BABY, IT'S YOU! Reviews- Page 2

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 8:32pm

Is it me or are you guys anticipating and relishing the negative reviews?

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 8:33pm

Truth be told, I made myself nervous for a second. I simultaneously posted the Tribune pan here and the Backstage rave in the Normal Heart thread, and for a second I thought I had switched them. Things are the way they should be, though, lol.

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 8:34pm

@CarlosAlberto

Well, the reviews are coming in just as expected. The show, save for some musical numbers, was a piece of ****, and will most likely be reviewed as such.

Nobody should ever "relish" in a critical failure...but it's sometimes deserved.

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 8:42pm

Backstage liked Beth Leavel but not much else

If your show is in trouble, be sure to get Beth Leavel in your cast. A Tony winner for "The Drowsy Chaperone," she was one of the bright lights of the abysmal "Elf" earlier this season, and now she is the best reason to see "Baby It's You!," the latest in a long line of jukebox musicals besetting Broadway. With subtle humor, expert timing, and knockout pipes, Leavel strives mightily to bring this mishmash of a rock tuner up to her level, but she can't perform miracles.

http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-ny-theatre-broadway/baby-it-s-you-1005158932.story

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 8:42pm

I haven't seen it. But I have read up on the production since I am a big fan of this era in music. I am aware that word of mouth hasn't been very good. I guess every production can't be a winner.

Posted: 4/27/11 at 8:45pm

worse than Good Vibrations?????


ouch.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 8:47pm

Baby It's You makes Good Vibrations look like Shakespeare. At least I smiled a few times during Good Vibrations (not to mention that the cast was pretty good).

[singtopher]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 8:55pm

The reviews are expected.

And, I'll just say this once. I love Beth. A lot. I still laugh just thinking about her in DROWSY, and I think she possessed a fantastic voice. However, pop music just does not suit her vocally.

[ABB2357]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 8:59pm

I don't begrudge Leavel anything for taking this gig. It's technically a lead role and it keeps her working and visible to theatergoers. Plus there's no way she could be blamed even if the show was crap, which apparently it is.

She's an old school character actress who's frequently above her material. What she needs is someone to write her a part worthy of her talents. Imagine what kind of roles she would have gotten in the 50s.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:27pm

Entertainment Weekly gave it a B- ... How is this possible?

[BroadwayBaby6]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:30pm

Let's not throw out the BABY with the Beth Water...LOL

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:36pm

Newsday is a pan:

"And now we not only have a term for jukebox musical, but we have seen so many of them that, with rare exceptions, the label has become synonymous with lazy producing and less creativity.

"Baby It's You!" is not one of those exceptions."

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/baby-it-s-just-another-jukebox-musical-1.2840373

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:40pm

Hallelujah! Finally, someone else noticed the freakish parallel to LEADER OF THE PACK!

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:43pm

Leader of the Pack has been mentioned about 100 times in the other Baby It's You threads.

[JerBearLuv]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:55pm

To be fair on Baby its you most shows on Entertainment Weekly or whatever gave them the B- Have mostly bs and A so for there standards maybe that is low

[goldenboy]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:57pm

Carlos Alberto.. you are not imagining things.
Never underestimate the bitchiness of the true theatre lover.

The theatre vultures do relish in negative criticism.
There is something very intrinsically bitchy about true
theatre lovers (and I too have been guilty of this at times) but they are anticipating and relishing in the shaudenfraude known as the "pan."


And when they didn't get it as in the EW review.. boy were they disappointed.

Funny how people are.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:58pm

This from the person who takes every possible opportunity to bash Sister Act, which is a MUCH better show than Baby, It's You!

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 9:59pm

Took the words out of my mouth, bwayfan!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 10:07pm

My friend and I were drunk the other night and I turned to him and said

Knock Knock

Who's there?

Baby

Baby who?

Baby, IT'S YOU!

And we laughed so hard we almost peed. It was more entertaining than the show.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 10:13pm

That is HILARIOUS, Jordan.

I was at the opening tonight with four of my friends...the entire audience just seemed lackluster. There were a few missed line cues and one minor mishap with a minor stumble on stage. I am not surprised by the reviews so far.

Hope they are having fun at the party tonight...no newspapers allowed!

[goldenboy]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 10:25pm

Did I mention today how much I hated Sister Act????

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 10:28pm

http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/theater/reviews/baby-its-you-story-of-the-shirelles-review.html?ref=theater

Times is very negative. He calls it "dismal" in the first two sentences.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 10:30pm

New York Magazine is Negative
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/theater_review_black_music_get.html

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 10:58pm

Variety is Negative
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945106

[shomeika]

Posted: 4/27/11 at 11:00pm

Oh dear.