CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews- Page 2

[HenryTDobson]

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

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

[phantom39]

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

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

Well right now they have both "A massive, melty mess" (MM) and "Lots of sucking" (Timeout)...

[HenryTDobson]

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

TaleofTwo said: "HenryTDobson said: "I can't wait to see the pull quotes they use for this one. "

Well right now they have both "A massive, melty mess" (MM) and "Lots of sucking" (Timeout)...

"

Those will keep them open for years!

[MaddieBB12]

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

^Whenever someone mentions pull quotes, all I can picture is that scene from SMASH during "Bombshell"'s opening night where Daphne Rubin-Vega and Angelica Huston are running around their make-shift pressroom like mad people. 

[Sunny11]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:35pm

Murray had this line. 

"This is not a musical thats willing to settle for second worse"

 

[thealtoslament]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:43pm

John Rubenstein as Grandpa Joe is "a lobotomized Bernie Sanders" -- you could sell me for this show on that! 

[Sunny11]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:13pm

Chicago tribute  negative 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/sc-charlie-chocolate-factory-broadway-review-ent-0423-20170423-column.html

[pdjennings]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:18pm

A few factual errors in that Chicago review. 

[wonkit]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:22pm

Is there much of an advance sale on this one? If not, I wonder how long it will hold out with these reviews. I thought I might want to see this but probably not.

[Cfried]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:24pm

From what I've read, seen, and heard, this production is SUCH a missed opportunity. I'll be seeing it in July but it really breaks my heart that this is the end result. 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:30pm

Yikes.  I don't usually revel in nasty reviews, and I have no plans to see this myself....but these are wonderfully awful lines.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:34pm

So sad. The story itself is such fertile ground!

I have to agree Dramamama. I laughed at some of the lines!

[mc1227]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:54pm

Very puzzling that a talent team consisting of O'Brien, Borle, Shaiman and Wittman among others, would be so universally panned.  Have to wonder how they were so far off?

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:56pm

Jeremy Gerard:
http://deadline.com/2017/04/broadway-review-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-1202075831/

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:57pm

Negative - https://www.google.co.uk/amp/variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-review-musical-broadway-1202392554/amp/

[Cubas2]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 8:59pm

The Wrap is mixed-to-negative.

http://www.thewrap.com/charlie-chocolate-factory-broadway-review-christian-borle-rescue/

[morosco]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 9:01pm

Another pull quote, "...sex-offender-registry creepiness!".

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 9:02pm

And because Jeffery can't seem to be bothered. 

 

Deadline - Mixed to positive http://deadline.com/2017/04/broadway-review-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-1202075831/

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 9:02pm

David Rooney...
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/charlie-chocolate-factory-theater-996618

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 9:05pm

Jeffery don't add reviews if you can't be bothered pre facing it with a simple 'positive, mixed or negative' the way it's been done on here for years.

 

Hollywood Reporter - Negative http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/charlie-chocolate-factory-theater-996618

Updated On: 4/23/17 at 09:05 PM

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 9:06pm

Jeffrey, please. 

Also, these reviews are leaving me at a loss for words. 

[@z5]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 9:07pm

Oh, Jeffrey boy!

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 9:14pm

Daily News - Negative https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/entertainment/theater-arts/charlie-chocolate-factory-broadway-review-article-1.3085764

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 9:15pm

Why do you people have to be so mean? I can post the reviews any way I'd like. What are you, the posting police?

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 4/23/17 at 9:17pm

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Why do you people have to be so mean? I can post the reviews any way I'd like. What are you, the posting police?

 

"

There is just an established way we do it. A lot of folks don't want to read the full reviews or don't have time to read every review. It is easier for all if you just quickly sum it up by saying if it is positive, negative, or mixed when you post it.