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[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:08pm

She didn't lose her chance for anything for WICKED. She voluntarily turned down the show when they offered her the understudy spot because they wanted a bigger name. And who's to say that if she did open the show, she would have won a Tony?

PIRATE QUEEN was over-produced drivel. BOY FROM OZ had a bunch of good performances and a god-awful script.

Can't speak for 9-to-5, but, from all I've heard, Brantley is accurate.

Trace, your problem is that you get overly bent out of shape about these things, like a bad review is the end of the world. You're the one who blatantly said that you "hate" Charles Isherwood because he, along with many other people, didn't think IRENA'S VOW was as good as you did.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:15pm

She lost her chance at WICKED because they picked Idina to originate the role instead of her...and you're right, there is no way to predict that she would have won the Tony had she been the original Elphaba, but I think she would have.

THE PIRATE QUEEN was horrendous...I truly hated it. THE BOY FROM OZ was entertaining, but also dreadful. I do love 9 TO 5 though.

I still hate Charles Isherwood for that pan of IRENA'S VOW (and his rave for ROCK OF AGES), and unfortunately there is nothing I or anyone else can do to prevent it from flopping and closing soon. I still feel that Tovah Feldshuh's performance was one of the best I've ever seen on stage.

I still have hope that 9 TO 5 will be an audience favorite and be a huge hit (despite the negative reviews) and I hope the cast moves on from these negative reviews soon and just feeds off of the positive audience reactions every night.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:20pm

A critic is paid to give his/her opinion about a show. He/She is not paid to lie in order to save a struggling show. Why would you hate someone for giving their opinion as they are paid to do? Because he didn't go against his impressions and rave about Irena's Vow just so it could run a little longer?

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:25pm

I didn't rave about IRENA'S VOW in my review on this board to save the show from closing and/or create buzz for Tovah to win the Tony Award. I raved about IRENA'S VOW because I thought it was one of the most moving pieces of theater I had seen since DOUBT. I never cry at the theater and IRENA'S VOW moved me to tears (as it did for the rest of the audience the night I went).

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:26pm

No, I'm asking if you're implying that Isherwood should have lied and raved about Irena's Vow in order to save it, because your train of thought seemed to say that his review was a cause of the show flopping and closing.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:28pm

As the critics in "Show Business" said, people want to see their money on the stage when they are paying over 100 bucks a ticket. WICKED got mixed to negative reviews and we all know how that went. I enjoyed the show, I think it will do well. It has some great talent, a few great songs (and a few clunkers), and the money is on the stage. It also has themes people are relating to right now. I think it will do really well. Plus, Dolly is the master of the positive spin, and will keep the PR bright and positive. The audiences are clearly enjoying this and that really is all that matters. I dont think many people read reviews anymore. And for the record, I do think Ben needs to retire. He strikes me as pretty bitter if he doesnt like you.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:29pm

What surprised me was that Brantley didn't comment at length about Hilty's looks.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:33pm

I actually think IRENA'S VOW was going to be a hard-sell regardless of the reviews. I just felt (and still feel) so strongly about Tovah winning Best Actress in a Play, and the thought of the possibility of her not even being nominated is nauseating.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:37pm

THAT I will agree with.

A blonde with a huge rack...could have been a given for a positive review from Brantley, his being an extremely self-loathing homosexual and all.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 1:52pm

Or at least a pan for everything except her.

[Trish2]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 2:06pm

Nice to know withoutatrace finally got some action last night. Maybe this new guy will calm him down.

The one good thing about the poor reviews is I doubt there wil be a line around the block for tickets today, making it much more likely to be at TKTS and more affordable.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 2:15pm

I'm buying tickets at the BO tonight...I will report back and let everyone know had crowded it seemed to be.

Posted: 5/1/09 at 2:46pm

there's no calming WAT down!!!

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 2:47pm

sex or no sex, i'm always going to be passionate about the theater.

Posted: 5/1/09 at 2:48pm

I know...

[Trish2]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 2:49pm

Well unless you were stage-dooring until 6am, we'll assume the former.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 2:53pm

Don't know if this was posted, but a review from The Journal News which seems to be mixed, but positive for the performances:

http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009905010305

with a quote about Stephanie Block:
"Best of all is Block, as the neophyte office worker (the Jane Fonda part in the movie), newly liberated from her spouse and ready to begin life again. Block delivers the evening's big anthem: "Get Out and Stay Out," directed at her husband who has dumped her for a 19-year-old. She gets to stop the show all by herself."

(sorry if this was already posted)

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 2:59pm

" She voluntarily turned down the show when they offered her the understudy spot because they wanted a bigger name. And who's to say that if she did open the show, she would have won a Tony?"

She didn't turn it down she was an understudy in the pre-Broadway tryouts... went on once. She left to do "The Boy From Oz"

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 3:05pm

Not sure if it's been posted yet but The Daily News is Mixed to Positive with *** out of *****:

"...In place of the film's stars (Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Parton), three likable actresses play the aggrieved secretaries, who wreak revenge on the horrible honcho, played with delicious maliciousness by Marc Kudisch. "West Wing" alum Allison Janney is tall and striking and captures Violet's easygoing authority, but her singing and dancing are still tentative.

As the blond and buxom Doralee, Megan Hilty is a twangy, big-voiced bombshell.

Stephanie J. Block, last seen swashbuckling in "The Pirate Queen," is meek Judy, a mouse who finally roars in an emotional anthem to independence, "Get Out and Stay Out." Too bad the song's placement undercuts it. Is it really a victory to tell your husband to scram while you've got a guy in chains in the next room? Just asking.
..."
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2009/05/01/2009-05-01_dolly_partons_tunes_work_in_9_to_5.html

What a terrible point that he tries to make about "Get Out..." not really being a victory because Hart is tied up in the next room. So stupid.

[broadwayrocks2]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 3:06pm

Shubertalley 44 Thanks for the grammar check .I should hope you know the proper use of your and you're ,cuz you do seem like a know it all ! Mabey you could check my spelling next . You are a vociferous poult ! Did I spell it correctly ?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 3:19pm

Shubertalley 44 Thanks for the grammar check .I should hope you know the proper use of your and you're ,cuz you do seem like a know it all ! Mabey you could check my spelling next . You are a vociferous poult ! Did I spell it correctly ?

Not if by "it" you were referring to "mabey."

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 3:22pm

Was that even English? I'm a young fowl?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 3:28pm

Also, it should be noted that you normally don't put a space before a punctuation mark.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 3:31pm

Right. The space or spaces go after said punctuation mark.

Thus concludes the grammar lesson for today.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 3:34pm

Quiz tomorrow!