I'll take it. Any review that starts out with WOW! I'll take. It's from Stage Scene LA. Am I allowed to thank a critic? Oh hell, I'll do it anyway. Thanks Steven Stanley.
congrats Ken, but it never ceases to amaze me... when someone gets a BAD review, the reviewer's an idiot. when the review is good, it's embraced 100% by all involved, and never questioned.
Disagree. I thought "Gravity" was unwatchable ("Perfect Storm" in space except the Whalberg character lives). The reviwwrs thought it was great though.
What I liked best was the way he named the people responsible for the details. It is easy to name the writer, director and actors. But he also mentioned the stage manager, the lighting director and the person responsible for the quick costume changes. That just shows class.
Again, GREAT REVIEW.
If it comes to Seattle please post on your blog so I can go see it.
Congratulations on the play. Even without the review it still sounded good to me. On another note, I was wondering Ken if you might be willing to do a blog post on why you didn't like all the movies everyone else likes (Lincoln, The Descendents, The Dark Knight Rises). I think it would be very entertaining and informative.
I'm happier for your little play than I've been for any tv show in a long time, but I have enormous respect for playwrights. Goes back to A Man For All Seasons and The Lion In Winter and Amadeus and Caine Mutiny.
Great review if a tad snippy (are all theater critics like that). I mean... Really, do they always have to pick at something? It's enough to make a writer neurotic about "too many one liners".
And I don't at all like how the reviewer revealed a major part of the premise. I would have like for that to be a surprise... sigh.
Congratulations Ken I hope I get a chance to see it.
A. yes, you can thank critics. One of the first things Dick Whittington taught me, back when I was still in high school, was "When you get a good review, send the critic a thank you note."
B. I don't believe I've ever before seen a stage review that mentioned the understudies unless the critic saw one of them act in the play. Nor the stage manager, nor the casting director. Craft Services is feeling pretty left out about now.
C. Congratulations. Well-deserved. Goddamn AT&T. (The AT&T lines all hit me particularly funny when I saw the play because I have, only two weeks ago, divorced AT&T in disgust, switching my phone and internet over to TWC.)
Congrats! That lighting device toward the end sounds particularly inspired. Wish I still lived about a mile from the Falcon so I could see this. Unfortunately, I'm now about 1,800 miles away from it.
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WOW indeed! Sounds like a terrific job all around. Congratulations Ken.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, sir. Sounds like you have conquered another medium.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, by the way, to see so many kudos to behind the scenes people. Never see that in TV show reviews.
congrats Ken, but it never ceases to amaze me... when someone gets a BAD review, the reviewer's an idiot.
ReplyDeletewhen the review is good, it's embraced 100% by all involved, and never questioned.
Disagree. I thought "Gravity" was unwatchable ("Perfect Storm" in space except the Whalberg character lives). The reviwwrs thought it was great though.
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ReplyDelete.....nice! :+)
Great review.
ReplyDeleteWhat I liked best was the way he named the people responsible for the details. It is easy to name the writer, director and actors. But he also mentioned the stage manager, the lighting director and the person responsible for the quick costume changes. That just shows class.
Again, GREAT REVIEW.
If it comes to Seattle please post on your blog so I can go see it.
Since Edward Hibbert represents Chuck Palahniuk and both are gay, do you think they have fooled around? Or maybe been at the same orgy at least?
ReplyDelete"...another winner!" Gotta love that.
ReplyDeleteMaybe one day we'll get that Robert Wagner/Natalie Wood one-liner...
In the meantime Ken, get that leg in a cast -- I think it's broken!
Congratulations.
Congratulations on the play. Even without the review it still sounded good to me. On another note, I was wondering Ken if you might be willing to do a blog post on why you didn't like all the movies everyone else likes (Lincoln, The Descendents, The Dark Knight Rises). I think it would be very entertaining and informative.
ReplyDeleteI know someone who didn't like The Descendants because he couldn't but the idea of George Clooney being cheated on in a relationship.
DeleteKen, I already have my tickets but I noticed Falcon Theatre's website doesn't say: what's the run time?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the great review! Now, more than ever, I am DYING to see this play.
ReplyDeleteWe're eager to hear more details and read more reviews.
Congratulations! Wishing you many curtain calls!
ReplyDeleteTerrific!
ReplyDeleteI'm happier for your little play than I've been for any tv show in a long time, but I have enormous respect for playwrights. Goes back to A Man For All Seasons and The Lion In Winter and Amadeus and Caine Mutiny.
And now you're a playwright!
The play runs about 90 minutes plus intermission.
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ReplyDelete(: Good for you. I`'ve been trying to picture in my mind writing this play. I`m stuck in the first scene and can`t move on. So happy for you.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! A very positive review!
ReplyDeleteGreat review if a tad snippy (are all theater critics like that).
ReplyDeleteI mean... Really, do they always have to pick at something? It's enough to make a writer neurotic about "too many one liners".
And I don't at all like how the reviewer revealed a major part of the premise. I would have like for that to be a surprise... sigh.
Congratulations Ken I hope I get a chance to see it.
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Congratulations, Ken!
ReplyDeleteA. yes, you can thank critics. One of the first things Dick Whittington taught me, back when I was still in high school, was "When you get a good review, send the critic a thank you note."
ReplyDeleteB. I don't believe I've ever before seen a stage review that mentioned the understudies unless the critic saw one of them act in the play. Nor the stage manager, nor the casting director. Craft Services is feeling pretty left out about now.
C. Congratulations. Well-deserved. Goddamn AT&T. (The AT&T lines all hit me particularly funny when I saw the play because I have, only two weeks ago, divorced AT&T in disgust, switching my phone and internet over to TWC.)
Congrats! That lighting device toward the end sounds particularly inspired. Wish I still lived about a mile from the Falcon so I could see this. Unfortunately, I'm now about 1,800 miles away from it.
ReplyDeletewhen's it coming to Broadway??!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
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