+ WilliamM Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 On Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theater. Now in previews Staring: Jesse Williams, Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Furguson Baseball players come out of closet taking showers in the locker room Apparently the management is locking cell phones to prevent snaps of dicks and asses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1973 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Saw it twice! Superb acting. Jesse W is great...and very hung, uc. Patrick Adams, excellent too. The actor who played Shane, Michael something is terrific and made me swoon. Gorgeous guy, yummy thick chest hair. One of the Latino guys, Edgar R... stunningly beautiful. Well worth seeing. The theater is tiny so you should be able to get an eyeful... thomas, DruJac, + Vegas_Millennial and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DruJac Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 (edited) Saw it on March 11th and will be seeing it again next week. The show and “the live nude show” are both worthwhile. I’m pretty sure most of the audience are gay men. Jesse Williams is indeed hung and uncut it looks like. The entire cast is fit and both the Latino cast members were muy caliente. I was pleasantly surprised to see Julian Cihi from “Only Murderers In The Building”. Looking forward to my front row seat on the 29th. Jesse Williams has always been handsome to me but seeing him in person and nude was next level. They talk a lot about the nudity in this play but I do think they should have added a trigger warning for the language. The audience’s gasps made me chuckle though. Edited March 21, 2022 by DruJac + WilliamM and + Vegas_Millennial 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I saw the play first at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in 2002 twice. Today I saw this new production. 20 years was long enough for me to have forgotten a lot of the plot details so in some ways it seemed new to me. It’s a good play and much of it still feels relevant. It’s interesting that naked men on stage still seems like a big deal. DruJac, + Vegas_Millennial, Cooper and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ BenjaminNicholas Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 1 hour ago, foxy said: It’s interesting that naked men on stage still seems like a big deal. It's not really. Just in America. And from the sounds of it, they have a built in audience of men who will see it just for the nude scenes and have zero connection to the book otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 @foxy, Hard to believe that its been 20 years since this show was on Broadway. Like you, I saw it a couple of times. Sadly, what’s different from 20 years ago is what it takes to enter the theater. Yes, the Covid restrictions are still in place: masks, proof of vaccine, ID’s, but the unusual one was locking your phones in a case to prevent anyone from taking pictures or videos. I enjoyed the play and thought the acting was well done. Jesse Tyler Ferguson, better know for Modern family, was very funny! The performance I saw was sold out. Not sure if it was because of this revival of this award winning show or the nudity. Maybe a lot of people just like baseball. 😉 It’s an easy ticket to get at TKTS. + Lucky and + WilliamM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Cooper said: Maybe a lot of people just like baseball. 😉 Like me! I enjoy balls and nuts at the game! Edited March 24, 2022 by Lucky typo DruJac and Cooper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ BenjaminNicholas Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Cooper said: but the unusual one was locking your phones in a case to prevent anyone from taking pictures or videos. These you will see at an increasing number of shows in the future. The systems have gotten more efficient and it's now easy to keep your device with you- locked in the case- and have an usher quickly unlock at intermission and/or as you're exiting the theatre. If people can't be trusted to sit quietly for two hours, then these pouches are a necessary evil. I've had entirely too many Broadway and touring shows ruined due to asshole audience members who answer calls, send texts, take video/pics during the production. Edited March 24, 2022 by Benjamin_Nicholas thomas, + keroscenefire, + Phahared and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 In the “good old days” during Shakespeare’s time it was common practice for people to yell and boo at the actors often throwing fruit at them. I believe opera performances were equally raucous. So I suppose todays audiences are not as bad by comparison. Still I have no problem tapping people who are talking during a performance with my playbill and putting a finger to my lips to signify they should shut up. I’d like to think my expression is one of sadness that they are idiots and don’t know better. This is hard to do wearing a mask. + Vegas_Millennial 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeper Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 I also saw the play at the Public 20 years ago, and then after it transferred to Broadway. I saw the current production this past weekend and enjoyed it. Listening to some of the conversations of other audience members around me during intermission and after the show, the response to locking up the phones was viewed as positive since all the audience members who commented said it was great to not have the distraction of some idiot's glowing screen during the performance irregardless of the concern over filming the cast during "vulnerable" moments. A couple of people who had also seen the play 20 years ago seemed to remember that there were there two shower scenes with most of the team members, not just one as in the current production (in addition to the one with only Darren and Shane). My memory on that isn't clear at all. There is a line about the difference between democracy and baseball being that baseball acknowledges that the loser has actually lost - unlike democracy, which of course, got a huge laugh. If that line was in the original production, I don't think it had the same reaction as it did today. I also noted that racist language hit much harder now that it seemed to 20 years ago. Beforehand, I was wondering if the play would be dated today - my conclusion was not really, although I have read some comments to the contrary. Any yes, the nudity is right up front, well lit, and lingers for a while and Jesse Williams is indeed "blessed". + WilliamM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 I saw two shower scenes. One had all the players. It stuck out (pun intended) because one of the actors looked like he had a semi hard on. But I think he was just gifted. + Vegas_Millennial and kyleham 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) The show is getting great reviews. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-04-04/take-me-out-broadway-jesse-williams-patrick-adams https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/broadway/ny-broadway-take-me-out-review-20220405-wd6onmshbncp7pdnch76ube464-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/04/take-me-out-jesse-tyler-ferguson/ https://nypost.com/2022/04/04/broadways-take-me-out-is-an-explosive-funny-baseball-play/ Edited April 5, 2022 by Lucky add links Cooper, BSR and thomas 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSR Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 12 hours ago, Lucky said: The show is getting great reviews. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-04-04/take-me-out-broadway-jesse-williams-patrick-adams https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/broadway/ny-broadway-take-me-out-review-20220405-wd6onmshbncp7pdnch76ube464-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/04/take-me-out-jesse-tyler-ferguson/ https://nypost.com/2022/04/04/broadways-take-me-out-is-an-explosive-funny-baseball-play/ Thanks for the review links. It's good to know that the play is well worth seeing on its own merits, with the full-frontal visuals as a bonus. + WilliamM, kyleham and + Lucky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Wonderful review in Washington Post, especially for Furguson. I am surprised and somehow annoyined the theater is now supposedly called the Hayes, and. not the Helen Hayes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 How could I have missed the NY Times review? Their critic says: At its best, “Take Me Out,” which opened on Monday in a fine revival at the Helen Hayes Theater, is a five-tool play. It’s (1) funny, with an unusually high density of laughs for a yarn that is (2) quite serious, and (3) cerebral without undermining its (4) emotion. I’m not sure whether (5) counts as one tool or many, but “Take Me Out” gives meaty roles to a team of actors, led in this Second Stage Theater production by Jesse Williams as Lemming and Jesse Tyler Ferguson as his fanboy business manager. In full: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/theater/take-me-out-review.html kyleham, Cooper and thomas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 He was scared! https://pagesix.com/2022/04/06/jesse-williams-terrified-of-being-nude-in-take-me-out/?_ga=2.99371486.1704212213.1649167424-1964945804.1649167419 BSR and Cooper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyleham Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 I would be too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsley88 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 This was the first play I had ever seen on Broadway back in summer 2003. It was groundbreaking. I couldn't believe I was seeing a naked man onstage (I was a teenager back then). Back then they didnt' have yondr pouches but then again none of us had smartphones either. I saw the revival recently and though this cast is hot and talented, I personally preferred Sunjata back in 2003! I also think Denis O'Hare was better than JTF. Definitely see this revival if you can! + WilliamM, + Lucky and thomas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ MysticMenace Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 it sounds like there was a "leak" of Jesse Williams when his Tony nomination went out... I should have watched this instead of Dear Evan Hansen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ MysticMenace Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 actually I still stand by my choice - though it didn't take long to do my research though...he is blessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handiacefailure Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 2:21 AM, Cooper said: @foxy, Hard to believe that its been 20 years since this show was on Broadway. Like you, I saw it a couple of times. the unusual one was locking your phones in a case to prevent anyone from taking pictures or videos. Where do they lock the phones up at? Is it in pouch in front of your seat or do you leave them with an employee when you enter to rerieve them later? I'll have a huge issue with that policy medically wise if it's not within a few feet of me. My continuous glucose monitor is connected to my phones bluetooth. I can access the readings on my apple watch but the phone needs to be near me + Lucky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeper Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 The phone is locked in a pouch that is in your possession at all times. That said, they ask that it be powered off before you put it in the pouch. I don't recall them actually checking to see it was turned off, but if it rang or made noise while in the pouch you likely wouldn't be able to silence it if you left it on without muting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheckCar Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 That’s one way to increase ticket sales! Cooper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+ purplekow Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 It had a limited run and then was "extended". + BenjaminNicholas and CheckCar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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