tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post2715735686074068637..comments2024-03-14T02:43:01.811-05:00Comments on Broadway & Me: A Misbegotten "Moon for the Misbegotten"jan@broadwayandmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05871839027802882307noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-48074382598351802102010-02-16T03:09:46.712-05:002010-02-16T03:09:46.712-05:00broadwayandme.blogspot.com; You saved my day again...broadwayandme.blogspot.com; You saved my day again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-19762279136590235412007-04-24T17:04:00.000-05:002007-04-24T17:04:00.000-05:00I've avoided seeing this "Moon," because I prefer ...I've avoided seeing this "Moon," because I prefer to remember the play from the glorious Robards/Dewhurst production. I made the mistake of seeing the Byrne-Jones revival, and I was underwhelmed: I thought Byrne wishy-washy, and Jones miscast (too vanilla, too midwest). There are some experiences that are best left unsullied, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-80851625602048289102007-04-23T20:16:00.000-05:002007-04-23T20:16:00.000-05:00I was struck by your comment on the unnecessary he...I was struck by your comment on the unnecessary heavy humor in "Moon for the Misbegotten." It disappointed me to find the similar urge to include some supposedly funny or "cute" remarks in "The Year of Magical Thinking," clearly meant to lighten the play and evoke giggles -- which they did. What a loss that was.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149118827351013933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-81231235841390888192007-04-23T16:02:00.000-05:002007-04-23T16:02:00.000-05:00I haven't seen Kevin Spacey in Moon for the Misbeg...I haven't seen Kevin Spacey in Moon for the Misbegotten, but as one who has seen Jason Robards in everything from Iceman Cometh to Hughie, and Long Day's Journey, I appreciate his take. Robards seems the quintessential O'Neill everyman. In the 1970's Robards came to Lake Forest which had the Academy Festival Theatre at the defunct Barat College. He performed Hughie there. He was marvelous. In the early 1970's others who came to the Festival, were Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine, Lynn Regrave, Irene Worth and Raul Julia, Christopher Walken, John Guare, and many more.<BR/><BR/>I love Eugene O'Neill's works, and saw "Strange Interlude" in NYC in New York City with Ben Gazzara and Geraldine Page, and "Ah, Wilderness," with Richard Kiley in Chicago. I heard that Eve Best was the main reason to see this "Moon."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-59138626855290926342007-04-23T10:52:00.000-05:002007-04-23T10:52:00.000-05:00As an O'Neill fan who doesn't live in New York, I ...As an O'Neill fan who doesn't live in New York, I had been thinking about traveling to see this play. Thanks for setting me straight...I'll get the DVD instead. Your blog is really useful for those of us who live close but not that close in terms of making decisions. Often, theatre reviews (like in the Times) are couched in terms of the many plays one has already seen. I find your reviews more accessible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416711245355669679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-82673478672922879812007-04-22T20:41:00.000-05:002007-04-22T20:41:00.000-05:00The DVD is terrific. Folks should give it a look.The DVD is terrific. Folks should give it a look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com