Breaking News: ROCKY to Close on Broadway in August — Page 4

I agree with you 100% newintown.

I thought it was completely mediocre.

I think it would have better had they done it as a straight play with just the songs from the movies in the training montages (so maybe a "play with music" then).

Conversely I would have liked it more had it been sung-through. The songs are mostly anthems or power ballads. Recitative connective tissue between songs would have worked in this case, imo.

But as is the songs just kind of sit there and all sound the same (and I'm a HUGE Flaherty and Ahrens fan, so this isn't coming from a hater).


Having said all that I have grown fond of the score over repeated listens, but it's still below average for this songwriting team.

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Updated On: 7/16/14 at 09:35 AM

I've never heard of anyone being allowed into a show 20 minutes before the end, but who knows?

I don't think, though, that the finale will be quite so effective if you haven't sat through the stagnant and stultifying 2 hours that precede it.

Don't waste your time seeing the finale either.I

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Critics don't really push me in one direction or another anymore. I saw Rocky because I was curious, and for the most part I was at least entertained. The music, as many have agreed with me, didn't seem to fit the show. To me, however, the fight completely made the show worth it. The show will never be on a "top" list for me, but I'll remember that fight.

"I have seen other shows I loved several times also and more than I have seen Rocky. Rocky isn't going to be around long enough for me to see it as many times as I saw Spring Awakening as that show lasted 2 1/2 years. I saw the Boy from Oz, Rent, Altar Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Jersey Boys, Next to Normal, American Idiot and Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway numerous times. There might have been others, but these are the ones I can recall at the moment."

Wow. I just can't imagine seeing any show that often in such a short period of time. After all the Broadway plays, musicals, Off-Broadway, stand-up comedy, and concerts I see, the days I haven't already booked, I enjoy staying home already, heh.

I do envy anyone who got to see N2N a lot, though.

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Why waste the set? There are 5 more Rocky movies to turn into musicals... not to mention the upcoming Creed spinoff movie.

The Creed spinoff is already booked at The Apollo.

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Also, the two best songs in the show are Adrian's

I don't know, I agree that "I'm Done" is a great song, but "Fight From the Heart" is pretty great also.

And I don't really care for "Raining".

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Heres hoping Margo Seibert has a long career

Sad to see this go. Didn’t expect much going in, but I walked out of the theatre very surprised - I enjoyed it a lot. While not a perfect musical, I think it was a solid show. I cared about the characters and was fully entertained (the entire time, not just during the match – although the match was unbelievable). I found much more worth in this than in “Gentleman’s,” personally, and had a significantly better time in the theatre.

As for the simple lyrics, I also think it was simply an effort to speak in the characters’ voices. It worked fine for me, but I understand why it didn’t for others. However, I think there might also have been some complaining if Rocky began to wax poetic, so I’m not sure if there was a good middle ground in this situation.

Interested to hear if a tour will come to fruition or not.

How can anyone say NEVERLAND would be a good "fit" when it hasn't played one performance?

The nut of ROCKY must have been outrageous and when more $ and time go into the set than anything else, we have a problem.

"The nut of ROCKY must have been outrageous..."

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