CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews — Page 6

Ok first of all it's not my 'rule' it's something that has been done on Broadway World for years and years. Jeffery isn't using to his time to post links he's copying them from the review round up.

Secondly who said my time was more important? Let me give you an example. Some of us are not in the US so we scan through these threads very late at night (it could be 3am here by the time the reviews come out) so don't have time to read them all but want to see how the show did. A simple positive, mixed, negative gives that overall idea of how the show is done. As a playwright and director I like to know what's going on, but at 3am I also like to sleep.



I don't get the problem here, i am so confused, it's quite simply the most obvious thing to do since that's how it's always done.

The official website is only posting one pull quote right now... "A marvelous show" from NPR..

A few other pull quotes they've been using this morning:

"A delectable concoction!"

-Entertainment Weekly

"Satisfies any sweet tooth!"

-Time Magazine

"This show really wants to be loved."

Scroll down to "Sprinkle It With Dew".

http://www.out.com/michael-musto/2017/4/24/bianca-del-rio-id-let-trump-touch-my-psy

Slugworth isn't in the book other than in name, if memory serves me correctly. Constructed for the film.

songanddanceman2 said: "Ok first of all it's not my 'rule' it's something that has been done on Broadway World for years and years. Jeffery isn't using to his time to post links he's copying them from the review round up.

Secondly who said my time was more important? Let me give you an example. Some of us are not in the US so we scan through these threads very late at night (it could be 3am here by the time the reviews come out) so don't have time to read them all but want to see how the show did. A simple positive, mixed, negative gives that overall idea of how the show is done. As a playwright and director I like to know what's going on, but at 3am I also like to sleep.



I don't get the problem here, i am so confused, it's quite simply the most obvious thing to do since that's how it's always done.



I love that Jeffrey has driven you absolutely bonkers. You could have ignored him.

Patty3 said: "Is it typical for the creatives to leave in the middle of an opening night performance?"

Andrew Lloyd Webber has said that he and Cameron Mackintosh retired to a nearby bar during the opening night performance of Phantom of the Opera.

Updated On: 4/24/17 at 12:57 PM

showbizkid2 said: "The sets in London apart from the Chocolate room were great - the show was horrible... Bad book, bad music, bad direction, mostly baaaaaaaaaaaad!!! This new Broadway version got rid of the best thing (the set) and still hasn't solved ANY of the issues London had. They need to do this."

I couldn't agree with you more. Saw this in London about a year ago and the sheer magnitude and detail of the sets was overwhelming. I felt like I was transported (thanks EW) and feeling like I was IN THE STORY was enough to make for a magical evening, even with the lackluster (sometimes downright atrocious) songs and clunky direction. I think the West-End team was smart enough to realize that what they put together paled in comparison to the films, so they evoked as much of the film's spirit in the sets which was enough to hypnotize the kids in the audience and to evoke nostalgia for the adults that grew up with the two films.

I honestly don't understand how the Broadway team for this production could have thought that getting rid of the best part of the London production was a good idea. I'm in no means saying they should have built the musical around the sets but they definitely should have kept what worked so brilliantly in the West End version and gone from there. This transfer had so much potential. That being said, I am thoroughly enjoying these reviews and silently laughing at my desk.

You guys got me to dig out the Brantley Mermaid review because I'd never read it before.

Yeowch...talk about blood in the water!

How long has Christian been bald?

So they're using "Broadway's Big Treat!" (EW) in ads, but that sentence is nowhere to be found in the EW's C+ review.. am I missing something?

http://ew.com/theater/2017/04/23/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-broadway-review/

http://www.charlieonbroadway.com/

It looks like they pulled that quote from an EW article that ran in August of last year about the teaser trailer.

As someone pointed out, they completely re-wrote the sentence to make it appear more active. The actual wording in the article is, "Broadway is in for a big treat."

http://ew.com/article/2016/08/08/willy-wonka-charlie-and-chocolate-factory-broadway-show-teasers/

Updated On: 4/25/17 at 05:55 PM

What a joke. I bet that EW article they took that quote from is also a sponsored story.