| NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave | |
| Posted by: | broadwaybacker 10:20 pm EST 11/17/14 |
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| I really hope it matters. | |
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| re: NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave | |
| Posted by: | KingSpeed 10:55 pm EST 11/17/14 |
| In reply to: | NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave - broadwaybacker 10:20 pm EST 11/17/14 |
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| I second this review! The essential ticket of the fall season! | |
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| re: NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave/Can't wait to see it | |
| Posted by: | Duke1979 10:31 pm EST 11/17/14 |
| In reply to: | NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave - broadwaybacker 10:20 pm EST 11/17/14 |
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| Whatever the flaws, this show is tackling difficult and unconventional issues in a way that few Broadway musicals dare to do. Can't wait! But hopefully the reviews won't cause them to pull the discount codes. | |
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| re: NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave/Can't wait to see it | |
| Posted by: | lowwriter 11:10 pm EST 11/17/14 |
| In reply to: | re: NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave/Can't wait to see it - Duke1979 10:31 pm EST 11/17/14 |
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| Well I was able to use the discount just now for this Saturday night. I got sidetracked at work today and the seat I wanted in B on the aisle in the front mezz got taken. So I am sitting in Row F orchestra, three seats from the center house left aisle. I will bring a pillow to sit on and pray for short people sitting in front of me so I can see everything :-) | |
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| re: NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave/Can't wait to see it | |
| Posted by: | showusyourtalent 12:09 am EST 11/19/14 |
| In reply to: | re: NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave/Can't wait to see it - lowwriter 11:10 pm EST 11/17/14 |
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| Why bring a pillow? Hopefully, the theatre should have these custom made cushions to raise the height of the seat. Since there are vertically- challenged cast members, I can't see why this wouldn't be the case. | |
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| my feelings are hurt | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 07:02 am EST 11/18/14 |
| In reply to: | re: NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave/Can't wait to see it - lowwriter 11:10 pm EST 11/17/14 |
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| You picked the seat because I recommended it! That way I take full blame if you hate the location. | |
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| re: my feelings are hurt | |
| Posted by: | lowwriter 07:25 am EST 11/18/14 |
| In reply to: | my feelings are hurt - dramedy 07:02 am EST 11/18/14 |
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| dramedy -- my latest fear going to the theater. A person will sit next to me who will take over half of my seat. That has happened three times most recently and one time I had to have the manager seat me elsewhere. | |
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| re: my feelings are hurt | |
| Posted by: | showusyourtalent 12:13 am EST 11/19/14 |
| In reply to: | re: my feelings are hurt - lowwriter 07:25 am EST 11/18/14 |
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| Always nice to have binoculars, a Sharpie, and a can of Crisco handy in your bag. | |
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| re: NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave | |
| Posted by: | Delvino 10:29 pm EST 11/17/14 |
| In reply to: | NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave - broadwaybacker 10:20 pm EST 11/17/14 |
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| It is indeed. That's the review they needed. The minor quibbles probably enhance it, in odd ways, because it's a love letter to the show's emotional hold on audiences, which has always been its strength, acknowledging, even reluctantly, that imperfections are part of the package. I hope everyone who hoped for that (as I did) can go to sleep happy. Now: how to fill those seats. | |
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| re: I expect Bill Condon to do an ad like a movie trailer for the show | |
| Posted by: | lowwriter 11:46 pm EST 11/17/14 |
| In reply to: | re: NYT review of Side Show by Isherwood is a rave - Delvino 10:29 pm EST 11/17/14 |
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| He's a fine film director, with only the mishap of The Fifth Estate. So I assume he could do a great video ad for the show if he has the time. | |
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| Condon's 'The Fifth Estate' | |
| Posted by: | DC 10:40 am EST 11/18/14 |
| In reply to: | re: I expect Bill Condon to do an ad like a movie trailer for the show - lowwriter 11:46 pm EST 11/17/14 |
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| Condon's film 'The Fifth Estate' is not a mishap. Anyone who has seen Alex Gibney's doc on the Assange Story - 'We Steal Secrets' - will recognize that 'TFE' is a fine dramatization of the same story, with a knockout performance by Benedict Cumberbatch and rather impressive work by Condon. The film did not do well at the box office - but it has been unfairly maligned. Just because a film asks you to think (God forbid), that doesn't mean it is, as some have said, incomprehensible. But, speaking of Condon, one thing I don't think I've noticed people bringing up is how different his film of 'Dreamgirls' is from the original Broadway production. The two are almost day and night - apparently just like the original Bway production of 'Side Show' and its current revival. The original stagings of both musicals were sung-through, for one thing. Then, later, they were both re-thought as more standard 'book' stories. ...What, if anything, can it mean? | |
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| Condon's "Dreamgirls" | |
| Posted by: | sandcastle 07:09 pm EST 11/18/14 |
| In reply to: | Condon's 'The Fifth Estate' - DC 10:40 am EST 11/18/14 |
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| ...has many fine moments, to be sure. But when Jennifer Hudson's Effie is away for that deadly third act, I was reminded when Omar Sharif's gambling put me to sleep in "Funny Girl." | |
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| re: Condon's "Dreamgirls" | |
| Posted by: | DC 09:48 am EST 11/19/14 |
| In reply to: | Condon's "Dreamgirls" - sandcastle 07:09 pm EST 11/18/14 |
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| And I still can't believe they cut 'Ain't No Party'!!!!! ;) | |
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