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| re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE | |
| Posted by: liam44 08:04 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE - Official_Press_Release 02:15 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| I am really surprised to read Hadestown is opening on Broadway, I saw it or rather sat through it a week ago in London. I went in expecting SOMETHING, I mean 10 years in development and left very disappointed. I almost left at intermission, I was so bored durning act one. I keep thinking I had watched Follies on this stage a year ago and now I am watching this tiny little musical, on this huge stage, without much drama and very unexciting score. The audience reaction at the performance I attended was tepid to say the least long with the London reviews. “The genius of Anaïs Mitchell’s work in Hadestown is that she takes a myth as old as time and gives it a new life so vibrant and relevant that audiences hold their breath, waiting to see how this timeless tale will unfold,” At no time was I holding my breath, I knew how the story would end since the myth is as old as time. | |
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| re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 12:12 pm EST 11/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE - liam44 08:04 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| I knew how the story would end since the myth is as old as time. Yes, but if you know the history of how that myth has been dramatized over time, you will know there are different endings. ;-) Plus, we know the ending of a good deal of stories, and/or we can often sense where things will end up. The real fin is in how you wind up there. I think it would be valid to say that for you, the show's journey didn't compel you, but you can't just blame it on "I know how it ends." |
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| re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE | |
| Posted by: tocop 02:50 am EST 11/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE - liam44 08:04 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| Just saw it at the Olivier last night, thought it was a thrilling production. Loved it. | |
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| re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE | |
| Posted by: Ann 08:15 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE - liam44 08:04 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| Well that's a real shame. The NYTW production was one of my favorite shows of the last ten years, at least. I play the cast recording on a regular basis. Maybe it's hampered by the new staging. | |
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| re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE | |
| Posted by: liam44 08:38 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE - Ann 08:15 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| The Oliver Theatre is HUGE much bigger than the Kerr, the production used all the great stage machinery the Oliver has to offer, the turn tables the drum etc. The set for the his production was really unattractive I sense the staging would have worked much better on an empty stage maybe like at NYTW. | |
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| I agree | |
| Posted by: barna99 05:31 am EST 11/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE - liam44 08:38 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| I was in London for work and I got to see the first preview. I had loved it at NYTW but I hated it this time. Amber Gray is still the best actress in the world for me (even after that awful Chita Rivera-like number at the top of Act II) but the musical is a mess. Bloated, a very miscast hero, endless and pointless choreography. Someone on a British board wrote that Noblezada always looks like she just woke up and still has not had coffee. And yes, that stage was one ugly revolving-revolting set but Orpheus' high notes will forever etched in my brain and not in a good way. And, worse of all, it was my husband's favorite musical so I will be seeing a third time. Sometimes off-Broadway is fine for some works, high notes might work on a very small space and quirky staging is charming but, in this case, something went seriously wrong with the transfer. Everything that had worked so wonderful for Comet in all of its incarnations (big fan here) failed to materialize here. Not a good day, the racist lady from Miss. won....and I am in a very bad mood. But Hadestown at the NT was not the charming, beautiful musical that it was downtown. |
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| re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE | |
| Posted by: Ann 08:58 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| Even though someone might think I stole this from Twitter ... I had hoped this might go into Circle. | |
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| re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 10:30 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: “HADESTOWN” TO OPEN ON BROADWAY APRIL 17, 2019 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE - Ann 08:58 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| Circle would have been great for the original design, but they've gone to great ends to make it into a proscenium show. For what it's worth, I was bored by the original production based on the writing, so I don't know that the change in production style would necessarily change the audience reaction. |
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