If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
#1If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 1:53am
Which ONE straight play would you say is a must-see on Broadway right now?
I would like to see a non-musical play again but am having a tough time deciding. I hear DEUCES and MAGICAL THINKING aren't worth it. So then what? FROST/NIXON? MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN? TALK RADIO?
Will be in NYC May 5-9.
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--Aristotle
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#2re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 2:09am
The Opposite of Sex. O:)
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Updated On: 4/19/07 at 02:09 AM
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#2re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 2:11am
Inherit the Wind
if you are able to see two...Journey's End
wickedrentq
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#3re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 2:13amJourney's End
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queendork
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#4re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 2:32amBarring a The Coast of Utopia marathon, Blackbird or Journey's End.
#5re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 2:38am
I would say Coast of Utopia......but that's not possible for you.
There are only three Coast of Utopia marathon dates left in the run. I wish I could attend one of them.... 
I'm seeing Radio Golf on Saturday we'll see how that goes....sounds interesting though.
Deuce wasn't the worst play ever....and it was kinda cool to see Landsbury and Seldes, but if you only have one play.....see something else. Like Journey's End if it's still around.
#6re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 2:54amFrost/Nixon, definitely.
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#7re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 3:19amUtopia.
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-Charlie Manson
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#8re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 6:23am
The Year of Magical Thinking is amazing.
I also enjoyed Frost/Nixon and A Moon For the Misbegotten.
Talk Radio, however, bored me to tears.
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Updated On: 4/19/07 at 06:23 AM
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
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#9re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 6:53am
Although, Deuce is not supposed to be THAT good...when is the next time you will see Angela Lansbury on Broadway? I say go see it just for her. You will have plenty of time to see a different straight play on your next trip, and who knows? You may end up liking it....remember how much you loved Seussical? 
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#10re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 10:28amI know you said only one, but Coram Boy and Journey's End are both incredible!!!!!! See both if you can.
Cages or Wings
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#11re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 10:43amJourney's end or Talk Radio (If just for Liev's tour de force)
#12re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 10:46amjourney's end or talk radio.
"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar
#13re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 11:41am
moon for the misbegotten is quite an experience.
talk radio ofcourse is great.
#14re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 12:10pmJourney's End (assuming Utopia isn't a possibility or you don't want to see only one part).
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#15re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 12:38pmJOURNEY'S END
#16re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 12:40pm
I would say 'Frost/Nixon' just for Langella, but 'Inherit The Wind' is one I'd really love to see.
#17re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 12:48pmJourney's end- amazing all around production that will have a lasting effect.
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Borstalboy
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#18re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 12:50pmWhy does it have to be a Broadway show? The shows off broadway are generally more challenging and interesting...and have infinitely less irritating audience members. Try JACK GOES BOATING or KIND HEDLEY II.
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#19re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 12:51pm
"Journey's End" is amazing, but "Coram Boy" is best I have seen on a stage this year-
"Frost/Nixon" and "Inherit the Wind" are also great !
#20re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 1:04pmI would say Inherit the Wind or Frost/Nixon. Both are very powerful.
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#21re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 1:16pm
A Moon for the Misbegotten is a beautiful play. I have seen several productions and have directed it myself. My friend saw it in London and really like it, although if you can get the DVD with Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards, that's the one to see.
I saw Journey's End in London and it was riveting. I'd suggest that above Moon.
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wexy
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#22re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 1:18pmJourney's End.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
whatever2
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#23re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 3:16pm
Blackbird.
lots of strong suggestions already on the board (coram boy -- huge! ... journey's end -- strong (very strong, but not huge) ... moon -- not my taste, but deserves to be on any straight play short-list ... yadda yadda), but Blackbird is unique in this list. even brantley says it "... promises to be the most powerful drama of the season ..." and i bet he's right.
(not a bet i often make!)
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
#24re: If You Would Recommend ONE Straight Play on Broadway...
Posted: 4/19/07 at 3:29pm
JOURNEY'S END.
I don't think UTOPIA is worth it unless you can see the entire trilogy. If you want to look Off-Broadway, I would recommend BLACKBIRD, but it's sold out until the end of May.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
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