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Post by justfran on Jan 29, 2024 20:40:11 GMT
Starry is relative and personally I would rather pay money to see SJP and Matthew Broderick in a West End play than see Beyonce in concert (overrated in my opinion!). Oscars are not a great yardstick for measuring the best actors anyway (especially these days when it’s all about the campaign). They have both had long, successful careers since being young and are most associated with an iconic character (Carrie Bradshaw and Ferris Bueller) - most actors would wish for that!
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Post by anthony40 on Jan 29, 2024 21:46:04 GMT
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Post by callum on Jan 30, 2024 23:22:19 GMT
No question she is a star - this role (or rather these roles) fits her like a glove in the same way Hello Dolly fits Carol Channing or Bette Midler. The audience lap it up.
You wouldn’t have seen Carol giving us her Mary Tyrone or her Gertrude and nor would she have done!
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 1, 2024 10:22:18 GMT
Oh I thought most of the reviews were so wrong on this.
Yes it's dated, but it's still sharp and witty. Neil Simon was an acquired taste 50 years ago and that's no different here.
SJP had a lot to prove for me and I thought she more than held her own. Engaging and endearing, she really holds her own in that first scene and then is a great member of the double act in Act 2 and 3.
Broderick is admittedly less successful in Scene 1, but Scenes 2 and particularly 3 comes into his own.
I can understand this is a 3 if you're in a bad mood and want to make a point about the fact that the piece is dated, but this was a 4 star for me - the 2 star reviews are absolute nonsense.
Give me this over some of the long running nonsense clogging up the West End any day of the week.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 2, 2024 20:21:38 GMT
Oh I thought most of the reviews were so wrong on this. Yes it's dated, but it's still sharp and witty. Neil Simon was an acquired taste 50 years ago and that's no different here. SJP had a lot to prove for me and I thought she more than held her own. Engaging and endearing, she really holds her own in that first scene and then is a great member of the double act in Act 2 and 3. Broderick is admittedly less successful in Scene 1, but Scenes 2 and particularly 3 comes into his own. I can understand this is a 3 if you're in a bad mood and want to make a point about the fact that the piece is dated, but this was a 4 star for me - the 2 star reviews are absolute nonsense. Give me this over some of the long running nonsense clogging up the West End any day of the week. [br Sharp and witty? Were you at the right theatre? |
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 2, 2024 20:37:32 GMT
What can I say - I liked it!
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Post by Jon on Feb 2, 2024 23:52:47 GMT
Saw this tonight and while it's not groundbreaking or a state of the nation play, it was an enjoyable night out.
Act 1 is the weakest and least funny but SJP and Matthew Broderick do well with what is a sombre look on a long marriage. Acts 2 and 3 are a lot funnier, SJP does well being two very different characters although she having a lot more fun in Act 3, likewise with Matthew Broderick, Act 3 is where things are ramped up in terms of humour.
Packed audience, I wouldn't be surprised if this makes a profit by the time it closes.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 3, 2024 8:37:23 GMT
Saw this tonight and while it's not groundbreaking or a state of the nation play, it was an enjoyable night out. Act 1 is the weakest and least funny but SJP and Matthew Broderick do well with what is a sombre look on a long marriage. Acts 2 and 3 are a lot funnier, SJP does well being two very different characters although she having a lot more fun in Act 3, likewise with Matthew Broderick, Act 3 is where things are ramped up in terms of humour. Packed audience, I wouldn't be surprised if this makes a profit by the time it closes. It’s in profit already. |
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Post by sph on Feb 3, 2024 11:06:48 GMT
Oh it's a guaranteed money-maker is it not? Sell-out run pretty much and high ticket prices. Easily going to turn a profit!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 3, 2024 15:01:21 GMT
It’s literally made its money back already. THey have millions in the bank.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 3, 2024 15:09:47 GMT
That's showbusiness!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 4, 2024 12:35:38 GMT
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Post by Jon on Feb 4, 2024 17:47:27 GMT
SJP is such a transport nerd and I love it. |
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Post by marob on Feb 4, 2024 18:17:33 GMT
Love it, especially “Goodge? What the hell is that?”
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Post by marob on Feb 4, 2024 18:17:46 GMT
Love it, especially “Goodge? What the hell is that?”
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Post by Steve on Feb 4, 2024 23:58:50 GMT
Love it, especially “Goodge? What the hell is that?” Maybe it refers back to a mixup of their characters in the play too, where her character calls him "Pootch" because he buys his shoes from "Pucci," but he corrects her that he buys his shoes from "Gucci" so his nickname is "Gootch."
I guess it's not quite "Goodge" lol.
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Post by A.Ham on Feb 5, 2024 12:27:00 GMT
All I could think was ‘does SJP REALLY get the tube?!’
Perhaps she’s been travelling around incognito in her spare time, getting accustomed to each line’s colour!
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Post by lolaluffneggle on Feb 5, 2024 21:30:01 GMT
She takes the subway all the time in NYC so I’m truly not surprised.
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Post by Jon on Feb 5, 2024 21:37:32 GMT
She takes the subway all the time in NYC so I’m truly not surprised. Driving in NYC is a pain in the bum, you can get to places a lot quicker by taking the Subway. |
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Post by gmoneyoutlaw on Feb 5, 2024 22:13:57 GMT
All I could think was ‘does SJP REALLY get the tube?!’ Perhaps she’s been travelling around incognito in her spare time, getting accustomed to each line’s colour! I think they are staying at the Savoy Hotel next to the theatre. Why is she riding the tube? |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 5, 2024 22:26:33 GMT
All I could think was ‘does SJP REALLY get the tube?!’ Perhaps she’s been travelling around incognito in her spare time, getting accustomed to each line’s colour! I think they are staying at the Savoy Hotel next to the theatre. Why is she riding the tube? They are staying in a house in North London. They are here for 4 months- they want a life as normal as possible. |
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Post by sph on Feb 5, 2024 23:24:53 GMT
Maybe she does take the tube. I think (or at least would like to think) that Londoners are casual enough around celebrities that she can do so without harassment.
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Post by A.Ham on Feb 6, 2024 8:31:57 GMT
I think they are staying at the Savoy Hotel next to the theatre. Why is she riding the tube? They are staying in a house in North London. They are here for 4 months- they want a life as normal as possible. I guess if they’re hopping on the tube to get to and from work they’d be going through ‘Goodge’ (Street) then. |
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Post by aspieandy on Feb 8, 2024 19:29:33 GMT
Matinee report: Meh - go and see Till the Stars Come Down instead, and have a pie and a pint with the difference.
1971 film with the marvellous Walter Matthau far superior.
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Post by Steve on Feb 8, 2024 23:45:34 GMT
Matinee report: Meh - go and see Till the Stars Come Down instead, and have a pie and a pint with the difference.
1971 film with the marvellous Walter Matthau far superior.
Vis a Vis the Matthau film, we have very different tastes. I found it turgid and excruciatingly unfunny, although possibly it is played more realistically than this stage version, which works against it as it's supposed to be funny. The lightness of touch and comedic stage skill and timing of Broderick is what makes the second and third plays in this stage production really zing for me. He lifts average comedic material into big laughs by going lighter and broader than Matthau, in my opinion. For those who have any interest in seeing this average play, I'm confident we'll never see a better version than this one in my lifetime (which admittedly isn't likely to be particularly long lol). |
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