Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 9:42amI'll be there on Thurs. Be sure to report back! Can't wait to see this amazing, amazing show again!
#2Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:56amI'll be there too.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
#3Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:57am
If anyone who's going tonight could check in again about the rush situation, that would be great. 
I'm excited to see this.
#4Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 12:01pmI'm gonna be over there early today so I'll ask for you.
#5Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 12:06pmThank you!
#6Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 6:02pmWill be there Thurs as well !! :))
vodkastinger
Stand-by Joined: 8/3/09
#7Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 7:16pm
Just got my ticket for tonight. Student rush is available 2 hours before curtain and they sell what's available.
My ticket is fifth row orchestra, so I'm guessing that means they have a lot of availability.
#8Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 7:21pmGreat, thank you!
#9Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 7:21pmHow many tickets per ID?
#10Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 7:28pm
From their website
"Student Rush: $26.50 - available at the box office two hours prior to performance. May be partial or obstructed view and may not be available for all performances. Availability information will not be given over the telephone. Limit 2 tickets per current and valid student ID. Cash only"
#11Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 9:09pmGreat show so far, definitely this season's reasons to be pretty.
#12Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 9:10pmHow full is the theater?
#13Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:16pm
I managed to catch the dress rehearsal last night.
I'm still digesting the play itself, but, overall I liked it. The actors are great, especially the actors playing Adam and Holly (I don't have a program). I didn't LOVE it, though. I feel like something got left out. I like the set, and the costuming could be better (Adam was wearing the exact same outfit for 90% of the play and it takes place over 4 years). I'm sure it will improve with time.
For those who have seen the play, you'll understand how I got a chuckle from having seen Our Town just on Sunday night.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#14Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:42pmI think I need to time to digest it as well. The pacing is horrible! I got out at 10:30 and it felt like a three hour long show. I thought for the most part the cast was good, whoever played Holly was by far the stand out for me. I would like to go back at the end of previews or after it's frozen and hopefully it will feel shorter.
BroadwayBaby
Stand-by Joined: 5/11/03
#15Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:48pm
maybe a stupid question, considering the topic of the play,
but anything overly loud in this show?
thanks
#16Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:52pm
There was nothing very loud.
And the theater was pretty empty. It was scattered in the Mezz, I'm not sure about the orchestra.
BroadwayBaby
Stand-by Joined: 5/11/03
#17Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:54pmDCR thank you very much!
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#18Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 10:58pmIt's weird that the pacing is slow. It sped by at Playwrights Horizons. Hopefully it'll get tighter...
#19Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:05pmI was thinking the same thing about the Playwrights Horizons pace. I'm seeing it Thursday too, so it'll be interesting to see how they pick it up as previews progress.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#20Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:07pmI thought the pacing was fine. I was never bored. But I do have to agree that it felt longer than it was.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#21Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:35pmMaybe I was bored. I just felt Adam complained too much, and Brandon was boring so any scene with them took forever.
vodkastinger
Stand-by Joined: 8/3/09
#22Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:53pm
Just got back. The house was fairly full, probably about 80% of the orchestra but I didn't see the mezzanine, but it seemed like at least a quarter of the people in the orchestra were involved with the production.
The play itself is good, but nothing incredible. It has some incredibly tender moments, but just as many stand out as seeming forced and inauthentic. I thought the pacing was generally fine, but 10 minutes or so should be trimmed from the second act. I found the cast to be one of the strongest ensembles on Broadway, with the exception for Connie Ray, whose performance just didn't work for me.
I hope this finds an audience and has a decent run, but I imagine it will probably lose out for the Tony to something splashier like Behanding in Spokane or Enron.
#23Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/16/10 at 11:56pm
MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!- IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN "OUT TOWN" DO NOT SEE THIS PLAY AS THE ENTIRE PLOT IS REVEALED IN ACT 2. END SPOILER WARNING
Yikes...I really did not care for this one tonight! The second act was soooo long. I felt like it just went one for scene after scene after scene. The character of Brandon could/should be completely cut from the play. He really didn't add anything and was totally underdeveloped.
In general the writing never rose above a Lifetime movie. The conflicts were cliche and you could find all of them in a episode of Queer As Folk or Will & Grace. I know at the beginning when Adam couldn't visit his partner in the ER because it was "family only" (gasp!) that it was going to be a long night.
At least the first act had some campy lines in it. Act 2 just became such a slog to get through.
Slight spoilers follow-
What was with that scene with Adam and Brandon in the park? Would Adam ever have invited this near stranger/estranged friend for a meeting to ask him advice about Luke praying after sex?
Would Adam really have stayed with Luke all those years if these issues of religion, being in the closet, all this apparent praying had been such a big deal? I don't know if I would.
What was with Luke's father asking him if the ni**** in the play with him was a fag? Was this just to shock us? (It didn't.) For a character who always turned a blind eye to his son's homosexuality, would he have really asked his son if someone he knew was gay?
What happened to Holly? She was all over act 1 and then pretty much disappeared in act 2.
Would Adam and Luke really have owned a purple teletubby?
Would Luke's mom really have been arrested for six months for selling pot with a one-armed beautician?!
Ok, you get the point. I felt like the whole thing was a structure to bring up "issues facing the gay community today." Unfortunately it was clumsy and (to quote a friend) ultimately shallow.
Also the set looked cheap and, as noted above, the costumes rarely changed over four years of flashbacks!
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
#24Anyone going to the first preview of NEXT FALL tonight?
Posted: 2/17/10 at 12:06am
Ugh, I agree with Whizzer here. I went into it with an open mind and the whole play was just filled with cliches and stuff we've all seen before.
"Family only" during hospital visits? Please. The purple telletubby? Laughable. Typical homophobic father and religious closeted gay son? Been there. Done that. And who has that kind of artwork (back of naked man from waist to thigh) on their wall? Tasteless.
At least Act 1 had a few laughable moments that kept me awake...Act 2 was so long and boring - especially that evening scene between Adam and Luke and the church scene that followed.
Why any producers thought something like this would succeed on Broadway is beyond me.
Save your money and your time. I wish I had.
Updated On: 2/17/10 at 12:06 AM
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