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VIOLET - So Disappointing

Posted by:	Major 11:38 am EDT 03/31/14

I just completed an 8-show week of shows. I'll share my thoughts on several. But I'm starting with the one I had the greatest hope for. I saw the original production of VIOLET at Playwrights Horizons. It was a beautiful experience on many levels. One of the reasons it holds a special place in my heart is that it was one of a handful of shows I saw with just my father. It was OUR show. He was a fickle man with great taste. When VIOLET was over he affirmed "That was terrific." So when Roundabout revived this I pounced on tickets and was eager to share it with my husband and step mother. The show is beautifully sung. And the music is a glorious as ever. But the staging is so thin and the production (if it can be called that) is so bare bones. It left me cold and made both my husband and step mother wonder what all the fuss was. By trimming dialogue and losing the intermission, a full rich evening is now an appetizer. Indeed, my step mother (and many others) thought there was more to come. Some memories can't be replicated. But the potential was there. This cast is capable of giving VIOLET the production it deserves.

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Thread:	now I'm extra excited to see this. - jero 08:31 am EDT 04/01/14 (5) re: now I'm extra excited to see this. - Ann 08:41 am EDT 04/01/14 (4) re: now I'm extra excited to see this. - jero 09:49 am EDT 04/01/14 (3) re: now I'm extra excited to see this. - wmdmcree 09:55 am EDT 04/01/14 re: now I'm extra excited to see this. - Ann 09:51 am EDT 04/01/14 (1) re: now I'm extra excited to see this. - jero 05:32 pm EDT 04/01/14 re: VIOLET - So Disappointing - lowwriter 01:10 pm EDT 03/31/14 (1) re: VIOLET - So Disappointing - Major 02:06 pm EDT 03/31/14 re: VIOLET - So Disappointing - aislestorm 12:48 pm EDT 03/31/14 (6) re: VIOLET - So Disappointing - MarjorieMae 03:24 pm EDT 03/31/14 re: VIOLET - So Disappointing - MikeR 02:28 pm EDT 03/31/14 re: VIOLET - So Disappointing - gad90210 02:22 pm EDT 03/31/14 (3) re: VIOLET - So Disappointing - enoch10 05:15 pm EDT 03/31/14 re: VIOLET - So Disappointing - lowwriter 04:07 pm EDT 03/31/14 I never saw the original - Genealley 02:40 pm EDT 03/31/14 VIOLET was beyond disappointing,,,, - blahblah14606 12:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 (19) Can't believe you referenced Emmet Otter! - Shutterbug 09:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 re: VIOLET was beyond disappointing,,,, - MarjorieMae 05:46 pm EDT 03/31/14 (2) I absolutely love Sutton Foster... - blahblah14606 11:51 am EDT 04/01/14 (1) I felt the opposite .... - jdm 05:02 pm EDT 04/01/14 I thought it was plenty dark... - gad90210 12:28 pm EDT 03/31/14 (14) re: Spoiler REQUEST - Guillaume 01:47 pm EDT 03/31/14 (1) re: Spoiler REQUEST - MikeR 02:28 pm EDT 03/31/14 re: a spoiler alert inside the message? - SQ 01:08 pm EDT 03/31/14 (9) re: a spoiler alert inside the message? - writerkev 03:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 (2) re: it didn't work for me - SQ 06:05 pm EDT 03/31/14 (1) re: it didn't work for me - writerkev 06:14 am EDT 04/01/14 re: a spoiler alert inside the message? - enoch10 01:13 pm EDT 03/31/14 (4) re: it didn't - SQ 02:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 (3) re: it didn't - enoch10 05:17 pm EDT 03/31/14 (2) re: for you - SQ 06:06 pm EDT 03/31/14 (1) re: for you - enoch10 09:17 pm EDT 03/31/14 Really? - MockingbirdGirl 01:10 pm EDT 03/31/14 re: I thought it was plenty dark... - larry13 12:34 pm EDT 03/31/14 (1) re: I thought it was plenty dark... - gad90210 03:07 pm EDT 03/31/14

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