CHAPLIN Reviews- Page 2

[ACL2006]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:06pm

mixed review from the NY Times??

[chrisampm2]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:07pm

Egghumor, I'm not taking your bait,thanks. It's too early for me to have a sense of whether a well(but not rapturously)received lead performance in a likely flop is going to get a Tony nomination approx eight months from now. If it's a weak season with few well-regarded lead male performances, then sure he's got a shot.

And ACL2006, I doubt the show will even make it to New Year's. Though I'm not wishing for it, I wouldn't be surprised if the show closed very quickly.

[egghumor]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:07pm

I didn't see a byline for Brantley there (he could have written but who knows?), and as for being "par," I say it was much more dismissive than the others so far, if nothing else for the fact that the review is only three paragraphs!

OK... Now the entire review is there, byline and all. Updated On: 9/10/12 at 11:07 PM

[Wicked Fanatic]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:12pm

That's what I thought too, but you read the review wrong since the link actually took you to page 2.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:34pm

http://www.didhelikeit.com/shows/chaplin.html

[Trish2]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:39pm

Why does Warren Carlyle continue to get work ? Especially as a Director. It's baffling !

[RippedMan]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:42pm

Same reason that lady who directed Little Mermaid still gets work. Or Andy B. from Bring It On. ugh.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:52pm

Brantley's review was firmly negative. The only person he had a kind word for (grudgingly) was Jenn Coella. He didn't like the book, score, concept, direction or choreography, and although he didn't pan McClure per se, he didn't have many kind words for him. It certainly wasn't a "star is born" reception. If anything he said McClure is capable, but can't rise above the material and often blends into the background.

[aaronb]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 12:50am

Thanks egghumor!

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 12:51am

"immensely appealing" - The New York Times

pulled from:
Flashback! It’s the East End of London at the turn of the 20th century, and little Charlie (the immensely appealing Zachary Unger) is being encouraged by Hanna (Christiane Noll), his loving but mentally unstable mother, to observe the passers-by on the streets.

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 1:26am

Please notice the side bar on the NY Times review has it listed to close on February 3rd, 2013.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 2:04am

I wasn't expecting raves, but I was kind of hoping the reviewers would be a little kinder to this one.

[wonkit]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 7:26am

Brantley is off his meds again. When was his last musical rave? Old grouch.

[jv92]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 7:58am

I'm not one to often side with Ben Brantley, but in this case, I agree with him.

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:02am

After all the reviews, watching that Chaplin thanks the fans video is downright depressing.

[showchoirguy]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:35am

Brantley is off his meds again. When was his last musical rave? Old grouch.

Lysistrata Jones

[Sauja]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:50am

Brantley off his meds? It's a dreadful show. If anything, he was relatively kind.

Let's hope better things are ahead this season.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:51am

Increasingly, imposed concepts -- here the circus motif -- which once marked shows as stylistic and cutting edge -- seem to produce charges of pretentiousness and over-thinking at best and cliche-ridden at worst. Everything in musicals now must be framed as metaphor, the sustaining of which requires arch adherence to an overly familiar set of devices, indeed gimmicks (either a master of ceremonies or a chorus on hand to tell us what we're seeing and why). It's almost as if the genre must go full circle, to find new-slash-old-fashioned ways to tell a story that don't hammer theme and take-aways for us. It's become daring these days to start a show with a scene, the 4th wall not broken, and the characters singing to one another. The new high concept might be no concept.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:58am

Brantley also raved about Once (after the transfer), the Follies revival and Matilda during his annual London trip. He's capable of raves. In this case, one wasn't deserved.

[newintown]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 9:08am

I, too, often find fault with Brantley's bad writing and weird opinions, but this time I have to admit that we're exactly on the same page. This show was mediocrity across the board.

[alterego]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 10:27am

Does anyone know/remember the Newley/Bricuse musical CHAPLIN that tried out in the 80's but died after a few dates? I bet that one looks like gold now.

[Broadwayhunk]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 10:56am

Whatcha gonna do?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 12:29pm

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/unsound_Ur2mtJM0WDs3Wdj9LgjvDL

Post gave it two and a half stars, but doesn't have many positive things to say about it.

[Kad]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 12:33pm

The reviews, although pretty much down the line negative, don't really tear the thing to shreds. It's not even that level of bad- it's just shrug-worthy. And all of the reviewers mention the same issues that members here have said.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/11/12 at 1:10pm

The new high concept might be no concept.

A return to Jerome Kern's Princess musicals!