Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
#1Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 1:25am
In your opinion, which straight play on Broadway is the best? I'll be in the city March 4-6 and have room to add a play to Curtains and Pirate Queen.
I saw Lieutenant of Inishmore and LOVED it. Saw Lousing Louie and thought it was okay. History Boys was great! Awake and Sing! was okay.
Also, any off-Broadway recommendations? I haven't seen any.
Thanks!
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--Aristotle
Updated On: 2/26/07 at 01:25 AM
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#2re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 1:27amas apposed to a gay play, right?
#2re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 1:42am
I would recommend OUR LEADING LADY off broadway...here is the link to my review:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=926530#2832287
#3re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 7:11amJOURNEY'S END is fantastic. If you like good theatre, this production is a must.
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Updated On: 2/26/07 at 07:11 AM
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#5re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 10:05amTRANSLATIONS
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrel
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/26/05
#6re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 10:27am
I really liked TALK RADIO. Can't say that it's the best straight play on Broadway, though, because I haven't seen any others yet. But, I thoroughly enjoyed it and Schreiber gives a knockout performance.
Updated On: 2/26/07 at 10:27 AM
#7re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 10:35amI thought all plays were gay?
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Corine2
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#8re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 10:35am
My list all closed. ;-(
My favorite play which was on Broadway was "Little Dog Laughed"
Off Broadway they all closed:
"Southern Comforts"
"Regrets Only"
Still playing: "Mis Understanding Mammy"
#9re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 12:10pmJourney's End, hands down. Translations is a close second.
"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
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#10re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 1:30pmI concur with Journey's End.
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#11re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 1:58pmI enjoyed "The Fever" at the Acorn---very thought-provoking!
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#12re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 2:55pm
Can you give more info on "The Fever"?
"Straight Play" means no music/ no musical numbers as opposed to a Musical . So " The Little Dog Laughed" is actually a straight play , even though it dealt with a gay actor in the closet.
1 vote for "Journey's End " here
Updated On: 2/26/07 at 02:55 PM
#13re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 2:58pmAnother vote for "Journey's End" here, although I've yet to see "Translations."
#14re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 3:15pmi agree. i won't be seeing "Translations" only due to monetary constraints but i would recommend "Journey's End". i also enjoyed "Radio Golf" when i saw it pre-Broadway
#15re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 4:48pmWithout question, Journey's End. I saw it in London and it's riveting.
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#16re: Best Straight Play on Broadway at the moment?
Posted: 2/26/07 at 7:48pmTranslations with Journey's End as my close second.
