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Posted by:	Teacher64 08:15 am EST 01/17/15
In reply to:	IT"S ONLY - NO, BARELY- A PLAY. - portenopete 12:43 am EST 01/17/15

...and I agree with everything you said. There were portions that had laugh after laugh, but then there were long stretches of nothing. They guy playing the young director seemed like he was acting in a bad high school play; no comic timing, no enthusiasm, no British accent and no character. Every time he started to speak I would cringe. (When he came out at the stage door, where about 20 people were waiting for Short, people looked at him, and then turned away. Channing left very quickly, not signing at all and Short and Broderick never came out to sign. Only Finneran signed, and she was very nice and took pictures, despite the frigid temperatures.) If you think Broderick's schtick did not work last night, you should have seen him play Felix Unger the exact same way. In fact, he's been playing every character the same way ever since THE PRODUCERS. He was absolutely horrible. There were people sitting around me contemplating leaving during intermission, but they all stayed. There was nothing compelling in the play to make people want to stay for Act 2. And the theater was positively freezing. IT'S ONLY A PLAY barely qualifies under its own title, and it was only the wattage of the stars that are in it that bring audiences to see it. I can't believe it gets good word of mouth --there were many moments last night when I started to doze off.

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