HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
wolfwriter
Featured Actor Joined: 3/16/15
#1HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
Posted: 1/16/20 at 10:45pm
Has anyone seen this?
I like Len Cariou and Craig Bierko, but I'm hesitant because the description of the play sounds pretty slight.
Thoughts or comments are appreciated.
Thanks.
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#2HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
Posted: 1/17/20 at 1:06amSeeing it Saturday night. I'll try to remember to post my thoughts.
#3HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
Posted: 1/17/20 at 4:38amIt’s a slight play that feels kind of like a throwback to the stuff you’d see in the ‘70s or ‘80s, but Cariou and Bierko are enjoyable stage pros. It’s worth seeing if you can get in cheaply or for free.
"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."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#4HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
Posted: 3/10/20 at 1:02amSo this is still playing? I thought they said they’d have to close right away but I see tickets are still on sale.
#5HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
Posted: 3/10/20 at 1:35am
Seems you missed the kiss and make up; they resolved their differences and the show goes on...
Pashacar
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/18
#6HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
Posted: 3/10/20 at 4:50pm
The real question is how it's staying open aside from the cast drama. The seating charts online show a mostly empty house most nights, and comps are readily available for nearly every performance.
#7HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
Posted: 3/10/20 at 5:18pmAnyone know where the stage door is there? Is it just the front doors?
BIG BALONEY
Leading Actor Joined: 6/21/03
#8HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
Posted: 3/10/20 at 8:38pmSaw it last night and Len Cariou and David Lansbury made for a great team. No stage door at City Center lower level. The play was well done and audience appreciated cast.
Pashacar
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/18
#9HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND (MTC)
Posted: 3/13/20 at 12:16pm
Half-serious question: is this production a money-laundering operation?
First they extend months out, while comping at every performance. Now they are the only show to continue performances during the Coronavirus crisis. There has to be something fishy going on with its finances.
