CURIOUS INCIDENT... Reviews

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 3:30pm

Post 'em here!

[dreaming]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 3:33pm

YAY!!! Limelight Mike is here!!! Now, it's OFFICIAL!!!

Can't wait to read the reviews for this!!!!

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 8:38pm

The Associated Press is a RAVE!!

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/review-bways-curious-incident-dazzling-25982943

The New York production of the multiple Olivier Award-winner that opened Sunday night at the Barrymore Theatre evolves into a charming, intricately choreographed and dynamic theatrical experience.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 9:39pm

Newsday is mixed to positive (and contains a few mistakes...):

"Alex Sharp, a recent Juilliard graduate in his Broadway debut, is spectacular as a boy who seldom makes eye contact, yowls when frustrated and has violent tantrums when touched. In a production so physical that it often seems like a full-length modern dance, Sharp makes the strenuous nonstop movement so unselfconscious that we are seldom tempted to imagine "Rain Man: the Ballet."

But Stephens' solution to the adaptation challenge may also be its problem. In the novel, we read Christopher's words in his own voice. Here his thoughts feel distant as they are read by his caring teacher (Francesca Faridany), who has convinced him to write them into what becomes a play."

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-night-time-review-1.9464207

Updated On: 10/5/14 at 09:39 PM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 9:41pm

Hollywood Reporter is a (qualified) RAVE:

"Elliott and her design team have put together a remarkable production. Its virtuoso stagecraft can occasionally be distancing, even exhausting, and the play is not without its moments of manipulative sentimentality. But more than anything, The Curious Incident is a tremendously exciting demonstration of the power of theater. It makes us want to reconsider the world around us, without missing a single one of its infinite details."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/curious-incident-dog-night-time-738188

Updated On: 10/5/14 at 09:41 PM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:09pm

NY Daily News is mixed to positive (4 out of 5 stars):

"Not everything works as weightlessly. The play-within-the-play device can confuse, as when Christopher gives fellow actors notes about their performances. And once the murder of the dog is solved, the show loses steam as it settles into a more ordinary tale of a troubled family. Finally, a "mathletic" coda that upends the perfect bittersweet and ambiguous ending isn’t needed.

Despite these minor dramatic fleas, “Dog in the Night-Time” glows."

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/curious-incident-dog-night-time-theater-review-article-1.1962441

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:18pm

Some of these reviews are neglecting how important autism is to the characters, this plot, and the show as a whole.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:25pm

^keep in mind, the novels author has repeatedly stated that the main character was not written AS autistic, just that readers have made the assumption on there own that he is.

also, calling it now, we have our best new play front runner folks.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:28pm

NY Times (Brantley, who reviewed it in London previously) is very positive:

"Yet the use of Siobhan as a tutelary stage manager bothered me less than it did when I saw “Curious Incident” in London (where it opened in 2012 and is still running, after picking up a slew of Olivier Awards). This is partly because the angular Ms. Faridany brings a welcome sharpness to the part.

But it is also because Mr. Sharp’s Christopher, unlike Luke Treadaway’s equally good but more shiveringly vulnerable version in London, seems to own the play so completely. Everyone, even the helpful and intrusive Siobhan, registers as a product of his imagination."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/theater/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time-opens-on-broadway.html

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:31pm

Haven't most reviews so far mentioned Asperger’s syndrome or am I imagining it?

[cryan71]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:34pm

I wouldn't call the NY Daily News review "Mixed to Positive" the entire review is glowing. You just pulled out a small paragraph as if it was indicative of the review. 4 out of 5 stars is positive in anyone's book.

[Renthead1980]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:36pm

I'm surprised the writer says he's not supposed to be autistic , I'm reading the book now and from the second page that was my assumption ,

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:39pm

With reviews like these, do we expect a healthy run into February, March - to which tix are being sold through?

[Dessie]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:46pm

I would assume so-not much opens until late Oct
They will have a great ad in Next Sundays Times
And with good TV spots this should run 2-3years
Producers attached are all Long time broadway producers

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:46pm

Like the unusual character at its center, “The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time,” a stage adaptation of a beloved book, overcomes a couple of daunting challenges to become….extraordinary.

Curious Incident Review + 9 photographs

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:51pm

Variety is positive

http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/theater-review-curious-incident-of-dog-in-night-time.html

If there’s any justice, the superb stage adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will be as big a hit on Broadway this year as the original novel, by Mark Haddon, was when it was published in 2003. That doesn’t mean they are equivalent experiences. Although minutely faithful to the plot and language of the book, the play is, naturally, a different beast. What’s more surprising, and deeply rewarding, is that it makes a different point.

USA Today is 3.5 out of 4 stars

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/theater/2014/10/05/broadway-review-the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-nighttime/16637669/

Alex Sharp, the recent Juilliard graduate cast as Christopher, is a revelation, his movement, expressions and voice making the boy's terrors and his ferocious intelligence seem equally natural. Let's hope that the season ahead brings more finds like him, and like this highly original, deeply engaging play.

Scratch and claw for every day you're worth! Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming You'll live forever here on earth.

[Dessie]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:51pm

Talkin Broadway mixed to negative
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/CuriousIncident2014.html

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:56pm

NBC New York is a rave!

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/review-curious-incident-278119091.html

Fans of Mark Haddon’s novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” will cherish the National Theatre production that has finally found its way to Broadway—but they may be in for a surprise, too. On stage, they’re getting a bolder, braver and happier Christopher Boone than the one evoked by the 2003 best-seller.

The Post is a rave!

http://nypost.com/2014/10/05/curious-incident-is-the-most-inventive-new-show-on-broadway/

Btitish import “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is the most deliriously inventive new show on Broadway. One second, a clever bit of stage business leaves you exhilarated. The next, you’re tearing up. Indeed, what makes the production — which features a new American cast — truly memorable is how well it balances formal brilliance and emotion. This is the whole package, a rare case of family entertainment that speaks to the heart and brain.

Scratch and claw for every day you're worth! Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming You'll live forever here on earth.

[TheatreKid3]

Posted: 10/5/14 at 11:07pm

Not to be mean but... Talkin' Broadway is irrelevant.

Updated On: 10/5/14 at 11:07 PM

[cryan71]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 12:02am

Agreed TheatreKid3. They are almost a caricature in their silly everything is horrible meme.

[theaterfan862]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 12:24am

I can't wait to see the show on the 19th! I have been dying to it!

[HorseTears]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 1:34am

So this Alex Sharp kid has got it made, eh? Must be thrilling to have this be your professional debut.

[meyerd584]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 4:12am

Shocker. He never likes anything.
Instead he chooses to flex his grammarian skills and insult.

[tazber]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 6:16am

It's WAY too early to talk about Best Play frontrunners.

We have 3 more acclaimed plays opening in Spring (Wolf Hall/Bringing Up the Bodies, The Audience, and King Charles III).

Plus there's The River, Disgraced, and Constellations all on the way.

It's going to be a very competitive category.

[Anshel2]

Posted: 10/6/14 at 8:55am

I got a rush ticket for last night's opening. It was thrilling.