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| METEOR SHOWER Final Perfornance | |
| Posted by: mamaleh 05:05 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
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| Caught the final performance yesterday afternoon. The play has some funny moments—mostly physical business between Laura Benanti and Amy Schumer—but overall its humor is so-so at best. Keegan-Michael Key, Jeremy Shamos and the ladies give it their all, but Schumer’s lack of stage experience often shows. No special speeches at curtain call, but Schumer had tears in her eyes, at least a sweet way to cap her B’way debut. | |
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| Posted by: summertheater 10:48 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
| In reply to: METEOR SHOWER Final Perfornance - mamaleh 05:05 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
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| I hadn't laughed so hard since Book of Mormon. Too bad this was just a limited run, but it appears to have done quite well financially. The crazy situations that kept happening as they kept repeating the scenes over & over again had me guffawing. Especially that last scene where the tables were turned; that was my favorite! Was fun to see Amy & Jeremy being so rude in a crazy-farce way to that other couple. Amy Schumer really was awesome (and she even got her little ad-lib "clapping" in after her line where she says women don't have all the advantages of men). The whole show ran a fast-paced 79 minutes and I didn't look at my watch once. Perfect length, perfect show. All shows should cut their "fat" down to 79 minutes like this. Looked to be a mostly bridge & tunnel crowd like myself. Can't understand all the terrible reviews it got. That's why you need to use websites like Show-Score to see how true people really feel, not the out-of-touch critics. | |
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| re: METEOR SHOWER Final Perfornance | |
| Posted by: jon_sense 03:06 am EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: METEOR SHOWER Final Perfornance - summertheater 10:48 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
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| Show-Score member reviews for Meteor Shower average 78. That's not a great score for the site. As for running time, do you advocate cutting the entire first act of My Fair Lady? 4 1/2 acts of Angels in America? Why should theater be shorter than films, which are almost always over 85 minutes? Even the 4 animated films released during the holiday season all lasted longer than Meteor Shower. Why should children be asked to keep their attention longer than theater audiences? | |
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| The 90 minute play. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 06:55 am EST 01/23/18 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 06:54 am EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: METEOR SHOWER Final Perfornance - jon_sense 03:06 am EST 01/23/18 | |
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| I'm also tired of the new expectation: that everything must be 90 minutes or just under. Many extraordinary pieces have that running time ("Night, Mother" always springs to mind). But many playwrights these days bemoan this new taste for the 90 minute run time. You see it in submission preferences. The hour and a half full-length play will always be welcome and useful as a canvas size. But I also appreciate a well-crafted piece of storytelling that knows where to send an audience out for a break. To think, to consider, mull, and to return refreshed. Attention span may be a factor. Or it just might be the taste du jour. | |
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| re: The 90 minute play. | |
| Posted by: UpstateGuy 02:26 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: The 90 minute play. - Delvino 06:54 am EST 01/23/18 | |
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| One of the best examples of a two-acter that sent the audience out on a 15-minute high was Auburn's "Proof." That final curtain line at intermission was like an electric shock... | |
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| re: METEOR SHOWER Final Perfornance | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 02:56 am EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: METEOR SHOWER Final Perfornance - summertheater 10:48 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
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| "Out of touch" critics loved that Mormon show you liked. | |
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