this reason most of the lectures are quite hard to get through because they are been said and said more eloquently much better elsewhere. Personally, it's an enjoyable melodrama to sit through, but for the play of the gene
I saw both parts today. As many have said, it's not the next Angels, yet seeing it makes me believe that comparing the two is not fair. On the surface, both shows are about gay men but in different times, yet Angels delves into, flings out of the real, and deconstructs the cosmology of a zeitgeist, and the result is sublime. It speaks to the gay community, yet it also speaks about the erosion of capitalism on a fundamental level. The Inheritance strictly sticks with the gay men
THE SOUND INSIDE Previews Oct 9
2019, 01:29:14 AM
Absolutely harrowing in the best way! Like JBrodway said it started in a deceptively simple and self-indulgent manner, but as soon as the action kicked in it grabbed my attention till the light was up. It reminded me of how I felt when Celia Keenan-Bolger delivered the last “All Rise” in Mockingbird. People should flock to see the show.
Megan Hilty Teases The Return of SMASH Oct 8
2019, 08:34:22 AM
The way the show exaggerated the influence and the role of critics is ridiculous. They need a much better writing team that actually knows about the industry. Plot-wise, now that one of them is a Tony winner and the other Tony nominated, anything goes really. But I do hope they can do a reboot or, better, a real production of Bombshell.
The Inheritance - Previews Sep 29
2019, 11:52:23 AM
I’ve been under the impression that this is going to be the next Angels but some people here obviously disagree. I love Angels but unlike many I find Perestroika a lot more satisfying and enjoyable than Millennium Approaches for its philosophical ambles and the depth they make room for. For those who’ve seen The Inheritance, how much do you think it resembles Angels? Should I lower my expectation when I see it in two weeks?
I think the fifth episode was an ingenious exposé and parody of voter mentality with its unique and consistent tone and style that the rest of the show desperately screams for. It was great to see Bette Midler and Judith Light together, and I wish could’ve met them a few episodes earlier. One is just...well, not enough. Ben’s performance still reminded me of Evan Hansen a lot. But maybe because the character was written in a way that was tailored for Ben, the resemblance di
