A TALE OF TWO CITIES Reviews

Why would reviews come out now if the show doesn't open until tonight?

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I would say that's entirely a negative review.

Negative from Hollywood Reporter:


"NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Apparently operating under the assumption that Broadway will be bereft without a French Revolution musical, "A Tale of Two Cities" has arrived to fill the void left by the recent closing of the "Les Miserables" revival. (And before the mail comes pouring in, yes, we are aware that "Les Miz" actually is about the student revolt).

Unfortunately, this debut effort from writer-composer Jill Santoriello, who apparently has been working on the show for decades, demonstrates that Broadway is not the place for on-the-job training.

Santoriello, working in the semi-operatic style popularized by Andrew Lloyd Webber and the team of Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, has crafted a mostly tedious musical adaptation of the Dickens classic that is distinguished only by the compelling and beautifully sung performance by James Barbour in the central role of Sydney Carton, the cynical alcoholic who ultimately turns heroic."

This part's for Winston:

"Director-choreographer Warren Carlyle, sometimes directly copying the staging for "Les Miz" -- the Act I closer, "Until Tomorrow," is a dead ringer for "One Day More..."

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN1847357320080918

Good God.

will this be a glory days?

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It will only be fitting for an unorginal musical, wouldn't it?

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From the Hollywood Reporter:

Director-choreographer Warren Carlyle, sometimes directly copying the staging for "Les Miz" -- the Act I closer, "Until Tomorrow," is a dead ringer for "One Day More"

Bingo.

We are supposed to see it in about 1 month but now I am wondering if it will even be there than.

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I think Glory Days made people think that a show with bad reviews is going to close immediately. Just because Matt Windman didn't like ATOTC doesn't mean it won't be around in a month.

AP is negative:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/wire/sns-ap-theater-review-tale-of-two-cities,0,1131553.story

Though this doesn't look so great for what was supposed to be a front runner this season, I highly doubt it would close tomorrow.

Though this doesn't look so great for what was supposed to be a front runner this season.

WHAT!? A Tale of Two Cities was never expected to be a front runner in ANY season. No one was expecting the reviews to be kind. Even fans of the show realize that it has issues. I'm just glad that it finally made it after all these years and that it may finally get a Broadway cast recording before closing.