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Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?

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Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#1
Posted: 5/22/08 at 4:18pm
Hey everybody
My family and I are going to New York the third week of June.
I'm going to be seeing a few shows just on my own (such as PASSING STRANGE, CRY-BABY, A CATERED AFFAIR, etc.), but my family is going to see 2 shows all together.
We already have tickets for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY which I am extremely excited about, you have no idea! =]
So yeah, I'm just wondering which other show you guys recommend we should see- BOEING BOEING or THE 39 STEPS?
It really doesn't matter to me (whatever show I don't see with them I'll just see myself), so I was just wondering what you all think is the better or more enjoyable show.

Thank you!
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#2
Posted: 5/22/08 at 4:25pm
BOEING BOEING...you can rent 39 STEPS from any DVD store.
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#2
Posted: 5/22/08 at 4:28pm
I liked 39 steps better...it was more silly humor.
Updated On: 5/22/08 at 04:28 PM
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#3
Posted: 5/22/08 at 4:29pm
DRG- youre pm is not working again! re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?

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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#4
Posted: 5/22/08 at 4:30pm
I loved both of them. The 39 Steps is a very creative production. Boeing has a really wonderful cast. Both shows are very funny, but for me, Boeing is the funnier of the two.
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#5
Posted: 5/22/08 at 4:40pm
The 39 Steps. The incredible timing of the 4 actors is unbelieveable.
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#6
Posted: 5/22/08 at 4:44pm
You can also rent the film of Boeing-Boeing (and watch Thelma Ritter walk away with the movie). Renting The 39 Steps doesn't convey what the stage version is all about.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#7
Posted: 5/22/08 at 5:44pm
"Renting The 39 Steps doesn't convey what the stage version is all about."

Indeed. The stage version is very different from both film versions.
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#8
Posted: 5/22/08 at 6:06pm
Both are hilarious. I would go with Boeing-Boeing though. The cast is amazing!
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#9
Posted: 5/22/08 at 6:08pm
I had a MUCH better time at Boeing-Boeing. I didn't stop laughing at Boeing-Boeing and the cast was perfect. That would be my choice.
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#10
Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:32am
I vote for Boeing-Boeing, too. It's hysterical!
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#11
Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:47am
Boeing-Boeing.
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#12
Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:58am
I loved Boeing Boeing! go see it!!!
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#13
Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:59am
Boeing Boeing!
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#14
Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:02am
I have not seen Boeing Boeing but every chance I get, I recommend The 39 Steps. So...go see The 39 Steps.
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#15
Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:40am
I would love to see both, but I would choose 39 Steps. I just wish I'd had one more day in London so I could have caught the performance there back in March.
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re: Boeing Boeing or The 39 Steps?#16
Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:50am
Boeing Boeing by all means!!! 39 Steps is just silly and NOT in a good way. Sophomoric, may be closer to home.
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