A CATERED AFFAIR Reviews- Page 10

[MarkK]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 9:52am

The Metro Daily Reader (subway paper) is Negative
4/21/2008

A Broadway Affair to Forget

The show is a must see for anyone contemplating marriage. For everybody else, not so much. Its pleasures are subtle, its subject grim, it lyrics stilted and its dialogue anachronistic. Intermittently funny, it's mostly serious

Metro Reader

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 12:37pm

Well, I gotta say, this is a shock. I did not see reviews like this coming.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 1:21pm

From Harvey's blog:

"But I am happy to report that USA TODAY, VARIETY, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE NEW YORK POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS and tons of others got what we are doing and embraced the show with praise and enthusiasm."

The show got the Outer CRITICS Circle Award Nomination for Best Musical. So, it's not as bad as it seems at all.

Metro? AMNY? Who cares? Yes, the NYT stings. But Brantley hated Caroline, Or Change, which I consider one of the greatest musicals ever written.

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 1:55pm

I thought it was interesting to see/hear Harvey acknowledge that many people (performers/creatives) DO read the reviews. At least via his blog, he seems to be taking it in stride.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 4:06pm

And I'm glad he mentioned that reviews don't mean everything because I agree with him about Caroline, or Change.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 4:54pm

only the part in quotes was from harvey's blog. The rest was me.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 9:21am

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 9:50am

Well, I this show had just too much positive buzz before the opening, it could be no means meet these expectations. It's probably an interesting show in some ways.

But it's not a bad thing to detect that when shows don't really work on many aspects then the reviews may find out and if so many pan it there is a good chance they're not totally wrong.

So I see an exciting race for the best musical tony. I don't think any candidate is dead sure bet yet. But I actually wouldn't count out any yet. Neither A Catered Affair, nor YF and to some extent neither TLM. And watch out, possibly a miracle happens and the critics all of a sudden like Cry-Baby (which I'm pretty sure they won't though)...