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Your video was brilliant. Thank you. Did you see that the producers included Lin Manual Miranda & his dad, as well as Stephen Spielberg & his partner. So it was probably a labour of love from people who may not need a return on their investment.

I'm so glad you mentioned the pre-show! I found it fascinating too! All around me everybody was asking "Is this part of the show," and kept talking without trying to figure out why they might be doing it! It's really cool that you paid attention and learned something from it!

I’m going on December 13th

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Thanks for sharing your experience!

Thanks Jacob for sharing your historic experience. It sounds like "art in progress" .. so I appreciate how respectful you are of the material. The Shed sounds like an extraordinary venue.

Thanks for explaining a bit about the venue. I am going next month.

Plus, I'm a huge Sondheim fan. Showing my age, but I have been venturing to Broadway, MANY years now, but anything Sondheim.

Jacob, thank you so much for sharing your insights. I just subscribed, and enjoy your thoughts and opinions. You are very gracious and professional in what you present. I am curious where it goes from here.

Great job. Looking forward to more from you. I leave for NYC Thursday. Seeing Here We Are, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd, and Back To the Future. Can hardly wait.

Interestingly, there are quite some singing and music in act two, but it just happens along the way - and it might, of course, have been added subsequently, as the show supposedly is developing from night to night.

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the idea to make this into a musical was a terrible one to begin with and I think Sondheim knew this....fasten your seatbelts for the reviews..it isn't going to be pretty...

P.S. Yeah, I agree with the other commentor here - don't bring back the background muzak.

How very interesting. As a massive fan of both Luis Bunuel and Stephen Sondheim (for wildly divergent reasons, in different media) for over 60 years, I very much appreciated the highly detailed rundown. Thank you so much for this, and for being so conscientious and circumspect not to spill all the beans. You're so young! How does a 12-year-old get interested in Stephen Sondheim, for goodness sake? Maybe you can tell us the next time, when you come back with your final review? You didn't mention the source material. Do you happen to know that both "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" and "The Exterminating Angel" are highly regarded classics of world cinema (which, in case you didn't, they're both available for streaming on Amazon)? Since you obviously like doing your research, it would be good to know what you thought about how Sondheim and his collaborators managed the transition to the stage. How do they compare? What does music add to them? Since the films were made 10 years apart, does it matter that the show adapts them in reverse chronological order? What was emphasized for the stage or de-emphasized? Or did they just use the films as a convenient taking-off point to create something that has little to do with the originals? Should we disregard the source and treat the musical on its own terms? But then, what could have inspired Sondheim to pick these two particular films? What did he mean by it? Of course, I'm dying to see show but will wait until after it's been locked. Did you read Frank Rich's exhaustive interview with David Ives and Joe Mantello on the show's protracted on-again and off-again evolution process? It would be interesting to know how that process bears on the show you saw at the Shed. Looking forward to your review.

would love to hear your take on the performance after the official opening, after all the last minute changes have been made.

Please lose that annoying music - it’s reminiscent of being tortured by It’s a Small World.

I'm going next week! Looking forward to it :)

Loving your best life. You'll tell these memories for decades. Keep good records. I'll wager there will be a book 30 years from now.

About to see this one. Glad I found out a little more about it. Thank you

Loved your commentary review so much. I have my tickets for 9/2 and I've heard so much good things about Lea's performance and about Jared, Tovah & Ramin being exceptional. Like, I've heard that Lea can perform under the weather & still sound like the cast album. But I had yet to hear anything about the actual theatre experience. Thanks for describing yours, & hopefully I'll get to plan my way around the inside cause I wanted to pick up some confetti, some of the discarded floor cups (since I don't drink) & hopefully an Arnstein buck if I'm lucky before heading out to the stage door.

16:35 omg it me

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