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re: warning: this might be offensive

Posted by:	owk 01:11 am EDT 09/13/14
In reply to:	warning: this might be offensive - hugoP 09:06 am EDT 09/12/14

It should be pointed out -- I was there tonight -- that the number you're referring to, which you describe as half-hearted, got a huge hand and I was grateful that it didn't overstays its welcome. It's a small idea, neatly executed. I liked this one much better than the previous poster -- I thought it was a ton of fun, actually, like an old fashioned musical comedy re-envisioned, and I think Susan Werner's score is constantly first-taste. It's the first time in a long time I've heard an audience laugh at lyrics. There's lots of work to do, no doubt, but I thought they were off to a very impressive start.

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re: warning: this might be offensive

Posted by:	hugoP 08:31 am EDT 09/13/14
In reply to:	re: warning: this might be offensive - owk 01:11 am EDT 09/13/14

to be fair, it got a huge hand the night I saw it, too. and it definitely didn't overstay its welcome. And Werner's lyrics got a lot of laughs, though mostly in the numbers I admired in my earlier post. I think this show has the potential to be much more substantial than the let's-recreate-the-beloved-movie approach they are taking. Swenson, Errico and Behlman are all so good that you just want it all to be stronger. As I said in my post, I think the show can be successful-- and with its current team. But I guess I think it needs a lot more work than you do. I liked the whole thing enough to hope that more people agree with you than with me!

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