All the Little Dancer Reviews in Other Reviews on DCMetroTheaterArts

[hockeynut2]

Posted: 11/20/14 at 11:25pm

4 reviews are now in. Variety, The Washington Post, The NY Times, and DCMetroTheaterArts.

You can read them and all the other local reviews in "Other Reviews' on DCMTA.

http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/other-reviews/

I will be updating the list as they come in.

Personally I loved the show and hope you will make a trip to see it.












Updated On: 11/21/14 at 11:25 PM

[hockeynut2]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 8:23am

Variety just came in. Check out all the reviews here. As they come in they will be added to the list in 'Other Reviews.'

http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/other-reviews/

[JayG 2]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 9:11am

Why do the TImes critics now review out of town tryouts? What's up with that? I don't remember the poison pens of Walter Kerr, Howard Taubman, or Clive Barnes running all over the continent to review out of town tryouts. Can't these people just wait to kill the show in NYC like the old days? Or do these producers actually invite them so they can avoid bringing their shows in at astronomical costs if they know the almighty girls at the Times put their pinkies, I mean, thumbs down?
Of course if the theater's creative people today knew how to fix shows and critics were actually helpful like critics once were, then they could reshape the show and bring it in - improved and ready for their B'way review.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 11:23am

Critics have to be invited to review it. And, increasingly, shows being done out of town have come to rely on a strong review from the Times to facilitate a transfer.

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 11:24am

Well, judging by Isherwood's review, they have some work to do. I only hope they have the sense to make the changes before any transfer to Broadway is made. Maybe they can work on it and re-mount it at Papermill next fall?

[MCfan2]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 12:35pm

Isherwood doesn't really say what changes need to be made, though. That's not a snark -- I know it could be taken as one because I have a shameless love for the show, but it's really not. I'm genuinely curious about what changes he'd want to see.

Okay, he says it's old-fashioned; I'll give him that one. (Honestly, I don't think it's possible for a story NOT to be old-fashioned when you set it in the late 1800s and fully commit to that milieu, with the Degas-inspired costumes and sets and story and everything.) And formulaic; I don't agree with that one at all, but say for the sake of argument that he's right. So how would they go about fixing that?


Updated On: 11/21/14 at 12:35 PM

[hockeynut2]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 12:52pm

New reviews are in from BroadwayWorld and Huffington Post, joining DCMetroTheaterArts, The Washington Post, Variety, MTG, and the NY Times. BWW, HP, DCMTA, and MTG are raves. The Post, Variety, and the NY Times are mixed. More to come later today.

Check out all the Little Dancer reviews in 'Other Reviews' on DCMTA.
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/other-reviews/






Updated On: 11/21/14 at 12:52 PM

[yfs]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 9:33pm

Referincing Kad's assertion that critics "have to be invited" to review out of town shows, believe me, nothing could be further from the truth. I know from experience. If the Times decides they're reviewing, there's not a damn thing you can do about it, and it is positively devastating when you are not ready, or when your production is basically a research-and-developmemnt process. They don't care, they don't acknowledge in the review that that's what they've seen -- they're totally comfortable interfering in your artistic and business affairs with no taking of responsibility for the results. It's disgraceful.

[Spil.Berg]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 9:57pm

This could go to the Helen Hayes I think it would be perfect there or is it bigger than I think.

[Spil.Berg]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 9:57pm

This could go to the Helen Hayes I think it would be perfect there or is it bigger than I think.

[yfs]

Posted: 11/21/14 at 10:13pm

It's much too big for the Helen Hayes. It's a full-sized musical with about 20 in the cast and 20 in the band and lots of moving scenery. More or less the same size as Kinky Boots or Side Show.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 11/22/14 at 1:43am

A friend of a friend in the show said this is not coming this season but with hopes during the 2015-2016 season

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/22/14 at 7:59pm

What is the demographic for a musical about a Degas sculpture? Do producers actually expect this to appeal to out of town tourists

No idea why this should ever go to Broadway. Off Broadway would be better if any venue is viable?

Updated On: 11/22/14 at 07:59 PM

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 11/22/14 at 9:44pm

^It's not a painting, it's a sculpture. It's compelling to me because it's about real life art. Like Sunday In the Park With George. It's quite beautiful the way they can transform something like a painting or sculpture into a story.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/22/14 at 10:05pm

Still a musical about a French artist many tourists never heard of. Doubt it will succeed. If it does great but it is a dubious prospect @ best for a viable topic for a musical.

[MCfan2]

Posted: 11/22/14 at 10:59pm

But the musical is also about ballet. In fact, it's arguably far more about ballet than it's about Degas. And the demographic of ballet-mad young girls tends to be a fairly reliable one, if I'm not mistaken.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/22/14 at 11:11pm

Ballet mad young girls is not a reason for tourists or the general public to shell out $ 150 plus a ticket. Sting is a much better known commodity and his just opened show will probably close at a huge loss after the holidays. It may be a beautiful show but I doubt very seriously about its long tem viability.

[MCfan2]

Posted: 11/22/14 at 11:19pm

What I'm saying is, a lot of those tourists are parents looking for something to take the teens and preteens to. This show is ideal for that, so they can very easily market it to that demographic.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/22/14 at 11:43pm

Disagree but time will tell.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/23/14 at 11:01am

When I saw it, there were many, many young girls in the audience.

[TapDanceGal]

Posted: 11/24/14 at 8:18am

It's selling really well at the Kennedy Center. I saw it again on Friday evening and it was packed with little girls. There also haven't been a lot if any discount codes for it like there were for Side Show this summer. There was one MyTix night, other than that there wasn't really any discounts.

[hockeynut2]

Posted: 11/24/14 at 2:55pm

Finally another review came in. Check all the reviews here-8 now:


http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/other-reviews/

[hockeynut2]

Posted: 11/26/14 at 12:32am

There are now 14 reviews for Little Dancer. Read them all in 'Other Revews' on DCMetroTheatrArts.


http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/other-reviews/

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 11/26/14 at 2:03am

"Ballet mad young girls is not a reason for tourists or the general public to shell out $ 150 plus a ticket."

The general public shells out $150 plus for ballet tickets uptown every day.

[hockeynut2]

Posted: 11/26/14 at 8:55am

A Chat With Rebecca Luker About 'Little Dancer' at The Kennedy Center - DCMetroTheaterArts by Joel Markowitz.

Here is my interview with Rebecca Luker about performing in 'Little Dancer.'I am such a huge fan of Rebecca's work and watching her and hearing that glorious voice in The Eisenhower Theater is definitely one of the highlights of this year's DC area theater season for me.

This is the 5,000th interview, review, etc. that we have published on DCMTA since we began on March 15, 2012. And I am so thrilled that our 5,000th is this interview with Rebecca Luker.

http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2014/11/26/chat-rebecca-luker-little-dancer-kc/

Read all the 'Little Dancer' reviews in 'Other Reviews' on DCMetroTheaterArts here: (scroll down to see it). There are 14 so far that have come in.
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/other-reviews/