tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056238063013699574.post4371346256435681209..comments2024-03-06T06:53:01.863-05:00Comments on JK's TheatreScene: HOT or NOT 2014: The Cast of FIRST DATEJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782634274496834578noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056238063013699574.post-8562804697439635162013-07-12T16:20:37.947-04:002013-07-12T16:20:37.947-04:00After the introduction compendium of bad date mome...After the introduction compendium of bad date moments the cast is very hot (in a better show Levi would be a cert for a Tony nomination if not award - he may yet be even in this; he's that good), but the writing only lukewarm and the direction too self consciously showy. If you liked the long run Off-Broadway "date night" revue of a decade or so ago, I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, this should be right up your alley. It's mainly for the terminally straight who won't be turned off by a few offensive gay stereotypes around the edges, but is tuneful, undemanding fun even if the girl character (the otherwise wonderful Krysta Rodriguez) isn't allowed to be a tolerable human being until late in the second half. Its worst moments (pandering to Jewish stereotypes in "The Girl For You") are still funny and the best moments (the girl's self-revelatory "Safer") can be genuinely touching. 'Summer fun which might do for the fall if competition is light. There's a famous cartoon showing a clueless person coming out of a Shakespeare play complaining "it's nothing but a bunch of famous quotes all strung together!" FIRST DATE may be little more than a bunch of cliches and stereotypes strung together, but if you aren't looking for originality or depth, most of them still work.Eschetichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383555464383567836noreply@blogger.com