Cry Baby Reviews - YIKES!- Page 5

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:12pm

Yes, love, but I think it's not unfair for people to question a professional critic writing comments like that. The same would apply if the review was negative.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:16pm

I see that u/s Tory Ross is listed as Hatchet-Face in Brantley's review.

Was Courtney Balan out for the press previews?

[maya5892]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:17pm

Yeah, and I know it would apply if it was negative. I mean, they make mistakes. I just wish people wouldn't be so quick to judge.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:18pm

I think Brantley's comments about Stanley are totally off.

[fflagg]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:18pm

"Hairspray" is a total bore. You hum the scenery leaving the theater.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:20pm

"Was Courtney Balan out for the press previews?"

According to broadwayunderstudies.com she is out April 15-May 1, with Tory Ross filling in.

Seems strange she would miss the opening.

[pli1018]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:20pm

Yes, Courtney Balan got injured and will be out until May 1st. Tory's playing Mona until then.

Whoops, adamgreer beat me! Updated On: 4/24/08 at 10:20 PM

[dramadude]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:25pm

Updated On: 4/25/08 at 10:25 PM

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:25pm

Linda Winer liked this but not gypsy... I find myself constantly disagreeing with that woman.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:27pm

To respond to dramadude:

Theatergoers have every right to express their feeling on a production. These Word of Mouth people don't pay I assume to see the show; but if you did, and were given two bad performances, you have every right to state your opinion.

Updated On: 4/24/08 at 10:27 PM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:27pm

Didn't Linda Winer also call GREASE the #1 Musical Of The Year?

Updated On: 4/24/08 at 10:27 PM

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:30pm

I think that was Time and not Linda Winer, but I'll still agree with the notion that she's not good at what she does.

[dramadude]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:32pm

Updated On: 4/25/08 at 10:32 PM

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:34pm

So if it's a bad experience we're supposed to just shut up and not say anything?

[BroadwayBen]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:34pm

Wow. Getting some positive quotes from the critics is going to be a problem for this show. They will have to spend a lot to get this word out, but they're losing money already. The Brantley review will kill any Manhattan interest, and they'll be relient on tourists who would rather see a lot of other shows before this one. This feels like ALL SHOOK UP to me. Gone in July.

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:35pm

Dramadude,

Don't pretend like you've never criticized a show you saw.

They saw a BROADWAY show and were less than impressed, particularly by the two leads. They didn't enjoy it, and are now expressing their opinions.

Big deal.

Plus, Matt loved Young Frankenstein, so for him to not enjoy this is a pretty accurate reflection of this show's quality.

[dramadude]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:37pm

Updated On: 4/25/08 at 10:37 PM

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:39pm

If they pay upwards of $100 to see the show they can.

I am also a performer, and while a comment like that would bother me, people have opinions, deal.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:39pm

They didn't demean them. Demeaning them would be saying something like, "they're fat" or "they're unattractive" (neither of which applies, which I chose them).

They disliked their performances and criticized the performances, not the people. They explained why they didn't like them, just as most adults would.

I fail to see what your griping about.

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:39pm

for 50+ (sometimes over 100) dollars a ticket I expect something at least good... regardless of the "experience" I get from it.

This is broadway, the best of the best. Not, let's see if people will think this is good or bad.

[dramadude]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:41pm

Updated On: 4/25/08 at 10:41 PM

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:44pm

I would love the reason for the following shows:

In My Life, Carrie.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:46pm

"A production on Broadway is on Broadway for a reason."

That's exactly what the producers of Hazel Flagg, Carnival in Flanders, Carrie, Mail, In My Life, Raggedy Ann, A Doll's Life, Good Vibrations, Lennon, Lestat, Dance of the Vampires, The Yearling, Moose Murders, Benjamin Franklin in Paris, Dear World, Henry Sweet Henry, Coco, Rockabye Hamlet, A Broadway Musical, and Primate all said.

[Someday]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:47pm

Yikes for Alli Mauzey. As IBF pointed out above – no mention from Brantley AT ALL. Like her performance or hate it, it stands out so arrestingly in the show that I find it hard to believe he found her unremarkable. Do you think he disliked her performance and sees her as being 'of a piece' with the rest of the show or liked her but didn't want to muddy a negative review with positive caveats? He also curiously avoids any comment on the quality of Hanke's performance – not even a single adjective.

As an enjoyer of theatre reviews, I wonder what his thought process was. Any ideas or conjecture?

[dramadude]

Posted: 4/24/08 at 10:48pm

Updated On: 4/25/08 at 10:48 PM