COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
#1COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 2:59pm
Today is March 25, marking the official opening of "Come Fly Away," the new dance musical from the Tony-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp and music of the late Frank Sinatra, at the Marquis.
After finding inspiration in the songs of Billy Joel for Broadway's "Movin' Out" and Bob Dylan for "The Times They Are A-Changin'", Tharp makes a return to the Broadway stage with her latest piece, which began previews March 1. "Come Fly Away" lands in New York following a previous incarnation at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta last fall.
As previously stated, with the blessing of Frank Sinatra Enterprises and the Sinatra family, "Come Fly Away" features original masters of Sinatra's voice, which are backed by a live on-stage band. The show includes original arrangements by Nelson Riddle, Billy May and Quincy Jones, as well as newly created arrangements for the production. "Come Fly Away" stars Holley Farmer with John Selya; Rika Okamoto with Matthew Stockwell Dibble; and Charlie Neshyba-Hodges with Laura Mead
Best to all invovled.
Updated On: 3/25/10 at 02:59 PM
BroadwayBen
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/03
#2COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 5:36pm
Here's the first...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704094104575143380502654538.html
#2COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 5:38pmI know how Jackie Hoffman feels about Sinatra. That's all I need to know.
#3COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 7:42pm
Hollywood reporter is mixed.
I think this and the WSJ review hit the nail on the head. I appreciate the shout out to Neshyba-Hodges and Mead in both reviews since they are the only dancers on that stage forming true characterizations.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/come-fly-away-theater-review-1004078494.story
Updated On: 3/25/10 at 07:42 PM
#4COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 8:29pm
NJ Newsroom is mixed in about the same way as the others.
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/frank-sinatra-sings-while-tharps-dancers-burn-through-come-fly-away
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#5COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 10:56pmFANTASTIC review in the Times. I agree with evey word. I'm on my iPhone so can someone else post the link? It's not a all-out rave but it's pretty close.
#6COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 10:58pmhttp://theater.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/theater/reviews/26fly.html?ref=theater
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
Rentfan931
Featured Actor Joined: 10/15/03
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#8COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 11:02pmi enjoyed the show, but as a matter of disclosure, isherwood raved about it when it was in atlanta.
Rentfan931
Featured Actor Joined: 10/15/03
#9COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 11:03pm
Sorry here's the link:
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/index.html
#10COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 11:03pm
It was bound to be a rave since he loved it in Atlanta and wasn't about to go back on his word.
"In this dazzling new dance musical, which opened Thursday night at the Marquis Theater, Ms. Tharp deploys a stage full of brilliant performers to heighten the theatrical allure of ballroom dance, complementing the immortal appeal of Sinatra’s singing with movement that captures the underlying emotional tensions in it. "
He discredits himself right there, as there is VERY little, if any, ballroom dance in this show. He thinks that "partner dancing" and "ballroom dancing" are interchangeable terms. They aren't.
#11COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 11:05pmvery nice review by The Times!!
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#12COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 11:21pm
Finkle is mixed:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-finkle/first-nighter-emcome-fly_b_513884.html
#13COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/25/10 at 11:23pm
Variety is mixed, bordering on negative:
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942480.html?categoryid=33&cs=1
#14COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 2:15am
John Simon is mixed (2.5 out of 5 stars):
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=au_ZuxIoJRQU
#15COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 8:55amYeah, it's not a good show, and I remember Isherwood raving about it in Atlanta, but I'm still disappointed how positive his review is. Sort-of notable that his is the ONLY positive review, but alas, it's probably the only review that matters.
#16COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 9:24amFor whatever it is worth, the Metro gave it a rave.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#17COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 9:31amThe Post gave it a three-star rating and the review was basically positive. Certainly, they can pull some quotes from it. I would venture to guess that many of the commentators haven't got the foggiest notion of what neo-classical means and how it was used in this show.
BroadwayEd
#18COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 9:32am
Not that I'm a fan of Talkin' Broadway's Matthew Murray, but the last line of his review sums up (politely, I think) what was lacking overall, imo, in the missed opportunities of this show's forfeited attempts to say something - anything - beyond talented dancers moving to recordings of standards:
"Sinatra’s gift was to open his mouth, sing a song for five minutes, and make you understand everything about him. But after this two hours of Tharp, you won’t feel you know him - or yourself - better at all."
Updated On: 3/26/10 at 09:32 AM
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#20COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 9:36am
Sort-of notable that his is the ONLY positive review, but alas, it's probably the only review that matters.
what's interesting to note, especially, is how the world of theatre is so close to the world of science when it comes to citing literature (i.e., people will selectively pick the literature that most supports their own opinion and ignore/trash the rest).
#21COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 10:29amDid you read the end of the Post review Ed? It's definitely a mixed review. Mixed-to-positive maybe.
Wayman_Wong
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#22COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 10:32am
New York Daily News calls it 'A flight to nowhere.'
N.Y. Daily News: 'Come Fly Away' review
roadmixer
Leading Actor Joined: 7/28/07
#23COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 12:25pm
I think that it is pretty sad for someone (MiracleElixer) to say that they are "disappointed" by a great review! That's like saying that you are sorry to see something be successful. I don't think that FELA is any big deal at all and yet there are many raves for it but I don't begrudge that.
There are plenty of changes in CFA since Atlanta - enough that Isherwood could very easily have said that he doesn't like it now even though he liked it before. He obviously "gets" the show and appreciates it. Why do people on this board think that that is a bad thing? It's never a good thing for the theatre industry for a show to fail.
Updated On: 3/26/10 at 12:25 PM
bethnor
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/08
#24COME FLY AWAY Reviwes
Posted: 3/26/10 at 12:32pm
Why do people on this board think that that is a bad thing?
the answer to that is pretty simple. in their mind, their own opinion is the absolute.
the "other" board has a tally that is a little different. certainly there is not "ONLY" one good review. granted, jesse21 liked the show and would therefore interpret the reviews to reflect his own opinion. but that's not any different than what people here are doing.
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1837106
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