{"id":4139,"date":"2015-05-14T19:19:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T19:19:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-04-16T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T12:37:15","slug":"broadways-on-the-town-is-on-the-crack-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laughfrodisiac.com\/2015\/05\/14\/broadways-on-the-town-is-on-the-crack-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway’s “On The Town” Is On The Crack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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    “New York, New York, a wonderful town! The Bronx is up and the Battery’s down!” I’m sure you know that line from the classic musical “On The Town”, because it’s the only memorable line in the whole shebang. Did you see the ol’ movie? With Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, freaking wonderful cast? I’m sure I saw it, but I don’t remember. If I remembered it, I’m pretty sure I would have been more prepared for the heavy onslaught of absolute CAH-RAZY that hit me in the Lyric Theatre when I saw the current musical revival. <\/p>\n

I really don’t understand how this wacky, bizarre musical is considered a classic, and I reeeeally don’t understand whoever calls it a family show. The current revival is really good, very well done, but the material is off the charts nuts, just a gallimaufry of seemingly unrelated scenes, sight gags, baudy jokes, and nonsense that will have you wide-eyed and asking the stranger sitting next to you “Hey…hey man…what the hell is happening on that stage?…it’s happening, right?” P.S., this is the only instance where I condone talking in the theatre. Just to find out if you are hallucinating real fast.
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It begins innocently enough, as innocently as sailors can be. 
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