All That Chat - ROCKY on Broadway

HOME ALL THAT CHAT ATC WEST COAST SHOPPIN' RUSH BOARD FAQS

LOGIN REGISTER SEARCH FLAT MODE

not logged in

ROCKY on Broadway

Posted by:	LLC 10:33 pm EDT 08/16/14

I saw the Wednesday Matinee of ROCKY The Musical on Broadway. The production closes this Sunday and you MUST see it if you can!!! Alex Timbers' staging ranks with Hal Prince (EVITA) Michael Bennett (DREAMGIRLS) Tommy Tune (NINE) & Bob Fosse (CHICAGO) in the best and most memorable I have ever seen! That said... The score by Flaherty & Ahrens simply stinks. Not a memorable hook (or thought) in the whole bunch. A very disappointing show for the two (RAGTIME, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, MY FAVORITE YEAR etc.) Rocky's first number (his "I wish" song) had the refrain "My nose isn't broken" which is an alienating and strange thought for a repetitive phrase. That said... The show is essentially a love story between Rocky & Adrian. Their scenes and songs were performed with SUCH intimacy and SUCH willingness to allow the subtext to shine through, that I was teary through all of their material. The BIG NUMBERS just don't play. Not at all, at all, at all, at all, at all... Mickey, the Burgess Meredith role, is played by an untalented hack, whose "Big Number" lays an egg bigger than Godzilla could ever hope to lay! But... The Big Fight! They move the audience from Center Orchestra onto the stage, onto bleachers. The Ring slides out to the Center of the Orchestra. 15 Rounds of Full-Contact Stage Combat are fought, each with a theatrical trick or concept! It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! Never to be seen again, after the show closes on August 17! At the end... when Rocky was calling for Adrian... I was weeping... cheering... sobbing...laughing... and amazingly moved!
Link	ROCKY Broadway - The Anatomy of a Knockout

reply \|

Previous:	re: Anita Gillette - PlayWiz 02:48 pm EDT 08/17/14
Next:	I believe it is "my nose ain't broken..." nmi - Gregv212 12:09 pm EDT 08/17/14

Thread:	I believe it is "my nose ain't broken..." nmi - Gregv212 12:09 pm EDT 08/17/14 "My nose isn't broken"is an alienating and strange thought for a repetitive phrase. - jero 11:54 am EDT 08/17/14 re: ROCKY on Broadway - lowwriter 11:07 am EDT 08/17/14 (2) re: ROCKY on Broadway - correction - lowwriter 11:37 am EDT 08/17/14 re: ROCKY on Broadway - hitbycab 11:12 am EDT 08/17/14 re: ROCKY on Broadway - hitbycab 10:47 am EDT 08/17/14 re: ROCKY on Broadway - lonlad 04:01 am EDT 08/17/14 (1) re: ROCKY on Broadway - StageLover 08:46 am EDT 08/17/14 re: ROCKY on Broadway - chrisampm 03:28 am EDT 08/17/14 (2) re: ROCKY on Broadway - Budinsky 10:40 am EDT 08/17/14 re: ROCKY on Broadway - mikem 10:27 am EDT 08/17/14 re: ROCKY on Broadway - BruceinIthaca 12:37 am EDT 08/17/14

All That Chat is intended for the discussion of theatre news and opinion
subject to the terms and conditions of the Terms of Service. (Please take all off-topic discussion to private email.)