Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:09pm
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:12pm
massofmen said: "Matt windman is the best NY theatre critic out there. For me, every time i see a show that he reviews i feel the exact same way. I wish the NYTIMES would have chosen him instead of the emotional overly dramatic , snarky jesse green."
eh. he's a critic for a free give away paper you get in the subway and he's a lawyer. Stick with your day job dude!
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:13pm
Variety is positive.
"Brightman is matched in star presence and musical chops by Caruso, as she travels to hell and back without losing her way. McLure and Butler find big laughs, too, as the sweet — but not too sweet — couple who finally find a reason to live after they’ve died. Dannheiser, as Lydia’a dad, grounds the role with sincerity without forgoing the loopy side, too."
https://variety.com/2019/legit/reviews/beetlejuice-review-broadway-musical-1203194763/
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:14pm
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:16pm
Hollywood Reporter is mixed to positive. He was super entertained and LOVED Brightman along with other performers, but had a bit of criticism of Act 2.
"Writers Scott Brown and Anthony King, along with composer Eddie Perfect and director Alex Timbers, approach the 1988 Tim Burton cult comedy with the giddy excitement of rabid fanboys in their imaginative musical adaptation of Beetlejuice. That enthusiasm translates to the audience, too, with every visual reference lifted directly from the movie yielding huge laughs. The show is a loving homage to a wonderfully weird original, reconceived for the stage with eye-popping design, full-throttle performances and a mischievous sense of fun that literally seems to drip from the Winter Garden Theatre's chandeliers, tinged a ghoulish green for the occasion."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/beetlejuice-theater-review-1204616
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:18pm
Entertainment Weekly is positive (gives it a B+):
"The movie-to-stage adaptation is a tricky genre to navigate. It ultimately comes down to, What more is there to say? What can you do with this story that you couldn’t do in a movie? Beetlejuice, both the play and the character, has flaws, but this crazy trip proves there’s a lot more to say and a lot more fun to be had."
https://ew.com/theater-reviews/2019/04/25/beetlejuice-musical-review/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=link&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_ew&utm_term=D5B39FAC-67BE-11E9-8538-E7CE4744363C
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:30pm
Theatre mania hates the writing, but enjoys the performances and the physical production. Love the title here: In Beetlejuice, Intermission Come and Me Wan' Go Home
https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/beetlejuice-review_88561.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=25apr2019
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:34pm
InTheBathroom1 said: "NYPost’s hatred of everything has gotten tiresome. Less critiquing and more trying to come up with the cleverest snarky response. "
100000% agreed he just sounds like a bitter queen. EVERYTHING is negative
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:54pm
Brantley review for the Times. Loves Brightman and the scenic design but is meh on everything else. Not a pan, but not a Critic's Pick.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/theater/beetlejuice-review-broadway.html
Updated On: 4/25/19 at 09:54 PM
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:59pm
Posted: 4/25/19 at 9:59pm
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:01pm
thealtoslament said: "Brantley review for the Times. Loves Brightman and the scenic design but is meh on everything else. Not a pan, but not a Critic's Pick.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/theater/beetlejuice-review-broadway.html"
Reads like a pan to me.
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:04pm
Yeah, it's a pan:
"The dead lead lives of noisy desperation in “Beetlejuice,” the absolutely exhausting new musical that opened on Thursday at the Winter Garden Theater. This frantic adaptation of Tim Burton’s much-loved 1988 film is sure to dishearten those who like to think of the afterlife as one unending, undisturbed sleep."
But, I'm glad the reviews are better than I thought. I enjoyed the show in DC.
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:10pm
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:17pm
does brightman have a shot at taking down Santino for a tony? This might be a tighter race than others thought.
With these reviews this show won't make it past Sept though. it needed raves to get that avg tix price up.
Warner Bros is about to lose 20 million bucks
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:21pm
massofmen said: "does brightman have a shot at taking down Santino for a tony? This might be a tighter race than others thought."
LOL no. No he does not.
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:33pm
massofmen said: "does brightman have a shot at taking down Santino for a tony? This might be a tighter race than others thought."
I think the question is here is has he done enough to even be nominated? I think this is still Santino's to lose (and if he does, not to Brightman).
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:34pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Is this the first show of the season to not be a Critics Pick for the Times?"
No they only gave critics pick to
The prom, hadestown, aint too proud, tootsie and the 2 revivals.
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:50pm
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:52pm
thealtoslament said: "Brantley review for the Times. Loves Brightman and the scenic design but is meh on everything else. Not a pan, but not a Critic's Pick.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/theater/beetlejuice-review-broadway.html"
Posted: 4/25/19 at 10:53pm
https://www.didhelikeit.com/shows/beetlejuice-review.html
Posted: 4/25/19 at 11:47pm
That's not even a rave for Brightman from Ben Brantley. BB likes the general idea of his performance, but says it's too much and can't be sustained over 2.5 hours. That's the brilliance of Keaton in the movie -- he's a little splash of crazy every 15 minutes or so, with the quirky Maitlands as the real stars of the film.
Updated On: 4/25/19 at 11:47 PM
Posted: 4/26/19 at 12:13am
Posted: 4/26/19 at 12:45am
Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune calls it "rancid."
"Truly, this is most cacophonous and ill-conceived musical of the season — in fact, for several seasons. The evidence here suggests the difficulty of adapting Burton's singular movies, the work of a master of satiric complexity and very much of their era. His juice needed to stay in the fridge."
Posted: 4/26/19 at 1:03am
