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| re: Actually, this is the 3rd iteration. | |
| Posted by: twocents 10:45 am EST 01/11/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Actually, this is the 3rd iteration. - mikem 08:05 am EST 01/11/18 | |
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| I fondly recall enjoying it at the Newhouse in 2008. I figured that it would be so nice to return. But your point concerns me. Less is probably more. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, John! It's more fun to perform a longer show, of course. Theatergoers get more bang for the buck, too. But sounds like it may have backfired. Like Winston Churchill, however, he will keep a stiff upper lip and plow ahead. All the best and thanks for the memories. | |
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| re: "I fondly recall enjoying it at the Newhouse in 2008" | |
| Posted by: Dale 04:29 pm EST 01/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Actually, this is the 3rd iteration. - twocents 10:45 am EST 01/11/18 | |
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| Probably due to being in a small house. I was in the 3rd row last Tuesday and enjoyed it. I won't have from the last row of the balcony! |
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| re: Actually, this is the 3rd iteration. | |
| Posted by: mikem 10:57 am EST 01/11/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Actually, this is the 3rd iteration. - twocents 10:45 am EST 01/11/18 | |
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| Yes, it was a nice show in 2008, and it felt like a complete evening as it was. The expansion probably feels like padding. It probably feels like that relative who comes over whom you like but now it's late and he just really needs to go home. The featured story in 2008 was Uncle Fred Flits By, which is the current Act Two story. Uncle Fred is fun. The current Act One story is Haircut, which was also used at some performances at the second run in the Newhouse in 2009. Although Haircut has some personal significance for Lithgow, many people are saying that it is very boring theatrically and a poor choice of how to spend much of the first act. It sounds like it sets the wrong tone for the evening. |
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| re: Actually, this is the 3rd iteration. | |
| Posted by: twocents 11:12 am EST 01/11/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Actually, this is the 3rd iteration. - mikem 10:57 am EST 01/11/18 | |
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| The featured story in 2008 was Uncle Fred Flits By, which is the current Act Two story. Uncle Fred is fun. It sure is! It rings such a clear bell. What a master. I remember Haircut too, now that you mention it. I must have attended on one of those two for one evenings. He's so avuncular. I may throw caution to the wind and return anyway. |
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