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Same reaction exactly.

Posted by: Delvino 05:23 pm EDT 10/27/15
In reply to: Interesting... - charles1055 02:56 pm EDT 10/27/15
This fascinates me as well. I may be wrong, but I've seldom seen a consensus among the august members of this board get a show wrong. By "getting wrong" I mean misrepresent an anticipated critical response, not necessarily deliver a definitive verdict on quality, because that isn't possible. Yes, we have outliers (and out liars) with every production. But the preview period for "The Humans" inspired some of the most disappointed posts -- in some cases outright negative -- I've read here in a decade. I was such a fan of "Sons of the Prophet," I was dismayed. So Isherwood's rave -- with a mid-October announcement that a better play was unlikely to come along all season, or words to that effect (how odd, six weeks into the season) -- was startling.

Yes, we all offer highly subjective opinions here. ("Gigi" anyone?) But we do get a sense of the way the wind is blowing. We have rare pieces that divide -- "The Flicks," even "Hands on a Hardbody." But I have rather consistently read posts over days and weeks of previews here as a solid indicator. Others may disagree.

I'll see "The Humans" when it moves, and no doubt ends up on TDF. That's not a value judgment, just a comment on filling a B'way theater with a straight play audience 8 times a week.


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