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Post by theatrescribe on Jan 15, 2020 22:48:42 GMT
Saw this tonight, thought it was wonderful - loved the on stage Klezmer band and thought Dave Willetts and Jeremy Rose had great comic timing as the two older male leads.
Got the song 'Greenhorns' stuck in my head - loved the choreography for that one!
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Post by robertb213 on Jan 18, 2020 21:17:53 GMT
For those that have seen this new production of Rags... how long is the first act? It was about 1hr 20, the interval came around 8.50pm 😀
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Post by tmesis on Jan 26, 2020 13:25:20 GMT
I really enjoyed this at yesterday's matinee. The whole thing begins with a beautifully played solo violin, a second then joins in counterpoint, followed by clarinet and accordion, evocatively setting the scene. It's an extremely good score with great variety and depth. The last twenty minutes or so has great musical and dramatic clout and most around me were in tears at the end. Much as I enjoy Fiddler on the Roof, as currently structured, this is a much more satisfying afternoon/evening in the theatre.
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Post by mrdanvers on Feb 1, 2020 18:41:58 GMT
Agree, this was outstanding. Best musical yet at The Park
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Post by ABr on Feb 7, 2020 12:15:36 GMT
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Feb 7, 2020 22:36:45 GMT
Fantastic news!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 9, 2020 9:47:49 GMT
My seat, stalls A2 was not sold as a, restrictive view seat. The stupid director decided to block my view for serval scenes in the first act. In the interval I asked to be moved and got a much better seat.
I'm apparently not the first to complain, BO and FOH staff knew this seat had difficulty and decided to do nothing about it. Very poor customer service.
Even with a much better seat this love child of Fiddler and House of Eliott was a real snooze fest for me.
The most un klezmer bad I have seen. Characters destiny's become so obvious before they walk onto the stage, lots of musical climaxes that are anti climatic and a sewing machine is wheeled around about a lot.
Although I did like Carolyn Maitland, so not a totally waisted evening.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 9, 2020 10:16:01 GMT
Even with a much better seat this love child of Fiddler and House of Eliott was a real snooze fest for me. I was beginning to think I was the only person in the world who didn’t like it.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 9, 2020 10:43:03 GMT
Even with a much better seat this love child of Fiddler and House of Eliott was a real snooze fest for me. I was beginning to think I was the only person in the world who didn’t like it. The book is so obvious and the score is bland.
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Post by TheOneOnTheLeft on May 2, 2020 7:41:52 GMT
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on May 15, 2020 16:03:01 GMT
Out today!
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Post by originalconceptlive on May 17, 2020 12:11:44 GMT
Not really loving the changes from the original recording here I'm only comparing album to album; I've never seen a production. It's possible that the rewritten book makes all the changes to the score worthwhile. But a lot of my favourite moments are lost, both musically and dramatically. I won't catalogue them all, but the original recording gave certain of our most likeable immigrant characters, moments that made them seem like real people and not just Good Immigrant Characters. There, the song 'Rags' is pretty much a tantrum from a daughter to her father, saying all the things that grateful immigrant children should never say to their self-sacrificing parents: "I know how much you wanted to be free. Just don't say again how you did it all for me." And in 'Easy For You', Saul sings "Trouble's something you can't outrun. The difference is, back there you had to take it. Here, here you get to [slyly] make it." It's interesting to have an immigrant character unabashedly say that they get some enjoyment out of shaking things up in their new home. On the new recording, it feels as though the characters have got a bit 'nicer' and a bit blander.
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 17, 2020 12:50:33 GMT
I was unfortunate to see it and I can confirm the characters were bland and very one dimensional
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