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Post by lynette on Aug 31, 2018 11:59:01 GMT
Apologies for putting this here as it should prob be elsewhere but on the back of our New Yorker this week is an ad for this play with Daniel Radcliffe so I thought it might be coming here at some point. It says it is "hilarious and profound' and 'imporobably entertaining'
it says 16 weeks from Sept 20 th
Does anyone know more?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2018 12:55:38 GMT
I'm thinking about seeing it on my next trip because I've got a couple of days that are sticky to schedule and it may end up being a solution to a timetabling problem, but that's all I've got. I wouldn't count on a West End transfer just because Daniel Radcliffe is in it though, we never saw How to Succeed in Business, and lord knows there are countless other Broadway plays with British stars that did their New York time then disappeared never to resurface again.
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Post by bordeaux on Aug 31, 2018 14:01:47 GMT
There are three writers (Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell) - which is odd - and the cheapest seats are $99.
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Post by dani on Aug 31, 2018 15:08:24 GMT
"Improbably entertaining" is about as seductive a pull quote as one I recently saw in a London review, "surprisingly terrible".
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 7:32:26 GMT
I'm considering this for my November trip, but waiting for reviews first!
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Post by david on Sept 1, 2018 8:00:17 GMT
Definitely considering this for my October trip. Hopefully there will be cheaper tickets than the current $99 selling on Today Tix. Also it plays on a Monday night which is an added bonus for trying to fit in other shows while I’m in NY.
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Post by david on Oct 16, 2018 2:48:03 GMT
Just watched this tonight (Monday night) as the first show in my NY week. This was originally booked as Today Tix were doing a flash sale so I got a rear mezz ticket for $69. I was sat in the centre block on the very last row. Thankfully I got an excellent view of the stage with nothing missed, though if you want to see facial expressions, then you will need to be closer, but for what I paid, overall I was happy with the seat I was given. Apparently, day seats were being sold in the stalls/orchestra sections at the same price for my Mezz ticket from overhearing a lady speaking to her companion before the show.
As for the play itself, it was a 90min straight through production, so I was out of the theatre just gone 9.30pm with an 8pm start time. With respect to the plot, it has a serious message of how far should a writer go in order to produce a story. Should they stick to the facts known or have some poetic licence with the human interest aspect front and centre. I was surprised at the overall tone of the piece, the majority of the play is very comedic in tone which mainly comes from Daniel Radcliffe as the intern fact checker who is asked to go over an essay (not an article) by his editor (Emily). As the fact checker, he goes through the essay written by with a fine tooth comb, much to the annoyance of its author who isn’t too concerned with the actual facts in his essay. I was really surprised at how well Daniel R did the comedy, which the audience, and myself loved. He and Bobby Cavendale as the essay writer really worked well together with Cherry Jones playing the suffering editor with great effect.
While the majority of the piece is a comedy, there is a definite shift in tone by the last scene to a more serious one which does actually work (well it did for me). Though there is no clear ending, allowing you the audience to ask yourself what would you do in that situation if you were the editor.
At the end of the play, I didn’t hear any complaints about the production and with what I watched tonight, there is a solid enough production on stage for a good night out at the theatre. Overall, it’s definitely worth watching if you can pick up a cheap ticket. 4*
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Post by joeinnewyork on Dec 26, 2018 22:54:53 GMT
Saw this over the weekend. A really good first 20 minutes or so, and the snazzy physical production is a pleasure, as are the A-list cast. I didn't think the play deepened or intensified enough as it went along, though, and the information about the Bobby Cannavale character that's added at strategic moments felt contrived. Not sure overall that the play lives up to the mounting it receives.
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Post by 49thand8th on Dec 28, 2018 22:59:41 GMT
I saw this last week and I really enjoyed it. It's snappy and efficient.
I'm also a copy editor (not a fact checker, but close), so I grinned along with not so much what felt like inside jokes but inside-joke-type feelings.
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