Profile for TheQuibbler

Kad said: "I can think of many words to describe the movie, and “campy, big, and broad” are three of them. It opens with a Broadway musicaladaptation of Sweet Bird of Youth that features a disco dance break. Goldie Hawn wears a fat suit and eats frosting from a can while losing her mind. Streep’s tongue-waggling delivery of the word “flaccid.” Any of the iconic lines. It is an extremelyover the topmovie. The only understated performance is Isabe

Thanks to those who responded to my initial question. I saw the show last night and had a wonderful time. Really beautiful show. 

I will say, I sat in Row N of the mezzanine and the first 20 minutes of the show were frustrating because of how far down stage it seemed to be staged. And then of course every person in front of me wanted to lean forward and throw their head back and forth to see, which made it more frustrating. This continued throughout the show but was

Reports of this being campy, big, broad and pandering make me nervous. The movie is a comedy, sure, the performances are big (especially Bruce Willis, in what I think is one of his best) but everything is grounded and taken very seriously. It's satire, not out and out parody. I think that's why it works. Intentional camp is probably one of the hardest things to pull off and one of the hardest things to sit through when it's not pulled off. I don't want

KevinKlawitter said: "TheQuibbler said: "The stage show is available to watch on (HBO) Max. I’m assuming it’s the same production?"

I believe you are mistaken - the proshot ofSpirited Away: Live on Stageis streaming on Max (I have it on Blu-Ray... been meaning to watch it). As far as I know,Totoro hasn't been filmed yet."

Yes, thank you! I recently watched all of Mi

Zeppie2022 said: ""Do shows offer refunds for ticket buyers with a sniffle or cough? "

My guess is if you tell the box office you are not feeling well and don't want to get audience members sick, they may be accommodating. I don't think they will question the degree of your illness. I am not positive about this, others on this board may have the answer."

I tried to get a refund for a performance in 2022 (at Lincoln Center) because I

Saw this last night from a rush seat in Mezz Row D, on the far left. The view was great, but the seat itself was not level and maybe contributed the vast amount of back pain I was in by the end. Perhaps that why I really began to feel the show’s length. I could also sense some of the people around me becoming impatient, which I think made me impatient. None of these are dings against the show, per se, but unfortunately were a part of my experience. I wouldn’t ha

wsondheim94 said: "I'll never understand folks being able to sit through a 2 hour movie but not a 2 hour play (in terms of bathroom and food breaks... not including those with disabilities etc etc). Don't have 6 cocktails before the first act, and a 5 minute stretch is more than enough to get me through the next 30-60 min of a play."

Couple distinctions for me about why bathroom anxiety is worse at the theater than at the movies: Generally, at a movie, p

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "There's a lot of hair splitting going on, but I think the bottom line is it looks bad.Whether it's the cinematography & lighting, or the physical production design, or the CG augmentation, or a combination of all, this is not a visually-successful first trailer. The design looks weightless, the contrast is low, there's a shiny artificiality,and to me it looks quite obvious where the physical set ends and the greenscreen