Amazing Grace reviews- Page 5

[mattporter17]

Posted: 7/17/15 at 11:08pm

So is there any way that this show makes in to 2016? Or is it gone in a few months?

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 7/17/15 at 11:30pm

With such low numbers through previews and no rave reviews it's pretty close to impossible to imagine a scenario in which this show lasts through the rest of the summer, the entire fall, and the holiday season to make it to 2016.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/17/15 at 11:41pm

In the absence of a miracle approaching biblical proportions, any time this show remains open beyond a week from sunday will be in the vein of On the Town/Honeymoon in Vegas insanity. 

[pippin423]

Posted: 7/17/15 at 11:46pm

Saw this two weeks ago and realized 5 minutes into it that it was dressed up like the main course of a Thanksgiving meal, a TURKEY. The first act was tortuous to sit through but things picked up in act 2. Not a lot, but it did move faster.

Sorry to say this but as they sing in Spamalot, "You won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews" I sort of felt my wife and myself were the only ones from the tribe their that night. Sad but true.

 

 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/17/15 at 11:51pm

this will shutter quickly. No sales, poor reviews & nobody will even notice it's gone in a month. Plus considering the lack of available theaters, someone's knocking on the door at the Nederlander right now.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/18/15 at 12:15pm

Cote on NY 1 was kinder than I thought even though he compared it to Dr Z.

Closes before 8/1 I believe . Definitely gone by Labor Day. Cast Album - who knows.

[Vespertine1228]

Posted: 7/18/15 at 1:08pm

They haven't been papering it lately at all, which I find interesting. Perhaps they're trying to make it to Labor Day at least?

[sparepart973]

Posted: 7/19/15 at 6:05am

I thought the Vulture review was best and most political:

"an embarrassing failure of dramaturgy that the black characters serve no purpose but to reflect the white people’s moral awakening, and to sing nicely...Black characters (and black actors) should not at this point be entering stories about black suffering through back doors."

http://www.vulture.com/2015/07/theater-review-amazing-grace.html?mid=facebook_vulture

[sklabam]

Posted: 7/19/15 at 2:12pm

Saw it. Took it all in and was hopeful to enjoy, but no mas. A "D" from me.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/19/15 at 3:11pm

Vespertine, they have definitely been papering. Not sure where you heard otherwise. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/19/15 at 7:09pm

It was packed before Opening, and I'm pretty sure it was mostly comps. 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/19/15 at 9:32pm

They are papering substantially outside the normal channels, which is why someone could be forgiven for thinking they are not papering.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/19/15 at 9:34pm

Last Monday night I had the option of seeing Amazing Grace for the first time, or Phantom of the Opera for the tenth time. I ended up at the Majestic Theatre.

[chanel]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 10:46am

A nice production, "but stick with the song instead."

http://www.out.com/michael-musto/2015/7/20/which-golden-girl-and-kardashian-are-you-find-your-persona-association

Scroll down for review.

[chanel]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 10:48am

A nice production, "but stick with the song instead."

http://www.out.com/michael-musto/2015/7/20/which-golden-girl-and-kardashian-are-you-find-your-persona-association

Scroll down for review.

[chanel]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 10:48am

A nice production, "but stick with the song instead."

http://www.out.com/michael-musto/2015/7/20/which-golden-girl-and-kardashian-are-you-find-your-persona-association

Scroll down for review.

[chanel]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 10:49am

Sorry for the multiple postings.

[newintown]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 11:48am

Vanity shows like this one, Soul Doctor, Scandalous, Tom Sawyer, In My Life, Holler If You Hear Me, Atomic, etc. seem like they should be hilariously bad, but generally wind up being merely sad and dull.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 12:18pm

Most of the shows you mention are not "vanity" productions, but merely shows by folks who have a dream. I agree these are all are bad, but I don't think it is useful to throw out the baby with the bath water. The defect is not that the shows were not created by some corporate mindset but that they were created and produced by people who did not have the wherewithal to make something great. Many many shows that have been wildly successful started as one person's idea (Hamilton, as an example.) 

[tazber]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 12:21pm

In My Life was hilariously bad. 

You-have-to-see-it bad.

One of the most entertaining shows I've ever seen for all the wrong reasons.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 12:24pm

I saw In My Life & totally agree with you re its badness

I still have the cd sampler they sent out in the mail. I have to check but I may also have a naughty version of this little gem.

[Jane2]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 12:27pm

"You-have-to-see-it bad."

That's what I call "good"

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 12:38pm

"In My Life was hilariously bad. 
You-have-to-see-it bad.
One of the most entertaining shows I've ever seen for all the wrong reasons."

Was there really a giant lemon featured in the finale?

 

 

[newintown]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 12:40pm

"Most of the shows you mention are not "vanity" productions, but merely shows by folks who have a dream."

From my list, I'm pretty sure that Soul Doctor, Scandalous, In My Life, Holler, and Atomic (at least) count as classic vanity projects - that is they were written by people with little-to-no theatrical experience and funded (to a significant if not total degree) by them or parties closely connected to them, also with little-to-no theatrical experience.

I'll gladly concede that In My Life had many moments of entertaining awfulness amongst the boredom.

Updated On: 7/20/15 at 12:40 PM

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/20/15 at 2:32pm

"I'm pretty sure that Soul Doctor, Scandalous, In My Life, Holler, and Atomic (at least) count as classic vanity projects."

Nope. The classic (and only accepted) definition of a vanity project is one where the project is financed by the author or the author's family and/or close associates. Only In My Life was one, and perhaps Scandalous (I don't know where the money came from and I doubt you do either). The rest were produced by people who cared about the enterprise for one reason or another and thought they should be seen. That does not make it a vanity project. And it has nothing whatsoever to do with experience. The Visit was a vanity project. Am I know almost nothing about Atomic except that it is not a Broadway show so I don't think it is germane. If you list it, you need to list 95% of the shows in NYMF, the Fringe festival or produced under the showcase code. And don't we WANT folks to produce their dreams in those sorts of venues? Isn't that precisely where they should be produced if we are to nurture the theatre? I just really think you have some wrong-headed ideas on this.