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re: I don't think so

Posted by: Harper 07:36 pm EDT 05/08/15
In reply to: I don't think so - MockingbirdGirl 01:35 pm EDT 05/08/15

All valid points of view. I'm not on here often enough to get a sense of who some of you are, but it's exciting to read posts from so many people that have so much passion for the theatre.

My theater-going friends and I represent a younger crowd than a lot of audience members. That may not really make any difference, but here's my take.

Fun Home is pretty damn near flawless: writing, performing, design. The couple of times I went it was a full and enthusiastic house. It's an important work. Not because it deals with sexual identity, but because it's a very well told story: an entertaining adult play about people learning and taking a journey.

An A in P is trite. The dancing is dynamite and the production looks great. You won't hear better music in a Broadway theater. But the script is old fashioned and not in a good way, particularly with the repressed gay character. And there's absolutely no chemistry between any of the characters.

Something Rotten is a series of TV outrageous sketches with lots of inside theater jokes performed really well. But the script implodes, the music is painfully repetitious, and the sets and costumes look regional theater. It's great to have an insider theatre-folk 'must see' show, but friends not in the theater are done with it by the end of the first act. The biggest plus is an unbelievably great ad campaign.

All that said, there's so much theater to recommend to people this season and that's a very good thing.


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'the dancing is dynamite"

Posted by: jero 08:55 pm EDT 05/08/15
In reply to: re: I don't think so - Harper 07:36 pm EDT 05/08/15

I thought it was as dull a re-tread as could be except for a few flashes of sensuality from Leanne Cope. I kept wishing for Matthew Bourne. all those angular goal post arms seemed a waste of time.


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re: 'the dancing is dynamite"

Posted by: bicoastal 10:50 pm EDT 05/08/15
In reply to: 'the dancing is dynamite" - jero 08:55 pm EDT 05/08/15

I am soooo with you on that, jero. I have not seen "Something Rotten" so can't remark on it, but if "American in Paris" wins I will be very disappointed. Even for all its flaws, "The Visit" was a better experience for me. But I am rooting for "Fun Home" which brought the audience to an immediate standing ovation and has stayed with my friends and I long past the curtain call.


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re: 'the dancing is dynamite"

Posted by: Harper 01:06 pm EDT 05/09/15
In reply to: re: 'the dancing is dynamite" - bicoastal 10:50 pm EDT 05/08/15

Perhaps you can enlighten me: was the choreography in American in Paris meant to be retro to the ballet style of the post-war period?


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re: 'the dancing is dynamite"

Posted by: jimvar1 01:13 pm EDT 05/09/15
In reply to: re: 'the dancing is dynamite" - Harper 01:06 pm EDT 05/09/15

was the choreography in American in Paris meant to be retro to the ballet style of the post-war period?

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Am no expert on dance...but I thought Wheedon employed both stripes of dance: modern/theatrical for the expository sequences; retro indeed for the "presentational" numbers; and just classic dance for the Jerry-Lise pas de deux.

I think Best Musical is between AMERICAN IN PARIS and THE VISIT.


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re: 'the dancing is dynamite"

Posted by: Harper 08:21 pm EDT 05/09/15
In reply to: re: 'the dancing is dynamite" - jimvar1 01:13 pm EDT 05/09/15

I don't think you'll find too many people expecting The Visit to win the big award, jimvar. American in Paris sure seems to have a groundswell of support, though.


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