Comments on: ‘Avenue X’ Doesn’t Mark the Spot http://www.asherpr.com/2010/01/avenue-x-doesnt-mark-the-spot/ Putting You In the Limelight Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan Asher http://www.asherpr.com/2010/01/avenue-x-doesnt-mark-the-spot/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Susan Asher Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:26:47 +0000 http://www.asherpr.com/?p=1377#comment-123 Hi Liz, My friend, a playwright, and I were not tired when we came, but we were both tired of the show midway through the first act. B-O-R-I-N-G. I never said one family was trying to integrate Brooklyn. I felt that this family was trying to move out of Harlem, essentially "movin' on up" like George Jefferson. I'm glad you found a point to the show. At least somebody did. My guess, and the surmise of others I've talked to, is that the Alliance Theatre, with its dedication to diversity, chose this show to attract a diverse crowd. Sometimes the Alliance sacrifices substance to do that. No, I don't think this show was about 2nd or 3rd tier talent. That, however, is what the audience got. Hi Liz,

My friend, a playwright, and I were not tired when we came, but we were both tired of the show midway through the first act. B-O-R-I-N-G.

I never said one family was trying to integrate Brooklyn. I felt that this family was trying to move out of Harlem, essentially “movin’ on up” like George Jefferson.

I’m glad you found a point to the show. At least somebody did.

My guess, and the surmise of others I’ve talked to, is that the Alliance Theatre, with its dedication to diversity, chose this show to attract a diverse crowd. Sometimes the Alliance sacrifices substance to do that.

No, I don’t think this show was about 2nd or 3rd tier talent. That, however, is what the audience got.

]]> By: Liz Hovey http://www.asherpr.com/2010/01/avenue-x-doesnt-mark-the-spot/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Liz Hovey Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:24:39 +0000 http://www.asherpr.com/?p=1377#comment-122 Sadly, Susan, you must have been tired when you came to the theater and didn't pay much attention. I thought this story was about people driven by the love of music to bring the best out of their musical traditions and keep bringing them forward. I enjoyed the musical rivalry between the two groups a lot -thought it was full of the kind of action that makes life, life. I didn't come for the doo-wop and had a great time. Errors: my program showed me the show was written BEFORE the Jersey Boys, so doesn't that make it hard for it to be a copy? You somehow got the idea that one family was trying to integrate Brooklyn? I always thought that "the projects" held more than one family, which is why someone talks about the Italians protesting them going up. This show doesn't claim to be about big names, but the overlooked 2nd and 3rd tier musicians who never get more than their subway fare - just like the 2010 Grammy presenters were talking about 3 nights ago. I guess you're going to say that Avenue X copied them too. Sadly, Susan, you must have been tired when you came to the theater and didn’t pay much attention. I thought this story was about people driven by the love of music to bring the best out of their musical traditions and keep bringing them forward. I enjoyed the musical rivalry between the two groups a lot -thought it was full of the kind of action that makes life, life. I didn’t come for the doo-wop and had a great time.

Errors: my program showed me the show was written BEFORE the Jersey Boys, so doesn’t that make it hard for it to be a copy? You somehow got the idea that one family was trying to integrate Brooklyn? I always thought that “the projects” held more than one family, which is why someone talks about the Italians protesting them going up.

This show doesn’t claim to be about big names, but the overlooked 2nd and 3rd tier musicians who never get more than their subway fare – just like the 2010 Grammy presenters were talking about 3 nights ago. I guess you’re going to say that Avenue X copied them too.

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