CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews
#2
Posted: 4/23/17 at 11:43am
I am almost afraid to read them.
#3
Posted: 4/23/17 at 11:44am
Hoping it's a Brantley piece.
#4
Posted: 4/23/17 at 11:55am
I'm most interested to see how the reviewers will handle the adults-playing-children idea.
#5
Posted: 4/23/17 at 12:30pm
These are going to be fun.
Updated On: 4/23/17 at 12:30 PM
#6
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.
#7
Posted: 4/23/17 at 4:57pm
I know Violet explodes at the end of her number, but who else is killed?
#8
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Posted: 4/23/17 at 5:04pm
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.
#9
Posted: 4/23/17 at 5:09pm
If it's Brantley, I hope it's as good as the review for THE LITTLE MERMAID.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#10
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
"Movies will make you famous; television will make you rich; but theatre will make you good." - Terrence Mann.
#11
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
#12
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."
"Movies will make you famous; television will make you rich; but theatre will make you good." - Terrence Mann.
#13
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.
#14
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.
#15
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.
#16
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.
#17
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:52pm
I thought the performance started at 6:30 tonight; how are there already reviews?
#19
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?
#20
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
#21
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:59pm
it's normal for reviews to begin yo get released once the Curtain goes up.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#22
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.
#23
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.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
Tazber's: Reply to
Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
#24
Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:09pm
Matthew Murray hated it.
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/world/CharlieChocolateFactory2017.html
#25
Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:15pm
I can't wait to see the pull quotes they use for this one.
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