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For much of the time, the production, Torchwood Seasons DVD Box Setwhich opened Sunday, coasts amiably on the considerable appeal of its leading man, Sean Hayes, who is making an impressive Broadway debut.Archer Season 1 DVD Box Set Hayes portrays Chuck Baxter, Smallville Seasons DVD 1-8the insecure company man who lends out his bachelor apartment for extramarital,Torchwood Seasons DVD Box Set romantic dalliances by its corporate executives.
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"Promises, Promises," Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Setwhich is based on the Oscar-winning film "The Apartment," Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2was adapted for the stage by Neil Simon, Archer Season 1 DVD Box Setbut Simon's laugh-filled original has been tinkered with by director-choreographer Rob Ashford.
The musical always has been a tired businessman's kind of show even as it spoofs the sexism so prevalent in the day. Archer Season 1 DVD Box Set"Promises, Promises" is mostly about its leading man.Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box Set But Ashford has added two other Bacharach-David hits to the evening,Torchwood Seasons DVD Box Set "I Say a Little Prayer" and "A House Is Not a Home" to beef up Chenoweth's role of that ill-used,Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2 unhappy woman.
The actress has been cast against type,Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Set and it's not always to her advantage. Chenoweth naturally exudes peppiness,Ugly Betty Series DVD Box Set a sunny quality that for much of the time has to remain hidden here under Fran's morose, Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2other-woman persona.
Yet she and Hayes score in a quietly effective rendition of "I'll Never Fall in Love Again,"Ugly Betty Series DVD Box Set the best-known of the songs written specifically for the musical.
Ashford's choreography is efficient if not exactly joyous, Smallville Seasons DVD 1-8even for the show's biggest dance number, Ugly Betty Season 4 DVD"Turkey Lurkey Time,"Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Set a frantic Christmas office party revelry. Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box SetIt may be unfair, but the moment is haunted by Michael Bennett's galvanizing choreography for the original production, Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2which has found an afterlife in a grainy Tony Award video clip that has proven popular with Internet theater buffs.
"Promises, Promises" is one of those rare shows that improves after intermission. Ugly Betty Series DVD Box SetThe spark is provided right at the top of the second act by the scene-stealing Katie Finneran as an inebriated woman of the loosest virtue. Simon's comic writing is at its peak here, Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box Setas Chuck, Ugly Betty Season 4 DVDalso more than a bit tipsy, tries to pick her up in a bar. And Finneran simply runs away with the audience's affection.
thingy Latessa cements that affection with his ingratiating portrait of Chuck's neighbor, a doctor who listens with amazement ¡ªXena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Set and admiration ¡ª at the parade of women making their way to the man's apartment. Little does he know that it is that quartet of libidinous executives having those assignations.Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2 And Brooks Ashmanskas, Ken Land, Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box SetPeter Benson and Sean Martin Hingston handle their lechery with ease.
Designer Scott Pask's colorful settings look a little lost on the wide stage of the Broadway Theatre,Spartacus: Blood And Sand DVD Box Set too big a playhouse for a show as frequently intimate as "Promises, Promises."Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box Set The clothes by Bruce Pask (yes, Scott's brother) accurately reflect '60s fashion,Smallville Seasons DVD 1-8moststylishly the men's executive suits.
But it's that Bacharach-David score,Ugly Betty Series DVD Box Set augmented by superb Jonathan Tunick orchestrations,Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Set that provide the best nostalgia kick.Ugly Betty Season 4 DVD It's a shame these guys never wrote another musical for Broadway.
Bacharach's unique pop sound and Hal David's catchy lyrics form their own little time capsule celebration of the '60s, Torchwood Seasons DVD Box Setthat "Mad Men" era of miniskirts, narrow ties, Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2three-martini lunches and the latest dance craze on the "Shindig!" and "Hullabaloo"Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Set television variety shows.
For much of the time, the production, Torchwood Seasons DVD Box Setwhich opened Sunday, coasts amiably on the considerable appeal of its leading man, Sean Hayes, who is making an impressive Broadway debut.Archer Season 1 DVD Box Set Hayes portrays Chuck Baxter, Smallville Seasons DVD 1-8the insecure company man who lends out his bachelor apartment for extramarital,Torchwood Seasons DVD Box Set romantic dalliances by its corporate executives.
But a moral crisis occurs when he discovers the big boss (a suave, Frank Sinatra-sounding Tony Goldwyn) is having an affair with a woman,Ugly Betty Season 4 DVD Fran Kubelik (Kristin Chenoweth),Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2 whom Chuck fancies,Torchwood Seasons DVD Box Set too.
Hayes, Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2best known for playing Jack on TV's "Will & Grace," Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Setmay not have the best singing voice,Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box Set but he has boyish charm to spare ¡ª plus a nifty '60s haircut. Torchwood Seasons DVD Box SetAnd it's his ingratiating and comic,Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2 self-deprecating manner that will win you over,Archer Season 1 DVD Box Set particularly in the character's many asides directed to the audience.
"Promises, Promises," Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Setwhich is based on the Oscar-winning film "The Apartment," Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2was adapted for the stage by Neil Simon, Archer Season 1 DVD Box Setbut Simon's laugh-filled original has been tinkered with by director-choreographer Rob Ashford.
The musical always has been a tired businessman's kind of show even as it spoofs the sexism so prevalent in the day. Archer Season 1 DVD Box Set"Promises, Promises" is mostly about its leading man.Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box Set But Ashford has added two other Bacharach-David hits to the evening,Torchwood Seasons DVD Box Set "I Say a Little Prayer" and "A House Is Not a Home" to beef up Chenoweth's role of that ill-used,Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2 unhappy woman.
The actress has been cast against type,Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Set and it's not always to her advantage. Chenoweth naturally exudes peppiness,Ugly Betty Series DVD Box Set a sunny quality that for much of the time has to remain hidden here under Fran's morose, Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2other-woman persona.
Yet she and Hayes score in a quietly effective rendition of "I'll Never Fall in Love Again,"Ugly Betty Series DVD Box Set the best-known of the songs written specifically for the musical.
Ashford's choreography is efficient if not exactly joyous, Smallville Seasons DVD 1-8even for the show's biggest dance number, Ugly Betty Season 4 DVD"Turkey Lurkey Time,"Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Set a frantic Christmas office party revelry. Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box SetIt may be unfair, but the moment is haunted by Michael Bennett's galvanizing choreography for the original production, Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2which has found an afterlife in a grainy Tony Award video clip that has proven popular with Internet theater buffs.
"Promises, Promises" is one of those rare shows that improves after intermission. Ugly Betty Series DVD Box SetThe spark is provided right at the top of the second act by the scene-stealing Katie Finneran as an inebriated woman of the loosest virtue. Simon's comic writing is at its peak here, Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box Setas Chuck, Ugly Betty Season 4 DVDalso more than a bit tipsy, tries to pick her up in a bar. And Finneran simply runs away with the audience's affection.
thingy Latessa cements that affection with his ingratiating portrait of Chuck's neighbor, a doctor who listens with amazement ¡ªXena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Set and admiration ¡ª at the parade of women making their way to the man's apartment. Little does he know that it is that quartet of libidinous executives having those assignations.Torchwood Seasons DVD 1-2 And Brooks Ashmanskas, Ken Land, Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box SetPeter Benson and Sean Martin Hingston handle their lechery with ease.
Designer Scott Pask's colorful settings look a little lost on the wide stage of the Broadway Theatre,Spartacus: Blood And Sand DVD Box Set too big a playhouse for a show as frequently intimate as "Promises, Promises."Spartacus: Blood And Sand season 1 DVD Box Set The clothes by Bruce Pask (yes, Scott's brother) accurately reflect '60s fashion,Smallville Seasons DVD 1-8moststylishly the men's executive suits.
But it's that Bacharach-David score,Ugly Betty Series DVD Box Set augmented by superb Jonathan Tunick orchestrations,Xena:Warrior Princess DVD Box Set that provide the best nostalgia kick.Ugly Betty Season 4 DVD It's a shame these guys never wrote another musical for Broadway.