BANDSTAND Reviews — Page 2

HenryTDobson said: "Deadline is positive, but kudos to them for acknowledging the problem of the completely white cast.

Lol, this may come as a surprise to Kevyn Morrow, but your point is well taken.

Variety and Chicago Tribune were the only ones that were mixed so far. Everybody else loved it.

Meanwhile,it's the battle of the "Reviews' threads. until the administrators step in and merge them?

Birdie Boy said: "Variety and Chicago Tribune were the only ones that were mixed so far. Everybody else loved it.

Did you read each one of those "loved" reviews completely? I say completely?

Birdie Boy said: "You could see Patti not getting nominated?"

Yep. She's in a weak show, many say Christine is giving the superior performance and as we saw with Audra last year, name alone wont always get you in.

IdinaBellFoster said: "GreasedLightning said: "This show may truly be the dark horse of the 2016-2017 season..."

Agreed."

I have to agree with this. The rave reviews have me reconsidering my predictions for Best Musical.

GreasedLightning said: "This show may truly be the dark horse of the 2016-2017 season..."

Truly! I'll be honest and say this show wasn't on my radar at all. These reviews are making me reconsider a lot...

The show has come a long way since Paper Mill. The director-choreographer has propelled the show like a fast moving train and the band music is often electric. I saw the show last Friday at one of the first press previews. I don't think the show is flawless but the cast performs with such conviction that I was totally taken in so I could overlook the rather shaky narrative at times. I agree with some of the reviews that you don't always have time to spend time with the characters. But I found this much more exciting that A Bronx Tale and War Paint.

I also think both Osnes and Cott deserve Tony nominations. The show may win the choreography award.

But I admit I liked the score very much when I first saw the show at Paper Mill.

Linda Winer is mixed...
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/bandstand-review-band-of-war-vets-serves-up-music-and-emotion-1.13527979

Willie4316 said: "thealtoslament said: "I'm interested to see how this could shake up the Best Musical race, with all these positive reviews. Could there be a 5th nominee now or could this bump down something like Groundhog Day for the 4th slot?

(The show must've really cleaned up after Paper Mill. I enjoyed it when I saw it there but it wasn't anything spectacular.) "

I feel as though it could be a combination of the two for this year. I think Great Comet, Dear Evan Hansen and Come From Away have the best chance of Best Musical. With these reviews, War Paint or Groundhog Day might lose out on the 5th slot to Bandstand.



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Yeah, if there are 5 it will likely be this and GHD (I'm still not sold on War Paint's chances at Best Musical) but if there are only 4 it's a crapshoot.

I've read two reviews that complain the songs are not that good. I don't agree. I know if Alan Menken had written this, the critics would have not said anything. The songwriters are not young but they are not a known commodity. I think the score captures the period well.

It would be the last musical of the season to be the dark horse. Lol.

The reviews so far are pretty much like I expected. Not at all bad but not the best and no outward pans.

I loved it at Paper Mill, saw it this past Monday night and thought it was even better. They have made some really great changes to the show, although maybe one or two songs they could have done without, and I do agree that the Rubber/condom joke were cheap and corny.

Other than that I thought it made significant improvements since Paper Mill. I could see it having a nice and healthy run if they pick up some Tony noms. It deserves a longer run on Broadway than say "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which I thought was dreadful.

I'll definitely be going back to see it again and I'm looking forward to the cast recording!!

Updated On: 4/26/17 at 09:40 PM