http://www.fromtheledge.com/theater/a-second-look Musings on art, theater, film and culture--without a safety net Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:00:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.fromtheledge.com/theater/a-second-look/comment-page-1#comment-1444 francis Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.fromtheledge.com/theater/a-second-look#comment-1444 Hi Esther, thanks for the comment. "Rock'n'Roll" is difficulty to sit through with very minimal payoff. Which is unfortunate, because I think Stoppard is a genius. Hi Esther, thanks for the comment. “Rock’n'Roll” is difficulty to sit through with very minimal payoff. Which is unfortunate, because I think Stoppard is a genius.

]]> http://www.fromtheledge.com/theater/a-second-look/comment-page-1#comment-1419 Esther Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:58:58 +0000 http://www.fromtheledge.com/theater/a-second-look#comment-1419 I saw "Rock 'n' Roll" on Broadway too and I had the same reaction you did. I thought it was kind of tedious, with a lot of speechmaking. It just didn't engage me at all. Good for you for giving it another chance, though. There was a production closer to me, in Boston, last fall. But I just couldn't sit through it again. I saw “Rock ‘n’ Roll” on Broadway too and I had the same reaction you did. I thought it was kind of tedious, with a lot of speechmaking. It just didn’t engage me at all. Good for you for giving it another chance, though. There was a production closer to me, in Boston, last fall. But I just couldn’t sit through it again.

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