I was glad to see Estelle Parsons back on stage but this play has no business on Broadway. It runs about 85 minutes but it seems a lot longer. The orchestra was not full and there were a lot of what looked like industry people there who I'm sure were comped. Steven Spinella was hard to hear at times and is wasted in his role of the son, he also wears an ugly wig that is very distracting. The plot is paper thin and the set seems to have been pulled from stock from another production of another play. I don't see this lasting very long unless they get some Tony nominations. The most interesting part of the evening was a conversation I overheard as I was leaving the theater that The Elephant Man has booked the Booth for the fall.
I saw this Sunday. While I'm not quite as dour about it as you, it really is not going to succeed. At the talkback session, they were practically begging for people to use social media to get tickets sold and even gave out a discount code to post.
I thought both performances were very good. I found the problem to be mostly solely at the feet of the script. The basic idea is very interesting and thought provoking, but it doesn't really go anywhere. Much of the time, the dialogue sounded unnatural.
There was one tremendously touching monologue however that was both well written and stunningly delivered (Spinella).
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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yeah the lead producer is a charlatan, he told us saturday afternoon that the show was a Pulitzer nominee and the thing about 8 countries wanting the rights to produce it sounded odd too
Because "countries" want to produce plays. He said similar things to us. Trying to make them sound so much more important/successful.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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actually, I think that theaters from multiple countries want to license the show. I have a friend who was thinking about investing, and the producers provided proof of those requests. I'm not sure that's so unusual, given the universal quality of the story.
a friend and I were walking by the Booth Theater earlier tonight and Velocity Of Autumn didn't seem to have a show. I wonder if it was a planned night off or if they cancelled tonight's performance.
It's not "awful" and certainly won't go down as a Carrie-like production. It just isn't very good.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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She won't win the Tony. I'm not even sure she'll be nominated. I haven't seen too many of this year's plays, so I don't have very specific opinions. While I liked her performance, I can't say it wasn't anything we haven't seen her do before.
I was there last Sunday matinee. The mezz was not even 25% full. Can't speak to the orchestra.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Saw it last night. Was going in expecting the worst but we were pleasantly surprised
It is an entertaining 2 person show with Parsons the main reason for seeing it. Spinella is good but the show belongs to her. I can state we definitely enjoyed it much more than the elongated Seinfeld episode called The Realistic Jones
Those older viewers can identify with many things she said. Even if you hate the play you should still see it for what may be her last Broadway appearance . The orchestra, while heavily papered, was full. No idea re upstairs.
If nominated, she obviously stand no chance against Audra or Cherry Jones but a nomination would be nice. I jokingly told my wife they must not hold out to much for the show as there is no merchandise and not even a magnet.
We gave it an 8 1/2 out of 10. Not worth full price but than again what straight play is worth shelling out close to $ 140 a pop for a seat.