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The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
#25The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/3/13 at 11:58amI haven't seen it yet, so I can't say for sure, but Telecharge has is listed as 2:20.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
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#26The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/3/13 at 12:08pmI was out on the street about 2:11. So they're picking up pace or trimming.
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iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#27The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/3/13 at 12:08pm
Sorry. I wrote the running time, rather than when I was on the street. Rough morning. Not quite awake/aware.
I was out on the street at 9:11. Show started at 7.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#29The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/3/13 at 1:43pm
"A clunker, a mishmash, a mess. But the set is beautiful."
A substantive review if ever I read one.
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#30The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/3/13 at 3:34pmParker debunks the "too modern" criticism by saying she spent the earliest years of her career in corsets. Regardless, I would watch the woman take a dump. She's magic.
nasty_khakis
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#31The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/3/13 at 3:35pm
"I would watch the woman take a dump. She's magic."
Ah, so you saw Hedda Gabler then!
#32The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/4/13 at 12:23am
This is totally off topic, but Sinister Teashop is the best user name! Either I need sleep or it really is tha great (I'm not being facetious...i know it's hard to tell online. But I really love that name).
Sorry, back to your MLP discussion...
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``oscar wilde``
FishermanBob
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#33The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/4/13 at 2:01amDisappointed to hear these initial reactions. Was really looking forward to this one since I loved The Other Place and also liked Annapurna when I saw it in L.A. some months ago. They've got 3 weeks of previews to work on it and hopefully make something out of it though I'm in the same place about MLP as east side story. She's just got that spacey, a little off but ridiculously hot thing going on that's tough to resist.
#34The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/4/13 at 2:32pm
Sinister Teashop is the best user name! Either I need sleep or it really is tha great (I'm not being facetious...i know it's hard to tell online. But I really love that name).
Thank you someone.else's.story2, if you ever find yourself in Curry Hill, off Lexington Avenue you should visit me at the Sinister Tea Shop. It's rather hard to find as there is no marking on the door and I don't give out the address but it is down a few steps on the left, near The Old Print Shop. If you visit on a Thursday between 1:00 to 4:00pm, I will read your tea leaves gratis.
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#35The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/4/13 at 4:07pmANNAPURNA is such a beautiful play . Too bad MTC didn't pick that up instead.
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#36The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/4/13 at 4:59pm
this is no reflection on anyone here but it seems that every time a show i am interested in is reviewed in previews its almost always negative. So i try not to listen. but of course i always read them.
Golden Boy, First Date, and Cinderella comes to mind. when they came out, so many people were ssying FD wasnt funny and were complsining about the gay guy. Cinderella was bloated,and boring. And would be lucky to last 3 months. well we all know it is terrific and doing well and was nominated for so many Tonys. Golden Boy was very well received and was wonderful as well. At least in my opinion. I just wonder if its considered too cool to like things sometime s
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#37The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/9/13 at 7:18pmHate to be that person, but bumping this thread! Has anyone else gone? I'm wondering if they're using the preview period to work things out or not!
#38The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/9/13 at 8:08pm
Well, I saw Snow Geese on Saturday. I would venture to say it's for Mary Louise Parker fans only. (Some audience members were very enthusiastic at the curtain call.) I have read that Snow Geese aspires to be Chekhovian. I don't know enough about Chekhov to say yes or no to that. Just judging the play on its own merits, I would say that it is okay, but I would stop short of recommending it. Basically, Snow Geese is about rich people adjusting to not being rich anymore. They still have assets to sell, though, so they're not poor. Even the housemaid used to be rich! She's having to learn to make a decent pot of coffee.
I did enjoy some aspects of the play. The acting was very good, and the staging was nice. Elaborate set pieces glide into position and out. It was very nice to look at. I liked the World War I setting, the feeling that everything is about to change, the new replacing the old. As far as whether the play is being improved during the preview period, I have no idea.
Updated On: 10/9/13 at 08:08 PM
#39The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/9/13 at 10:32pmWe saw the show tonight. Well, we saw Act One. The set getting stuck for five minutes during the first set change was the highlight. It was a chore. A pretty chore.
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#40The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/10/13 at 12:23am
I was there tonight as well. Yes, the set broke down. But that didn't matter so much. What was it, ten minutes, or so? We all seemed to take it in stride. Is it the best play I've ever seen? No. But it isn't the worst. There were many beautiful moments. But I'm not sure it all held together. Gotta blame the writer and director for that. Is there some great acting? Yes, from a trio of men. Is there a terrific set to look at? Without a doubt.
If this play had a little more time, I think it could be great. But I think they open very soon, so I'm not sure.
The good? Danny Burstein, Evan Jonigkeit, Jessica Love and Brian Cross. The set. Costumes. Lights. Gorgeous. They evoke exactly the right feel.
The bad? Long meandering passages that don't seem to hold up. A plot that wants to be held up by characters that compel. But the rest of the cast that disappoints. There's an awful lot of acting going on from the women. Too much emotion and little landing. Felt self indulgent. The contemporary feel was weird. It was at odds with the time of the play (early 1900's). I got used to it, but it bothered me and my husband nonetheless.
In short. Good: Danny Burstein, terrific performance, duh, discovering the talents of two young actors, Jonigkeit and Cross, and one strong actress, Love, that I hope to see more of. And, bad: being let down by two actresses that I thought I would adore.
A play that is almost there. And still a good night at the theater. But not great. So, a mixed bag. In fairness, I did hear a lot of people saying they were very moved by the show as we left. I'm still thinking about this one so perhaps it's more successful than I thought.
#41The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/10/13 at 10:38am
Well, color me regretful. Don't get to ny that often. only four shows this time. chose snow geese as a "cant miss" with that cast. (and only two seats seemingly left at the performance I chose "proved" it was going to be a smash) paid full price. now big discounts available. lackluster response here. sigh.
also, seeing big fish same day. 
oh well. still seeing glass menagerie and little miss sunshine (William Finn - that's got to be a winner, right?) (and only $20) (so I like parentheses - sue me)
and I get to spend four days in nyc.
you win some. you lose some.
#42The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/10/13 at 11:04am
I know the feeling, Comden Green.
I have tickets for a November performance. I was excited when I bought them but now, not so much. I probably won't feel much different than all of you who have seen it and been underwhelmed. This seems to continue the pattern of late: plays with excellent actors, gorgeous costumes, stunning sets, and evocative lighting. All negated by scripts that give us paper-thin stories about completely forgettable characters. When I look back at all the Playbills of plays I've seen in the last couple of years, only a handful spark any kind of fond recollection. Perhaps it's just me. Even critically acclaimed works like The Assembled Parties and Clybourne Park were big disappointments.
But I won't give up. Every now and then, one comes along to make me forget all the bores that came before.
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#43The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/10/13 at 5:59pm
jaxandmci - funny you mention Clybourne Park. I had extremely high expectations for that one as well. I loved Raisin plus CP won a Pulitzer, an Olivier and a Tony - how can it not be incredible. Instead, while Act 1 was somewhat entertaining, Act 2 was just a weak rehash of every race relations debate I've heard in the past 20 years. But then you see something like the recent Virginia Woolf revival and you remember what theater can be at its very, very best.
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#45The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/11/13 at 8:08amI enjoyed this one; it's not a flamboyant play, like Angels in America or August Osage County, but it has a lot of subtler pleasures to offer.
#46The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/11/13 at 10:55amI saw this last night. MLP gives a much more engaging performance than she did in Hedda. I thought the play was a pretty mixed bag. The acting was good, there were moments in the play that were totally engaging, but other scenes could've been trimmed by minutes, easily. Notably the second scene with the brothers. I found myself staring at the beautiful set instead of listening to them. Also, I felt the play felt a wee bit contemporary at moments and the maid definitely needs to work out her accent. But ultimately I left thinking, so what? However, for $30, it was worth a night out. And as a big MLP fan, it was nice to see her on stage again. I always love Danny Burstein and this role suits him nicely.
#47The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/11/13 at 12:20pm
Can't wait to see Danny Burstein's performance at the Met in Die Fleidermaus!
Looking forward to that more than seeing The Snow Geese in two weeks. Sigh!
#48The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/11/13 at 3:06pmReally great NYT article - she's just so great! I've always appreciate that they attempt to keep opinion about the new production / performance out of these actor-focused interviews. Certainly when the review for Snow Geese coming out in two weeks could very well be negative...
#49The Snow Geese - Previews Thread
Posted: 10/16/13 at 11:33pmSaw it tonight. Wow. Much different reaction than most here. I loved it I hung on every word. Was not distracted for one moment. I cared about each character. each one brought an important perspective to the piece. Many themes here. Much to ponder. Still working on the me earning of the geese themselves. No regrets on this one.
