Caligula reviews in the press
Caligula reviews in the press
Joined: 12/31/69
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#1re: Caligula reviews in the press
Posted: 10/8/04 at 9:24am
Hi Deena! Where are the Dreams?
Oh that's right, you guys split up a long time ago... :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: Caligula reviews in the press
Posted: 10/8/04 at 9:41amThanks for reminding me! But I am doing quite well without them and Curtis.
temms
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/04
#3re: Caligula reviews in the press
Posted: 10/8/04 at 10:54am
CALIGULA reviews:
The New York Times
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/theater/reviews/27FEST.html
Broadway.com
http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CT=39&CI=42002
There is a somewhat mixed review in this week's Time Out (they love Euan Morton, but think the piece is too early Lloyd Webber), and there was a mixed-to-negative review on Talkin' Broadway, but it was of the 3 hour long first public performance. More than twenty minutes have been cut since the first show, and many changes continue to go in.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#4re: Caligula reviews in the press
Posted: 10/8/04 at 11:00am
Deena,
I hate to hijack your thread but I agree, DREAMGIRLS is an INCREDIBLE MUSICAL!!! (I saw original B'way production w/Jennifer Holliday. SPINE-TINGLING!)
Which CD do you prefer, OBC or Concert Version?
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
EffieWhite
Stand-by Joined: 10/8/03
#5re: Caligula reviews in the press
Posted: 10/8/04 at 11:27amAlright Deena, you may be doing "quite well" but I am FABULOUS!
"You got the same dress I got?" "Yes.""You got the same wig I got?" "Yes." THEN SHUT UP!
serendipity9
Chorus Member Joined: 4/1/04
#6re: Caligula reviews in the press
Posted: 10/8/04 at 11:47amMost reviews were written from seeing the Festival performances and the show runs more around 225-230 (with intermission) now. A significant amount of extraneous information has been cut and it runs A LOT smoother now. (Things continue to change with each day and it just keeps getting better.)
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. ~G.B. Shaw
Chorus Member Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: Caligula reviews in the press
Posted: 10/8/04 at 12:04pmI saw it Wednesday, and the first act was TIGHT. Second act could still be cut a bit. It run betters than the reviews from two weeks ago stated.
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: Caligula reviews in the press
Posted: 10/8/04 at 12:05pm
Mary Ethel,
I love the Dreamgirls original - it was the first Bway show I ever saw and I did see the original cast. Jennifer broke my heart. It rarely leaves my CD player. But I am thrilled to have the entire score on the concert version even though Tamara Tunie is AWFUL.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#11re: Caligula reviews in the press
Posted: 10/8/04 at 2:17pm
Deena,
I agree re: concert CD.
Just how hard do you think Ms. Tunie had to work to become so unaccomplished? 
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
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