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| re: i'll take any chance to sing the praises of JOURNEY'S END | |
| Posted by: huskyital (huskyital@yahoo.com) 05:35 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
| In reply to: re: i'll take any chance to sing the praises of JOURNEY'S END - BruceinIthaca 04:06 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
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| I believe it is probably the only play where I felt so shattered at the end I couldn't get out of my seat, I could never understand why audiences weren't huge. Perhaps the nihilism of war is something Broadway audiences didn't care to see but of course it is something everyone should confront. | |
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| re: i'll take any chance to sing the praises of JOURNEY'S END | |
| Posted by: den 08:06 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
| In reply to: re: i'll take any chance to sing the praises of JOURNEY'S END - huskyital 05:35 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
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| It was terrific…but unusual..l Broadway fare. I remember seeing it from the last row of the orchestra, completely enraptured, and ultimately devastated. I felt as if the bombs had ripped through me. (Thanks, in no small part, I’m sure, to the stunning sound design.) | |
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| re: i'll take any chance to sing the praises of JOURNEY'S END | |
| Posted by: Musicals54 03:25 pm EST 12/29/22 | |
| In reply to: re: i'll take any chance to sing the praises of JOURNEY'S END - den 08:06 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
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| I totally agree. Up there with the best I’ve ever seen. Bought a balcony seat but was seated in the orchestra. Terrific. Last show I saw at the Belasco before it was beautifully restored and renovated. I think disgust over the Iraq war kepy people away. Original production launched the career of director James Whale. Ironic that Brendan Fraser played Whale’s object of desire in Gods and Monsters and now makes a comeback in The Whale. | |
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| JOURNEY'S END and James Whale | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:03 pm EST 12/29/22 | |
| In reply to: re: i'll take any chance to sing the praises of JOURNEY'S END - Musicals54 03:25 pm EST 12/29/22 | |
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| I also bought a balcony seat but was seated in the orchestra. I agree with all the positive comments others have posted about this production. Very powerful play, rarely done. The 2019 film 1917 had similar themes in it. TCM years ago broadcast the 1930 film version of Journey's End, directed by James Whale. Unfortunately, Whale had not developed any real filming technique at this time. The film was stagy, extremely slow, and very long. It had a fine cast including Colin Clive, David Manners, and Billy Bevan, but I couldn't take more than 30 minutes of it. Many of Whale's subsequent 30's films like Waterloo Bridge (1931 version), Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, Show Boat (1936 version), The Man in the Iron Mask, etc. were much better. His openly gay lifestyle may have brought about his early retirement in 1941. Sadly, he killed himself in 1957. |
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| it closed the day it won the Tony / the only other for me was BLASTED at SoHo Rep | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 05:47 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
| In reply to: re: i'll take any chance to sing the praises of JOURNEY'S END - huskyital 05:35 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
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| I don't think any other play experience has come close to leaving me shattered and stunned when the lights came up as either of those did. Somehow, despite being under-appreciated and under-attended, it managed to win Best Revival at the Tonys. Perhaps because the other contenders were not very notable (Inherit the Wind, Talk Radio, Translations... I see a lot of shows and managed to miss all 3, possibly because Coast of Utopia was that year and took up 3 slots)... but still, it won! A real real shame it's final performance was the same day it won the Tony. |
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| re: it closed the day it won the Tony / the only other for me was BLASTED at SoHo Rep | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:47 pm EST 12/29/22 | |
| In reply to: it closed the day it won the Tony / the only other for me was BLASTED at SoHo Rep - Chazwaza 05:47 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
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| I don't think it was underappreciated by the critics, nor by the audiences that did show up. You just couldn't get very many people there, doubtless because it sounded too upsetting and depressing. | |
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| re: it closed the day it won the Tony / the only other for me was BLASTED at SoHo Rep | |
| Posted by: bmc (bmccabe67@comcast.net) 06:35 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
| In reply to: it closed the day it won the Tony / the only other for me was BLASTED at SoHo Rep - Chazwaza 05:47 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
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| Their "curtain call" was extraordinary. As I looked at that wall, I saw McCabes listed, Among other family names. Many Irish in England and Ireland had served in 'The Great War'. |
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