I know many of you have heard of Trey's latest endeavor, a Broadway show that goes under the name, "Hands on a Hardbody." I've read a few threads over the past year or two, and as many of you know, 2 songs from Fall 2010, Burn That Bridge, and My Problem Right There, are from the show. For full and complete disclosure's sake, I have no financial stake in the success or failure of this show. I do have friends who are involved, and I was offered an opportunity to invest, but my financial reality precluded me from pulling the trigger. That said, tickets for this incredible show are now on sale. I would encourage everyone to check it out at some point. I am not a Broadway guy in general, but having seen 2 pre-production readings of the show, I thought it was excellent. It didn't hurt that I got to meet Trey both times, and sitting behind he and his family during the first reading, I was able to witness the genuine emotion in his face seeing his show come to life. The show captures a real slice of americana, and touches on some real-life issues affecting so many people in this country. The music is not Phish, make no mistake about it. But the creative force of the band we all hold so dear has taken a huge leap out into another genre, and what better way to show our support for him and his creativity than to go out and support this show? A happy Trey is a creative Trey is a force to be reckoned with as we've all watched over the past few years, culminating in that ridiculous Dick's run and a superb New Year's Run. We're entering the 30th year anniversary run for the Phish from Vermont, and I'd love to see Big Red entering the year with an infusion of confidence and joy. Take your friends, take your parents, go see a great show. www.handsonahardbody.com Cheers.

The Wrinkled Raisin

I support this thread.

I'd like to see it. What do tickets go for?

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

not with a 15 foot pole.

Just out of curiosity, why not?

oh tela
dear tela

i already regret speaking my mind

who am i to judge the creator of the new years eve golf cart marathon?

how can my lowly opinion compare to the creative genius of TMWSIY???

maybe i should just give up all future PhSSh tix to any real phans

why am i here

damn im drunk

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

@wrinkledraisin said:

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

not with a 15 foot pole.

Just out of curiosity, why not?

Since Shine a lot of Trey's song writing has sounded like broadway musical bullshit to me, and I've hated it. This sounds like an entire evening of the stuff I hate.

Fair enough. i recognize it is not an evening of Phish. For those in the community with a more open mind towards Broadway style entertainment, i think they will be pleasantly surprised by the excellence of this show. Cheers.

http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/hands-on-a-hardbody-new

wtf???

& they devote all their hard fought energy to winning themselves a damn truck
as opposed to saving the land of Gamehendge
the American Dream Versus the dream of every Phsshead...

cool

I'm really looking forward to seeing the show.

Looks like it opens on the 23rd on Broadway.

Lyrics written by Amanda, Music by Trey and Amanda

Sounds like Trey kept his hands of the story telling lyrics.....nice moves

I am potentially going to be in NYC during the 1st week of April for a few days. I'm considering going to see this while I am there if I can fit it in.

@wrinkledraisin said:

@York_Durden said:

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

not with a 15 foot pole.

What I WOULD touch is a bet that off-season Trey (it's a concept�grab ahold of it before drowning sets in) could give two craps what some 'expert' on phish.net thinks about the non-Phish work.

I agree with that wholeheartedly. The raw emotion I saw on Trey's face at the reading suggests this is all for him, and has very little to do with Phish and its critics. I found it curious that they brought out the 2 songs, Problem Right There and Burn that Bridge, and then dropped them. It seemed almost like a tease, or just a very subtle invitation to the Phish community to check out what he was doing. In any event, given the huge cross over some of his other projects have had within the community, i.e. playing with symphonies, I would expect a big chunk of our now 30 something fan base would be willing to give Broadway Trey a try. Personally, I found myself enjoying it far more than I ever expected. Hope you all get the chance to check it out.

Problem Right There and Burn that Bridge were dropped from the show? I hadn't heard that.

Right on, though. I am fascinated by Trey's side-projects and have dug everything he's done lately.

@wrinkledraisin said:

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

@wrinkledraisin said:

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

not with a 15 foot pole.

Just out of curiosity, why not?

Since Shine a lot of Trey's song writing has sounded like broadway musical bullshit to me, and I've hated it. This sounds like an entire evening of the stuff I hate.

Fair enough. i recognize it is not an evening of Phish. For those in the community with a more open mind towards Broadway style entertainment, i think they will be pleasantly surprised by the excellence of this show. Cheers.

To be fair, I enjoy broadway style entertainment when done well.

@York_Durden said:

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

not with a 15 foot pole.

What I WOULD touch is a bet that off-season Trey (it's a concept�grab ahold of it before drowning sets in) could give two craps what some 'expert' on phish.net thinks about the non-Phish work.

I sure hope he doesn't care. Do you think I posted that with the hopes that trey would read it and give a f***?

@Super_Sash said:

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy, if you're into Broadway style entertainment why wouldn't you want to see this show? From what I've heard from friends it is done well, and OP seems very passionate for the production. It's your life to live, so you don't want to spend/waste the money I get it, but if you're in the NYC area it might be a good evening out on the town and you might even enjoy it.

Just based on the songs I've heard, and knowing Trey's song writing. I mean, if this were playing down the street from me, and cost 20 bucks, I'd possibly consider it (which goges against my 15 foot pole statement, i know), but it's not something I would pay what they're asking, and do any sort of traveling for.

"Oh, right. I must of got that wrong. Doubt it though... "

What does that even mean? I never said every single trey song sounds like it belongs on broadway, because I'd be wrong if I did. I said "A lot", and then you took the one obvious example in A Land of Nod and tried to be a smartass with it. It's not that hard to understand.

"And if ur a fan of phish, then u must like trey. Why hate on it? I just don't get that pessimistic mentality. Keep it to yourself if you're gonna start calling people names. Remember your manners. Simple common sense if u ask me."

I'm supposed to remember my manners? You're the one that called me out first, by putting words in my mouth.

In fairness to @me_no_are_no_nice_guy, I thought you lived in NYC area. I don't know why...I think with perspective your comments make a lot more sense now. I would be interested to hear what tracks you don't care for that Trey has done since Shine. I think he's grown a little more "worldly" in his sound since Shine. Thank God not as extreme as Paul Simon on Graceland, but Trey can't carry an album vocally either.

The LA Hands on a Hardbody shows were "do-able" for us, we live in AZ, could crash at my sister's home in Glendale CA, easy to fly into Burbank from the PHX. But I don't feel like driving 12 hours round trip or dropping $400 for 2 RT tickets to see a musical. I will openly acknowledge that we had ZERO problems doing this for TAB and bouncing from LA to Oakland in 2011.

I think it comes down to a matter of convenience, if I still lived within a 45 minute train ride from NYC I would check it out for sure. After all, it's Trey's music, just not him playing it...

@llama, great idea, you get lots of relationship points for going to a Broadway production on Valentine's day, might as well be something that you are interested in too!

I thought it was awesome in La Jolla. Seeing it again on Broadway would be fantastic!