CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 11:38am

[Sunny11]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 11:43am

I am almost afraid to read them.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 11:44am

Hoping it's a Brantley piece. 

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 11:55am

I'm most interested to see how the reviewers will handle the adults-playing-children idea. 

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 12:30pm

These are going to be fun. 

Updated On: 4/23/17 at 12:30 PM

[RW3]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 12:48pm

MaddieBB12 said: "I'm most interested to see how the reviewers will handle the adults-playing-children idea. 

 

I also wonder how many reviews will bring up the murder of the two adults-playing-children characters. 

 

[NYCinLA]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 4:57pm

I know Violet explodes at the end of her number, but who else is killed?

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 5:04pm

 

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Veruca. She gets torn limb from limb by the giant squirrels who then dance around with her body parts. Augustus's fate is left unknown (he may have been made into fudge), and Mike is the only one who survives for sure, though he is Barbie-sized.

 

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 5:09pm

If it's Brantley, I hope it's as good as the review for THE LITTLE MERMAID. 

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 5:45pm

NBC NY is mixed:

"In 'Charlie' Musical, You Take the Bitter with the Sweet"

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Review-Charlie-Chocolate-Factory-Musical-420162053.html

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:33pm

David Cote at Time Out is...Quite negative. 

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-1

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:38pm

Scarywarhol said: "David Cote at Time Out is...Quite negative. 

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-1"

 

Ouch! "Joyless, shapeless and grating, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stale Necco wafer of a musical."

 

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:39pm

Younger audiences can cheer, but adults are bound to conclude that Charlie is like what happens with an Everlasting Gobstopper: lots of sucking.

Oh...my god.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:43pm

I feel as if David Cote was brutally harsh with this one. I haven't seen the show, but his review sounds like he had his mind made up before he even saw the show.

One could say his summary reviews are "joyless, shapeless and grating" too.

 

[Mike66]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:45pm

TaleofTwo said: "NBC NY is mixed:

"In 'Charlie' Musical, You Take the Bitter with the Sweet"

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Review-Charlie-Chocolate-Factory-Musical-420162053.html

 

Mixed? 

I don't read a lot in this interview that would encourage me to see it.  If "mixed" means -- "it could have been worse", then maybe. 

 

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:46pm

TaleofTwo said: "Scarywarhol said: "David Cote at Time Out is...Quite negative. 

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-1"

 

Ouch! "Joyless, shapeless and grating, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stale Necco wafer of a musical."

 

 

"That was the line I cringed at, too. "At least" he liked the adults playing children.

 

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:52pm

I thought the performance started at 6:30 tonight; how are there already reviews?

[Cfried]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:53pm

It was a 5pm curtain. 

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:54pm

Cfried said: "It was a 5pm curtain. 

 

"

Even so...5:00pm curtain should get out at 7:30, no?

[LesWickedly]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:58pm

Reviewers didn't just see the show tonight. Usually reviews are released sporadically through out the night. 

Updated On: 4/23/17 at 06:58 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:59pm

it's normal for reviews to begin yo get released once the Curtain goes up.  

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:00pm

Reviews are written before opening night. They are published any time after the curtain rises on an opening. 

Just look at... any other reviews thread in history on here.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:06pm

David Cote is correct it is a joyless and grating show, I've was angry by the time it finished and the music is awful.

[Sunny11]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:09pm

Matthew Murray hated it.

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/world/CharlieChocolateFactory2017.html

[HenryTDobson]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:15pm

I can't wait to see the pull quotes they use for this one.