Well, now let me tell you a sad little story (Broadway isn't always glitter and lights)
Last April (I KNOW...APRIL) I went to see a show I really wanted to see against odds, Specially when Miss Cole (my arts Obi Wan Kenobi... gosh! can I be dorky or what?) told me not to.
Being the rebel I am I went.
GOD WAS I WRONG.
I went to see Guys and Dolls
The show is slow... I mean Broadway shows can be many things, but when they are slow that only means one thing : bad. This coming from someone (me) who considers herself picky although is called a "cockeyed optimist" and "easy audience" by her theatre teachers, peers and Miss Cole.
The Nederlander usually gives really good student tickets, specially since it's a trend they started with Rent, before them no other Broadway theatre did it!
Well guess what, for the first time I got a bad student ticket there!
I was so on the side I could not see the back drops and I the performers are so careless they walk through the side of the stage as if elephants, I rather picked through the side and see them going on and off the stage to see what was happening on the play at times, ain't that sad?
Lauren Graham is surprisingly the best one in the hole show, she actually sings quite pretty if I may say so, Craig Bierko plays second to her, although she needs either acting classes for the stage or stick to t.v.
One would expect better and bigger performances from known faces as Oliver Pratt, Tituss Burgess and Steve Rosen, but a song such as "Fugue for Tinhorns" which is around a minute and 35 seconds seems to last hours, plus the fat suite Mr Burgess is in just look ridiculous.
On their behalf you see they are giving the best each minute of the performance and they haven't give up, I don't hold it against them neither blame them... The responsible for this 2 hours and 45 minutes reck is the director and his crack head vision for this classical: Mr Des McAnuff.
What on earth was he thinking?
Now I know why critics ate him alive for this show... good grief!
Even the animation in the back is so out of shape for this show plus the choreography (Although as a dancer I'll admit they are pretty sweet) they have nothing to do with the show... And even if I really respect Mr Trujillo's who in my personal opinion he's one genius choreographer.... this time is just a little bit narcissist and overdone.
How on earth can they be nominated for a Tony as best REVIVAL?!
Either they are going crazy or -the real and sad truth- is that there's not enough shows and they needed a minimum of 4 be in the category
Do yourself a favor, Don't see it... you don't want to spend a weekend evening in a place filled with giggling gilmore girls fans asking yourself why you spend you money on this.
Better get the Movie with Sinatra or the the revival record with Nathan Lane which is nice to listen to and save your money for a better show, dinner or clothes!... Even gambling it would be more productive than seeing this show.
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