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John Bambery stars in 'Sunday in the Park' in S.F. and Recalls His Visit With Chita Rivera & Roger Rees
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John Bambery stars in 'Sunday in the Park' in S.F. and Recalls His Visit With Chita Rivera & Roger Rees#1
Posted: 7/26/18 at 11:10am

John Bambery is drawing rave reviews for his Seurat in ''Sunday in the Park With George'' at San Francisco Playhouse. He reveals how the theater's mascot, Emmy, a golden retriever, reacted when she saw him doing the dog duet in ''Sunday'' in rehearsals.

Bambery also shares the most memorable moments he had working with Chita and Roger on Kander & Ebb's ''The Visit.'' 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/BWW-Exclusive-John-Bambery-Paints-the-Town-in-SUNDAY-IN-THE-PARK-WITH-GEORGE-and-Recalls-His-Visit-with-Chita-Rivera-20180725

Updated On: 7/26/18 at 11:10 AM
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John Bambery stars in 'Sunday in the Park' in S.F. and Recalls His Visit With Chita Rivera & Roger Rees#2
Posted: 7/26/18 at 2:03pm

Speaking from a completely unbiased perspective, this production is mind-blowingly astonishing and everybody should beg, borrow, or steal to see it asap.

[Dr. Doofenshmirtz Voice] and by unbiased I mean completely biased.

Updated On: 7/26/18 at 02:03 PM
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John Bambery stars in 'Sunday in the Park' in S.F. and Recalls His Visit With Chita Rivera & Roger Rees#3
Posted: 7/26/18 at 2:44pm
I have tickets for next month! I’ve never seen this show before, so can’t wait!
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John Bambery stars in 'Sunday in the Park' in S.F. and Recalls His Visit With Chita Rivera & Roger Rees#4
Posted: 7/26/18 at 3:12pm
Synecdoche2 said: "Speaking from a completely unbiased perspective, this production is mind-blowingly astonishing and everybody should beg, borrow, or steal to see it asap.

[Dr. Doofenshmirtz Voice] and by unbiased I meancompletely biased."



Can you elaborate on what makes this production astonishing?

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John Bambery stars in 'Sunday in the Park' in S.F. and Recalls His Visit With Chita Rivera & Roger Rees#5
Posted: 8/2/18 at 12:01am

San Francisco Playhouse has put out a new trailer from their acclaimed revival of ''Sunday in the Park With George,'' featuring John Bambery singing a snippet from ''Color and Light.'' …

One of the things that makes this revival special is the intimacy of this 199-seat theater, which makes it even easier for the talented cast to draw you in, yet still give you the whole picture.

https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2017-2018-season/sunday-park-george/

Updated On: 8/2/18 at 12:01 AM
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John Bambery stars in 'Sunday in the Park' in S.F. and Recalls His Visit With Chita Rivera & Roger Rees#6
Posted: 8/2/18 at 12:12am

I have a ticket to see this tomorrow night! I had no idea it's been so well-received. I just bought a ticket because I'm in town, and it's my favorite musical, so I'd like another chance to see it live. Glad to hear it's been getting raves. I have to say I'm a bit skeptical though. In the past I've found that SF Playhouse casts its shows very well, but they tend to be a little spotty when it comes to production value. And Sunday is a show where visuals are very important. But I'll reserve judgement until after seeing it, of course! 

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John Bambery stars in 'Sunday in the Park' in S.F. and Recalls His Visit With Chita Rivera & Roger Rees#7
Posted: 8/2/18 at 12:17am

I bought tickets to see it a second time next week. The strengths of this production lie in the performances, not in the staging - which I found weak in comparison to other SF Playhouse productions.

I found it to be a very satisfying production, however.

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John Bambery stars in 'Sunday in the Park' in S.F. and Recalls His Visit With Chita Rivera & Roger Rees#8
Posted: 8/2/18 at 12:55am

I have never seen the show before, so I won't have a reference point. The only San Francisco Playhouse show I have seen was La Cage Aux Folles, which I thought was nicely staged. If the performances are good, that's more important to me - unless I'm one of those people who doesn't like the musical.



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