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re: IF ,THEN...I figured it out...

Posted by:	carolinaguy 10:13 am EST 01/21/15
In reply to:	re: IF ,THEN...I figured it out... - lowwriter 10:07 am EST 01/21/15

I thought the show's problem was more structural than anything else. It switched between stories too frequently, which led to two related problems: it was hard to get absorbed in either story, and the constant shifts were just plain distracting. I thought it might have been more effective if we had only switched stories a couple of times per act and the shifts were like mini-act endings. But I still don't know how fascinating a show with city planning as a central focus could really be. Good cast, though. And five or six really good songs sprinkled among the average ones and the two or three clunkers.

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re: IF ,THEN...I figured it out...

Posted by:	ashleylm 02:06 pm EST 01/21/15
In reply to:	re: IF ,THEN...I figured it out... - carolinaguy 10:13 am EST 01/21/15

But I still don't know how fascinating a show with city planning as a central focus could really be. Me, I was hoping for more city planning, believe it or not! It can be very gripping--there's an opera in the works about Jane Jacobs.

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