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| Merrick must be smiling... | |
| Posted by: icecadet 04:39 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| Pre-opening story about “West Side Story” by Sasha Weiss (New York Times magazine) [choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker] was exploring ideas of the horizontal, rolling and falling and lying down, but also of defying gravity, rising, leaping, propelling the body with knifelike arms. …Alexander Gemignani reminded [the cast] that the score is full of jaggedness and dissonance, intervals that make the hair on your neck stand on end. Print ad “quote” attributed to Weiss: “This gravity-defying ‘West Side Story’ makes the hair on your neck stand on end.” |
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| re: Merrick must be smiling... | |
| Posted by: taplady 10:51 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
| In reply to: Merrick must be smiling... - icecadet 04:39 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| “This gravity-defying ‘West Side Story’ makes the hair on your neck stand on end.” and it's exactly that quality of the movement that is going to cause many, many absences in the near future. No matter that the cast is on the youthful side, the human body cannot take what they are being asked to do 8 times a week. If Ms De Keersmaeker was actually dancing her own choreography herself, she might realize that. Not to mention the slippery surface of the stage during all of that rain. |
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| re: Merrick must be smiling... | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:03 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Merrick must be smiling... - taplady 10:51 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| Perhaps eventually the dancers can be replaced by video?!? :-( | |
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| re: Merrick must be smiling... | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 08:51 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
| In reply to: Merrick must be smiling... - icecadet 04:39 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| David fucking Merrick. I'd bet good money that he's behind this himself. I'm sure he's paying someone to wield his influence from beyond!!! -GMB, who probably would have bought a ticket to SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING |
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| re: Merrick must be smiling... | |
| Posted by: manchurch03104 09:20 am EST 02/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Merrick must be smiling... - GrumpyMorningBoy 08:51 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| Rudin is to Merrick as Trump is to Cohn. |
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| re: Merrick must be smiling... | |
| Posted by: icecadet 09:41 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Merrick must be smiling... - GrumpyMorningBoy 08:51 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| GMB, who probably would have bought a ticket to SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING Before or after the page of bogus quotes? |
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| 3 Principals out today! | |
| Posted by: Ballerina56 10:05 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Merrick must be smiling... - icecadet 09:41 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| I haven’t seen The NY Times ad the original poster is referring to—but I wonder if they’re using pull quotes on the lead performances? It’s only two days after opening and Tony, Maria, and Bernardo were all out of today’s matinee! |
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| re: 3 Principals out today! | |
| Posted by: Roman 10:40 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
| In reply to: 3 Principals out today! - Ballerina56 10:05 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| Disgraceful. | |
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| re: 3 Principals out today! | |
| Posted by: manchurch03104 09:21 am EST 02/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 Principals out today! - Roman 10:40 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| completely agree. | |
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| re: 3 Principals out today! | |
| Posted by: mikem 01:11 am EST 02/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 Principals out today! - Roman 10:40 pm EST 02/22/20 | |
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| As far as I know, Isaac Powell had a great attendance record at Once on This Island. If he's not completely healed, I wish they would just announce there's going to be an alternate. | |
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| re: 3 Principals out today! | |
| Posted by: manchurch03104 09:22 am EST 02/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 Principals out today! - mikem 01:11 am EST 02/23/20 | |
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| well, standing around in pajama bottoms, singing, was a pretty light lift. and I loved him in ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, but still ... |
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| re: 3 Principals out today! | |
| Posted by: alvy_singer 01:40 am EST 02/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 Principals out today! - mikem 01:11 am EST 02/23/20 | |
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| I was there on Sunday with the entire cast. Too bad about Maria and Tony. Honestly, I wish I had seen the understudy for Bernardo. I understand he was a replacement, but he wasn't up to the role. |
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| re: 3 Principals out today! | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 06:08 pm EST 02/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 Principals out today! - alvy_singer 01:40 am EST 02/23/20 | |
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| "Honestly, I wish I had seen the understudy for Bernardo. I understand he was a replacement, but he wasn't up to the role." What??? |
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