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| We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! | |
| Posted by: PurpleMoney 01:49 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
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| It is the first show I've seen so there's always tomorrow. I really enjoyed the evening. I was hoping to see Once On This Island before it closes but when I got to the box-office they said they were sold out except for premium seats. I imagined in my head that probably all the seats were not premium seats. Can anyone confirm that. I was told if I arrive early before the box office opened on Saturday they would have limited standing room for $79.95. So I was all set to just have dinner before heading back home when I remember I have a ticket app and sometimes premium seats are marked down 50% to 75% a few hours before show time. No luck for Once On This Island but was surprised Network popped up and was I in luck snagged two seats in row D off the aisle in the mezz. Not an obstructed view at all. Although be warned there are many obstructed views due to the nature of the show but they provide solutions that will not disappoint. I don't remember the film expect for "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore". I should have practiced that before the show and if you are fortunate enough to see Bryan Cranston and company, you will know why. Ivo does an amazing job directing this one. Some say he's using tricks and concepts he's done before, but I don't have a history with him other than The Crucible and View From A Bridge. Has he done this video tsunami before? I'd be so interested in his past production now that I've seen this masterful piece. Oh God, what will he do with West Side Story! The golden age of television. Will Maria and Tony appear on a game show? It is his sheer inventiveness that you will love or hate. I mostly loved it but hated the staging of the final scene as I felt cheated. Not the final speech but before that. Some would say it was an amazing piece of stagecraft, but it left me cold. Would I see this again? I'm someone who goest to shows dozens of times. I in the short rounds of the recent Groundhog Day I was there 5 times. I saw the original Once On This Island 16 times. I can't say I'd repeat visit Network, but it was an amazing night and Ivo made the impossible work. PS: Why are we seeing those images at the end? Is it only to ridicule the final dud? I could have done without that. |
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| re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! | |
| Posted by: Deirdre 08:53 am EST 01/06/19 | |
| In reply to: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - PurpleMoney 01:49 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
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| Best thing I've seen in a long time too - I just found it a thrilling night of theater. | |
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| re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! | |
| Posted by: sf 08:22 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
| In reply to: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - PurpleMoney 01:49 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
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| "PS: Why are we seeing those images at the end? Is it only to ridicule the final dud? I could have done without that." Those images at the end (I assume they're the same as in London, I haven't seen it on Broadway) are there, I think, because the production's central aim is to show the danger of blurring the lines between news and entertainment, and that final clip shows *a reality TV star* whose TV stardom has helped propel him into an office he isn't qualified to hold. It's not just about getting a knee-jerk reaction from the audience. |
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| re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! | |
| Posted by: PurpleMoney 09:18 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
| In reply to: re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - sf 08:22 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
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| I got that. We all rise to the highest level of our incompetency. | |
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| re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! | |
| Posted by: sf 09:09 am EST 01/06/19 | |
| In reply to: re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - PurpleMoney 09:18 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
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| That's not it. It's specifically a comment on him being *a reality TV star*. It's not a comment on how "we all" embody the Peter Principle, it's presented as the logical conclusion of the process we've been watching all evening: when you blur the lines between news and entertainment so that EVERYTHING is a battle for ratings, Trump in the White House is where you end up. | |
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| re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! | |
| Posted by: Jackson 02:22 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
| In reply to: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - PurpleMoney 01:49 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
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| Which ticket app did you use? Thanks! J |
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| re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! | |
| Posted by: PurpleMoney 09:17 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
| In reply to: re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - Jackson 02:22 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
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| I don't think we are allowed to say which app we use on this chat board. I got fantastic tickets to Frozen the same way at a fraction of the ticket price. | |
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| re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! | |
| Posted by: Ann 09:25 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
| In reply to: re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - PurpleMoney 09:17 pm EST 01/05/19 | |
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| Yes, you can. | |
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