CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews — Page 4

Call_me_jorge said: "Butter Broadway said: "This show is basically getting trashed tonight. I say it lasts a year and a half.



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A year and a half in my book would be considered a hit. Unless you meant to say half a year.



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Running a year and a half wouldn't make it a hit unless it turned a profit in that time.

Are these the closest things they have to pull quotes so far?





"The roles are mostly well played"



"David Grieg’s book is fine"



"the songs are serviceable"



"the sets are fairly clever"

New York Times -mixed to Negative https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/theater/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-review-broadway.html?referer=https://www.google.co.uk/

Updated On: 4/23/17 at 10:09 PM

The times review wasnt as nasty as I thought it would be

Times pull quote possibility:

"[Christian Borle] is gloriously demented"

rosscoe(au) said: "The times review wasnt as nasty as I thought it would be



It just seemed very dismissive.

Kind of sad that Brantley was nicer to this than something like Women on the Verge.

brian1973 said: "d said: "Pan from Brantley

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/theater/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-review-broadway.html



Did you actually READ it? it's hardly a pan






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It definitely leans more towards negative than mixed, but it's definitely not an outright pan.

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"So why did the thing turn into a hideous, cheap-looking, melted Whitman’s sampler?"



now that's a pull quote

Honestly, I'd call the Times a solid mixed. He praises some of the cast (calls Jackie Hoffman a hoot) the sets, the costumes and the leading man, calling him more of a Wilder than a Depp in his performance which I take as a compliment. This is nowhere near his usual trashing.

I had to cackle at his comment about Depp being a mix of Jackson and Wintour in his Wonka interpretation.

ETA: He also sings his praise for the puppetry and Bergasse's choreography of the Oompa Loompas.

Updated On: 4/23/17 at 10:19 PM

Brantley was ruder about Johnny Depp's performance in a 12-year-old movie than he is about the show itself. However, I feel like his peak rudeness came sometime around 2005-2007, with his oft-cited review of The Little Mermaid and his less cited but equally hilarious review of In My Life.

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "What are you, the posting police?"

Oh, the irony...

Brantley's review was much kinder than I ever expected. I'd definitely consider it a more mixed review than negative.