| re: FWIW, I think Ben Platt has much more box office power currently than Tony Danza did for Honeymoon in Vegas | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:06 am EST 12/24/22 | |
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| In reply to: re: FWIW, I think Ben Platt has much more box office power currently than Tony Danza did for Honeymoon in Vegas - ryhog 09:02 pm EST 12/23/22 | |
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| Similar reaction. Though the score is justifiably beloved, the show never quite worked, its ambitions more notable than the ultimate execution (mentioned in more than one of the recent reviews). The original production featured stellar performances, to a person, the stars just about perfect. Yet it left many unsatisfied. Disturbed and unable to recommend it. What's still missing from discussions: this show is powerful yet crushingly grim. Though its critical slant on history could not be more timely, its story is a spiral down tragic trajectory, the horrific ending known from the start. Does that matter with a major theater star? Perhaps not. But for comparison's same, though Sweeney is about violent death and unchecked revenge, its darkness is tethered to delicious melodrama, its plot peppered with bravura comic sequences. Parade is a slice of our darkest history, and that slice -- no matter how critical to our nation's overdue self-reflection or lack thereof -- has always been a hard sell to a larger audience. I will purchase a full price ticket willingly; will thousands? | |
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