#76
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:28pm
The first two were positive blaxx.
'Downtown Elaiggghhhy?'
Cry Baby Reviews - YIKES! — Page 4
#77
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:31pm
Not to disagree, but I wouldn't say there are "some" positive reviews to this show. It's pretty much getting trashed.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#78
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:32pm
This show won't last a week.
In fact, I hear it closes tonight.
In fact, I hear it closes tonight.
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
#79
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:33pm
Also, isn't David Richardson from WOR the same guy who gave In My Life a flat out rave?
"Don't thank your parents, if you were raised in a nurturing environment you wouldnt be in show business"--Conan O'Brien at the 2006 Emmy Awards
#80
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:33pm
Just to clarify my post, I was expecting an absolute trashing from every review I read. The first two on this thread surprised me, that's all.
'Downtown Elaiggghhhy?'
#81
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:37pm
Wall Street Journal is very positive.
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
"I'm a whirling mass of contradictions." - Douglas Carter Beane, The Little Dog Laughed
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
Updated On: 4/24/08 at 09:37 PM
#82
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:41pm
I enjoyed how blunt Ellen was on the video. Too great. Couldn't have said it better myself.
for fierce, fabulous and fun times visit eric mathew's world.
http://ericmathew.blogspot.com/
#83
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:42pm
Didn't the Wall Street Journal also like The Little Mermaid? Enough said.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#84
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:42pm
Jeepers - not to be cynical because I want to see this show and like it - but it almost sounds like the Wall Street review was paid for.
'Downtown Elaiggghhhy?'
#85
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:45pm
NO WAY OOOUT!!!!
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
#86
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:47pm
Well, I was tempted to say that the WSJ was a rave, but it sounded too good to be true.
"I'm a whirling mass of contradictions." - Douglas Carter Beane, The Little Dog Laughed
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
Updated On: 4/24/08 at 09:47 PM
#87
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:47pm
Who is this guy and why is he a theatre critic? I saw Cry Baby and was about to cry myself because it was probably the biggest missed opportunity in a long time. The direction is "an example of perfect comedic timing"? How about the perfect example of high school level staging? The cast is "wonderful'? Especially Harriet Harris? Ummmm....no...? He also calls the Hairspray score not memorable. As much as I didn't like the stage version of Hairspray, I will say that the score was wonderful. Who the hell is this guy?
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#88
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:49pm
Ok, I love how everyone on this board is making excuses for critics that gave the show positive remarks. Just let it be. Some will enjoy it.
#90
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:51pm
That was Leo Bloom by the way.
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
#91
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:56pm
Theatermania is negative with some cruel closing words:
If you're somehow unaware that today's Broadway producers are ravenous to adapt every movie ever made into a musical comedy, you might wonder why any clear-headed person would think John Waters' mediocre 1990 movie musical Cry-Baby had much potential to knock the Great White Way on its Tin-Pan-Alley ear. And while it turns out the reasons are many -- from the success of another Waters-based musical, Hairspray, a plotline reminiscent of another Broadway warhorse, Grease, and the presence of an Elvis Presley-like hero -- those rationales ultimately don't add up to making Cry-Baby a musical truly worth anyone's precious time.
---------------
On the other hand, should their Cry-Baby meet an early demise, it's likely few tears will be shed.
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/13650
If you're somehow unaware that today's Broadway producers are ravenous to adapt every movie ever made into a musical comedy, you might wonder why any clear-headed person would think John Waters' mediocre 1990 movie musical Cry-Baby had much potential to knock the Great White Way on its Tin-Pan-Alley ear. And while it turns out the reasons are many -- from the success of another Waters-based musical, Hairspray, a plotline reminiscent of another Broadway warhorse, Grease, and the presence of an Elvis Presley-like hero -- those rationales ultimately don't add up to making Cry-Baby a musical truly worth anyone's precious time.
---------------
On the other hand, should their Cry-Baby meet an early demise, it's likely few tears will be shed.
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/13650
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Updated On: 4/24/08 at 09:56 PM
#92
Posted: 4/24/08 at 9:57pm
Anyone who calls the score to Hairspray "dull" has no credibility.
#93
Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:00pm
Ok. Let me say this again. That is their OPINION. Let them have it. They may not have credibility in your mind, or mine, but that doesn't mean their opinion isn't worthy.
#94
Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:04pm
I would agree with you maya, but these are professional critics. Their so-called opinion must be very educated and well informed, and that review doesn't show that at all. And this has nothing to do with Cry-Baby but with the writing.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#95
Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:06pm
So Brantley says
Brace yourself for a shock, gentle theatergoer. There’s no delicate way of putting this. “Cry-Baby,” the latest Broadway musical based on a John Waters movie, is ... tasteless.
When I said “tasteless,” I meant without flavor: sweet, sour, salty, putrid or otherwise. This show in search of an identity has all the saliva-stirring properties of week-old pre-chewed gum. (Not to be tasteless.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/theater/reviews/25cryb.html?_r=1&ref=theater&oref=slogin
Brace yourself for a shock, gentle theatergoer. There’s no delicate way of putting this. “Cry-Baby,” the latest Broadway musical based on a John Waters movie, is ... tasteless.
When I said “tasteless,” I meant without flavor: sweet, sour, salty, putrid or otherwise. This show in search of an identity has all the saliva-stirring properties of week-old pre-chewed gum. (Not to be tasteless.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/theater/reviews/25cryb.html?_r=1&ref=theater&oref=slogin
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#96
Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:06pm
#97
Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:07pm
USA Today is mixed to positive.
USA Today
USA Today
"I'm a whirling mass of contradictions." - Douglas Carter Beane, The Little Dog Laughed
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
#98
Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:08pm
"I would agree with you maya, but these are professional critics. Their so-called opinion must be very educated and well informed, and that review doesn't show that at all. And this has nothing to do with Cry-Baby but with the writing."
I know it doesn't have to do with Cry-Baby, but it still is their opinion, no matter how poor their format of the review is. That's all I'm saying.
I know it doesn't have to do with Cry-Baby, but it still is their opinion, no matter how poor their format of the review is. That's all I'm saying.
#99
Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:10pm
Wall Street Journal lost me here:
"Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, who wrote the book, also gave us "Hairspray," which I didn't like at all, partly because the score is dull and partly because the show too often lapses into inexplicably preachy period kitsch. Not so with "Cry-Baby."
Ouch from Brantley. Kind of thought he would mention Alli Mauzey, apparently not.
"Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, who wrote the book, also gave us "Hairspray," which I didn't like at all, partly because the score is dull and partly because the show too often lapses into inexplicably preachy period kitsch. Not so with "Cry-Baby."
Ouch from Brantley. Kind of thought he would mention Alli Mauzey, apparently not.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#100
Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:11pm
From Brantley's review:
"This show in search of an identity has all the saliva-stirring properties of week-old pre-chewed gum."
"This show in search of an identity has all the saliva-stirring properties of week-old pre-chewed gum."
Tickets From $59
Tickets From $71
Tickets From $71
Tickets From $95