Tell Me on a Sunday Jan 27
2018, 06:03:17 AM
I saw the Van Outen revival and very much enjoyed it. It must have been a decade ago because I remember seeing it and going to Virgin or some other music store (does any one remember those?) to buy the recording and listening to the cd on my portable CD player (...or remember those) while traveling through the UK!!
I don’t feel the show is nececarilly dated (if anything, I feel dated....). But while I remember loving it at the time, I’ve listened to the recording recently and just find
Couldn't degree more with SIAT: I too saw this in the West End and simply LOVED it! I ended up seeing it twice on the same trip! Even the semi-staged Carnegie performance (also featuring the incredible David Bedella) was hysterical!
I for one cannot WAIT to see this production! I have tickets for March but may have to go sooner based upon early word.
Looks like it is now sold out! I expect a soon to be announced extension and/or Broadway transfer. Not a lot of competition in the best new play field....wonder if this could slip in before April (presuming it lives up to its UK reviews, of course).
Thought I had missed the boat, but two tickets opened up for next Friday. Otherwise it only looks as though each performance only has a single seat! Wow...that's pretty damn sold and it hasn't even started previews!
I'll also add to your list the following operas that are regularly performed at major opera houses, or are operas that have had major theatrical non-operatic productions:
Tomassini’s NY Times review is up now (would post link but on a train). Parterre.com has a thoughtful review up (very thorough) and contains links to James Jordan’s review from the Observer.
In sum, the Tosca (Sonya Yoncheva) is fantastic, everything else is on the blah side, including the hyper literal production. I’m going on Wednesday and would be happy to post my thoughts here.
Got a code but giving up, if anyone sees a single 2 to 3 hundred dollar seat pop up, kindly post that information here or message me...I'd appreciate it
I really hopes she does...the jokes all felt either lifted or fell incredibly flat. The music didn't help: I found it incredibly derivative and unmemorable.
The real solution to this, I think: bring the Book of Mormon team on board to rewrite the whole thing. The source material is so strong, but the musical translation simply didn't work. I say this as someone who really really wanted to love this musical.
SmokeyLady said: ""So much Butterfly hate on the boards recently! The show took a lot of risks which I thought paid off- your results may vary, but I encourage people to ignore the haters and form their own opinions. I know it probably won't stay open until 2/25, but here's hoping it gets a small boost over the holidays."
There are a lot of "opinions" on this board full of ill intent. However I would suspect that most people consider
The timing on this is kinda perfect for a trip to Boston: run begins at the end of June which is when Jagged Little Pill is scheduled to run (and I'm sure there will be extensions)!
Well said, Hellob. I'll only add that she/he adds nothing beneficial to most posts and her/his statements are generally wrong or intentionally designed to stir the ****. I hate to feed the trolls, but this one should be called out.
This won't read "prestige piece" as King Charles III did, but it is equally great (perhaps more so in that it doesn't rely on well known figures and iambic pentameter). It is VERY British, but it's also very accessible. I lived in the UK and generally spend a lot of time there, and was concerned that a play called "Albion" (or, the oldest name for the UK) would be accessible, but I simply adored it.
Just back from a quick London trip and I must praise Mark Bartlett's incredible new play, Albion. A stunning work of intelligence and beauty about, among other themes, the shift of England's genteel class amid an uncertain future following Brexit. This is a complete oversimplification of the plot and only captures some of the play's remarkable depth. As with King Charles III, Rupert Goold's direction is subtle and filled with scenes of theatrica
Jordan Catalano said: "Oh God, please not Annaleigh. Maybe one day when the hype around her dies a bit someone can explain her appeal to me."
Kinda have to agree. She eventually won me over the second go-around of Sunday, but otherwise don't really get her appeal - at least in musical theater.
