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re: Does anybody see what I see?

Posted by:	BrianJ 11:12 pm EDT 08/13/14
In reply to:	Does anybody see what I see? - Chazwaza 07:34 pm EDT 08/13/14

I was very moved by CAROLINE, and I still treasure many parts of it, but I would also say that I find it problematic and i don't feel that it inherently works on the level of a GUYS AND DOLLS or a MY FAIR LADY (for example), both of which I've seen performed by very amateur/unskilled actors and yet had such an inherent build/drive to them that they landed no matter what. I don't think CAROLINE has that perfection of punch to it, but I wouldn't say that I know the answer of why - no New Haven tryout, with those notoriously incisive New Haven audiences as opposed to the Public Theater subscribers? Just kidding, the demographics of today's New Haven theatregoers can barely fill the Yale Rep, let alone the Shubert, so the answers of how to perfect a musical so that it bewitches/enchants mass audiences for centuries are no longer to be found there, NOR in the East Village, I would say.

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