Damiensta said: "Saw this tonite. Count me in the love love column. I was afraid before hand Bc previous experience with Pinther was that dreadful “Old Times” from Roundabout.
the empty set, the acting , direction were exceptional. The 90 min flew by.
The orchestra was full tonite. Wouldn’t be surprised that once reviews come in that it will be hard tix to get.
Also all three actors were equal footing. No one was better than the other.i even enjoyed the small part of waiter.
I know there is separate seating thread , but I will like to point out that even though I was in center orchestra. The action takes center stage. In first act the right side might miss actor standing in the back. But besides that I don’t think even with partial view you miss much. I’m wondering if the reblock after first preview ."
Saw this the other night and have to agree. I thought the show was fabulous! Got my tickets through TDF, mezzanine row D. Great view. Didn’t go to stage door.
Saw last night's performance. I had read this play, although I was very familiar with the concept and characters, but it was really clever and poignant and witty. All four actors were exceptional, even the waiter got some great moments out of only a few minutes onstage.
I saw the first performance last Wednesday. I saw the Daniel Craig version a few years ago, and was incredibly bored but this production drew me in right away. Perhaps because I appreciate Pinter's economy with words, the spare dialogue appeals to me. I thought the entire cast was, perhaps, a little too youthful for what is a middle age regrets/remembrances story. I see this as a retrospective from the end looking back: the older characters remembering what happened to them but unable to become those younger selves.
I thought Ashton was the weakest, lacking the self-protective guile and flashes of anger. I thought Cox was brilliant: Jerry is central to most of the scenes, and is the one most manipulated by the tensions in the marriage between Emma and Robert. But I found Hiddleston heartbreaking. Craig played Robert very cold, manipulative, edgy. Hiddleston showed you how much of his toughness was an act, and there is one moment in the entire play that I will never forget. No spoilers but it said more about Robert in one wordless image than I ever could have imagined. Robert is, after all, the victim who plays along, trying not to lose the two people he loves just because they love each other more.
Saw this last night and I have mixed feelings about it. The acting is phenomenal all around, and despite a few moments of brilliance, the material and the set left me cold. I honestly think this belongs off-broadway, because it would benefit from being in a smaller, more intimate space to fully take in all of the performances.
I think the whole evening was very subtle, maybe a little too subtle. For a play about betrayal, I feel that it was lacking passion and anger. I kept waiting for a big climax moment that never happened. The tension doesn’t even escalate as it goes along. It felt excruciatingly long at times.
On a side note, this was my second time seeing Charlie Cox on stage and I thought it was funny that the set and movement were very similar to “Incognito”. Bare stage, a couple of chairs and actors going around in circles.
Saw this tonight via the $25 tickets and I really enjoyed it!
(Seating wise: I was first row of the mezz all the way house left. The second and third scenes are the only ones where I missed someone speaking, but other than that it was a great seat. They project the titles “2 years ago” on the front of the stage and the back, so it’s visible to everyone. I think if you were debating, I’d chose house right, so I think you’d miss the least.)
I found all 3 to be terrific. But it is a very somber and subdued piece. I have nothing to compare it to, but it’s very small. But it draws you in! The ending caught me by surprise because it’s such a quick show. Totally recommend it!
Anyone know who sings the cover of "Enjoy the Silence" they use (very well, I thought) in the back half of the production?
Anyway, saw this last night and loved it -- all three really seem to be firing on all cylinders. Plenty of empty seats along the sides in the Orchestra for an early Wed. curtain. Didn't stick around to see the madhouse of stagedoor.
I really liked it a lot and would consider seeing it again. Tom Hiddleston as Robert is a wonderful stage presence and delivered the profound sadness of the story so palpably, which is the feeling that is present but not I believe directly expressed in the text, which I now want to read. Charlie Cox as Jerry was great up against him, just as strong with a wholly different energy, much more forthright. I found Zawe Ashton fine as Emma, she holds her own with two great actors, but I thought there was sometimes-retro read on the character of the woman in the story, I'd like to see it minus the occasional arch or bitter line reading, which diminish her a bit.
(A full house for the Saturday matinee. I got good Row C Mezzanine seats half price at the South Street TKTS where you can buy Sat matinee tickets on Friday afternoon.)
Any member reviews or comments out there to update us on how things are going with the show and it’s performances? Is this a Don’t Miss This Whatever You Do type of play? And are there merchandise stands in the theatre with window cards, etc.?
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Posted: 8/22/19 at 8:14am