NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
virgil blessing2
Leading Actor Joined: 7/12/04
#1NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/21/10 at 3:07am
We have tickets to catch it 7/3/10. I have read all the mixed reviews online. Anyone here catch it? If so, I'd love to hear what everyone thought! Please share. Thanks! 
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#2NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/21/10 at 3:19amYou can use the message board's 'search' feature to read the DOZENS of reviews users here have posted.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
virgil blessing2
Leading Actor Joined: 7/12/04
#2NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/21/10 at 3:28am
u are most kind, i appreciate the suggestion, but i did try that and was honeslty not in the mood to search back over many months of postings and scour for days. lol
if anyone here has seen it and wishes to drop a line re. their thoughts on the show, please feel free. grazie!
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/21/10 at 6:50am
You aren't going to find any difference of a consensus here. Some thought it was brilliant, others did not.
Personally, I enjoyed it and really liked the performances, but I felt the script missed an opportunity to really say something important. It suggests some things but falls short.
But I did enjoy it, and would reccommend seeing it.
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TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#6NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/21/10 at 9:55amI did not see it, but two of my daughters saw it last week, and they both loved it.
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#7NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/21/10 at 10:01amThe general understanding I have gotten on it is that it plays like a gay soap opera/straight-to-video release. I am hoping to get to get around to it via TDF next week at some point...though everytime I pull up BWW or Playbill I almost anticipate seeing a closing notice.
Sleeper2
Leading Actor Joined: 2/8/06
#8NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/21/10 at 10:12am
I loved it. I saw it offBway and at the Helen Hayes. It's well paced, well acted and well directed.
#9NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/21/10 at 11:08amwell acted but didn't feel it was well written.
littlepaperstars
Understudy Joined: 3/19/09
#10NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/21/10 at 12:34pmI loved it - so powerful, and a unique take on a common subject.
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#11NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 1:29pmI loved it, the acting was great, my only complaint is that the older gay boyfriend's character is not the easiest guy to love.
#12NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 1:34pm"Next Fall" is sweet and smart. See it before it becomes a big-budget film with George Clooney and Matthew Morrison.
#13NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 2:03pmPersonally I adored it. Not the strongest play in terms of the writing but the direction and the acting and the story are really wonderful...it was one of the best things I saw last season.
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#14NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 2:04pmIt's worth seeing for the cast alone but because I strongly identified with certain aspects of the story (the clash of beliefs), I think it had more impact on me than it otherwise might have.
#15NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 2:17pmone of the more trivial and boring plays I've ever seen
#16NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 2:35pmHated it. The acting wasn't terrible but the play itself sure was. And people overhyping it made it even worse for me.
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#17NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 2:57pmI did like this much better than "The Kid," which I saw the next day. At least the couple here, despite their differences, were credible and believeable AS a couple. Christopher Sieber and Lucas Steele? Not so much. Steele looked and acted like Sieber's rentboy.
littlepaperstars
Understudy Joined: 3/19/09
#18NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 4:04pmThe kid was based on a real relationship. Read the book - it was much better than the show.
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LayerBoy4
Chorus Member Joined: 5/2/09
#19NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 4:24pmI thought the show was gorgeous and touching. It's not a perfect script, but the performers bring a whole lot of heart to the production and I was very moved. Rushed it once, then brought my friend with me a few weeks later.
#20NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 5:13pmImpeccable acting-mediocre sitcom writing IMO.
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xokimbe
Swing Joined: 5/15/07
#22NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 6:24pmI really enjoyed it! Thought it was one of the better new plays I've seen in recent years.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#24NEXT FALL - anyone seen it?
Posted: 6/22/10 at 6:32pm
The acting wasn't terrible but the play itself sure was.
Taylor, to say "the acting wasn't terrible" makes it seem like it wasn't great either. Honestly, I think the cast gave the best performance as an ensemble this season. The acting is exquisite. And even if you didn't enjoy the play, to say that it was terrible just seems silly. There have been so many other plays in recent years and this year alone even that are far worse.
