Cry Baby Reviews - YIKES!- Page 2

[MenzelManiac]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 5:42pm

I don't know if I'll be able to leak any more of the reviews yet lol, as I have to head over to Dangerous Liasons tonight. I don't think Brantley is going to give it a good one, b/c great glowing reviews usually get leaked to press agents, whereas to not ruin an opening night party, stinky reviews usually aren't leaked till after midnight.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 5:45pm

Maybe Brantley will knock some sense into these critics.

[splendoris]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 5:49pm

I can't wait for Brantley's.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 5:53pm

Brantley didn't see the whole show. He walked out at intermission.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 5:56pm

No, he did not.

Ben Brantley made his exit during the curtain call,
per usual with any show he reviews.

[splendoris]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 5:57pm

I thought that was just a rumor.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 5:58pm

I do not think the producers think they will get Brantley. All they want is a set of fairly decent reviews.

[amalou]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 5:59pm

These reviews pretty much go along with my opinions of the show. It is just a big loud dumb fun time! It doesn't try to pass itself off as ground-breaking sophistocated theater. So if you are looking for something silly and entertaining, this show delievers.

[Maurice]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 5:59pm

On my way out the door... I'm looking forward to reading some reviews when I get back. I'm really surprised that AM New York hasn't posted theirs yet.

[MenzelManiac]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:03pm

Leaving the office, sorry I couldn't get more up here.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:05pm

Let's not jump the gun, friends.

Mr. Brantley could very well give this show the shot in the arm it needs to survive. Keep on the positive.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:09pm

Dollypop was not being serious. we've already had this discussion...

staying positive is nice and everything but I wait for the big critics to weigh in. not an obscure NY radio dude.

I hope there is at least one negative review. just so I feel a little validated

seriously though. I still wish the best of luck to CRY BABY. I feel bad for the cast. It's not their fault! except for maybe Snyder's.

[splendoris]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:16pm

TooDarnHot, I'm just wondering since you don't have any favorite shows listed, what shows DO you like?

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:20pm

I'm still confused as to why there is no link - there might be more to those reviews. Where did they come from (not the source, but how did s/he get them without being able to provide the link)?

[DCS]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:22pm

Blaxx....I get the impression that MenzelManiac works in the publicists office for the show and they will sometimes recieve the reviews early (no link involved)

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:23pm

I have never been a fan of Linda's reviews for Newsday.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:30pm

I am not sure I trust the opinion of a "critic" who does not know the difference between the word "than" and the word "then".

[amalou]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:33pm

That depends on if MenzelManiac copied and pasted the text or had to type it up all over again.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:36pm

AM NY is a ... well only one and a half stars

But in spite of its rude sentiment, sharp lyrics and technicolor costuming, "Cry-Baby" remains an undercooked, irritating spoof. It suffers from second-rate direction, forgettable songs, and a terrible book that overflows with exposition


http://www.amny.com/entertainment/stage/am-cry0426,0,2446762.story

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 6:38pm

The "beloved" Murray is mixed to negative

Regardless, a second Valentine to Baltimore has opened while another is still going strong and grinning brightly nearly six years after opening. The first, playing at the Neil Simon, is called Hairspray, and is based on the 1988 John Waters film of the same name. The new one, Cry-Baby, just opened at the Marquis and is based on a Waters film from 1990. But the Baltimore and social changes it documents make for a much less merry land this time around
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In all good musical comedies - to say nothing of Waters's movies - clinging to the old ways is the surest route to obsolescence. On the most basic of terms, Cry-Baby succeeds as a fleeting amusement, even if it lags behind Xanadu and In the Heights, two other new musicals this season that aim slightly higher and hit more accurately. True, Cry-Baby isn't trying to be like them, and just as well. But one can't help but wonder why it doesn't also dare to stray farther from the buzz of Hairspray's beehive.

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/

Updated On: 4/24/08 at 06:38 PM

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 7:03pm

Variety is Mixed to negative

There's a lot of talent, sass and sweat onstage, particularly in the dance department, plus a sprinkling of wit in the show's good-natured vulgarity. But somehow, it never quite ignites.

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It's no shock that Waters (and, in turn, O'Donnell and Meehan) should steer our sympathies toward the stigmatized lowlifes while exposing the white-bread conservatives as underhanded bullies, bigots and hypocrites. But as a satire on class barriers, the show lacks teeth, and despite parading out '50s accoutrements from an iron lung to a bomb shelter and gas masks, its affection for the era lacks both an insightful point of view and a contemporary echo.



http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117936894.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

Updated On: 4/24/08 at 07:03 PM

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 7:40pm

bravo to AM NY! my sentiments exactly.

Variety was fulfilling to read too but they're usually always "mixed" . that gets old.

either way, it just shows that a day of reviews doesn't really mean much.


splendoris - HAIRSPRAY, SITPWG, IN THE HEIGHTS, SOUTH PACIFIC, and AVENUE Q include my favorites currently running on Bway.

I'm not big on "favorites". I just can't tolerate overrated bland material that is poorly constructed.

[BenKaye]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 7:40pm

Finally, some REAL reviews.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 7:53pm

Word of Mouth is actually mixed (not a rave for once...)

http://www.broadway.com/gen/general.aspx?ci=563951
Updated On: 4/24/08 at 07:53 PM

[bwayguy22089]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 8:04pm

If people only see shows that the critics like...there would only be 3 or 4 shows on Broadway every season. Also, most of the people (I'd say a majority) living on LI read Newsday which is good.