DIANA Reviews

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 4:25pm

Post 'em here, kiddos.

[fosterfan2]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 4:48pm

They didn't seem to have a long preview time. Or does it just seem short?

Either way,I am curious to read the reviews.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 4:49pm

They also played 9 previews before the shutdown (like Company).

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 6:59pm

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 7:48pm

This Times review. Woof.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/theater/diana-the-musical-review.html

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:01pm

Yikes.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:01pm

https://www.theatrely.com/post/diana-wears-a-delightful-crown-broadway-review

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:03pm

WOW! That's one of the worst reviews I've ever read! Is this gonna be a bigger flop than Scandalous and Leap of Faith?

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:12pm

That has got to be one of the most brutal reviews I’ve read in the Times!

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:12pm

One star from Time Out New York:

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/diana-musical-broadway-review-princess?fbclid=IwAR3SaLS3tkEpZ7TXlDRxLMuIz8548Txlu8H2AFsyC-sglf3OP8hL4OnC1_Q

 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:19pm

Washington Post: "As with the car crash that took her life, the most appropriate response to “Diana” the musical is to look away."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/diana-musical-broadway-review/2021/11/17/1403a16e-47ad-11ec-b8d9-232f4afe4d9b_story.html

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:19pm

bwayphreak234 said: "That has got to be one of the most brutal reviews I’ve read in the Times!"

I'm a fan of Jesse Green in general but this seems gleefully cruel. DeWaal is "resolutely unthrilling." Kaye provides "supposed comic relief." Staging is "clamminess of farce."  Only Erin Davie escapes unscathed.

yikes.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:21pm

I hope they’re having their opening party in a nice place with an open bar.

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:26pm

JDonaghy4 said: "bwayphreak234 said: "That has got to be one of the most brutal reviews I’ve read in the Times!"

I'm a fan of Jesse Green in general but this seems gleefully cruel. DeWaal is "resolutely unthrilling." Kaye provides "supposed comic relief." Staging is "clamminess of farce." Only Erin Davie escapes unscathed.

yikes."

On the other hand, nothing he wrote is untrue. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:37pm

Hoo boy, this is an ass-kicking if I’ve ever seen one. The thing about Diana is that it probably has some life (at least a few months) built into it because of Netflix footing the bill to film it.

I finally watched the Netflix version and I don’t think I ever watched a corpse be desecrated like that for 2.5 hours

[Kad]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:37pm

But if you have the means, and a favorite flask or narcotic of choice, Diana is just about the most revelatory explosion of unadulterated joy you can have this side of a K-Hole.‍
 

This will most likely be the most positive review this gets, and the production won’t really even be able to pull quotes. The best they can hope for is that it becomes a real-world Springtime for Hitler, which implausible even without a pandemic. 

Updated On: 11/17/21 at 08:37 PM

[all_that_jazz]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:40pm

I thought Jesse's review was rather tame just truthful.  No snark, no sarcasm, which almost made it more harsh.  Everything he said is true.  It's kind of like when you're parents wouldn't yell but just gave you that look and said I'm so dissapointed.    No please tell at me scream at me, anything.

Updated On: 11/17/21 at 08:40 PM

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:44pm

Matt Rogers said: "JDonaghy4 said: "bwayphreak234 said: "That has got to be one of the most brutal reviews I’ve read in the Times!"

I'm a fan of Jesse Green in general but this seems gleefully cruel. DeWaal is "resolutely unthrilling." Kaye provides "supposed comic relief." Staging is "clamminess of farce." Only Erin Davie escapes unscathed.

yikes."

On the other hand, nothing he wrote is untrue."

I was going to say I don’t think it’s cruel but it’s unflinchingly frank. I agree about DeWaal. To portray Diana is a tall order for anyone, but the actress really should have something that emulates that draw. DeWaal does not  

 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:50pm

Woof, indeed...but I agree with the times. I cant imagine how much this is going to hurt to read. 

[ggersten]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:52pm

This is a positive (sort of) review by David Gordon: TheatreMania:

"With more than a few shades of Evita, Diana is a throwback to the mega-pop operas of 40 years ago: a little silly, a little tacky, a little offensive, but generally just fun. Leaning into the lunacy has helped this show come into its own, and if it finds its audience, we've got the next cult classic on our hands"

and:

"As for the performances, they're much superior on stage than on screen — it's actually proof-positive about how much actors feed off a live audience. Kaye, who I once thought was vaguely miscast and a little stuffy, is a hoot in real life, particularly when she transforms into Diana's step-grandmother, tacky romance novelist Barbara Cartland, and lusts after Keegan's shirtless James Hewitt, who rises from below the stage and sings an Act 2 opener about how big his dick is. It's that kind of show, they all know it, and they're absolutely living for it"

Updated On: 11/17/21 at 08:52 PM

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 8:56pm

Peter Marks' review best matches my take, having watched the Netflix preservation. To me, remembering well the sad weekend the world lost this woman, it's an aggressive act of fetishized necrophilia, its entire trajectory exploitative of tragedy. Without the end, the story as told would be the Milliken Breakfast Show. Marks isn't bitchy, just spot on. 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 9:02pm

That is one impressive collection of bad reviews. Not surprising, but still astonishing. And the Peter Marks quote provoked by the show is, probably, the most over-the-line thing I recall him writing ever. 

If they were smart they would have had their party on Tuesday. Alas, that seems unlikely considering the rather impeccably bad provenance of the lead producers. They are consistent though. 

[JGPR2]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 11:08pm

The reviews were as bad as everyone expected and I only read three of them. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/17/21 at 11:43pm

Jesse Green's review is excellent and very fair.

The good news is nobody involved can be surprised after the Netflix version took such a beating. 

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 11/18/21 at 12:17am

What can you expect from these critics? They suck.