Did any shows with bad reviews win Tony's?- Page 2

[sean martin]

Posted: 10/26/04 at 5:09pm

>> Les Mis opened to terrible reviews

... every single one of which it earned.....

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/26/04 at 5:27pm

I would so love to kill you right now, Sean Martin. Spider and bronxbound, PASSION did open to mix-negative reviews. Doesn't mean it wasn't good, I personally haven't seen it. But as you said, it's a very controversial piece and sorta needs to sink in.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 10/26/04 at 5:30pm

Didn't Wicked receive some bad reviews, but it walked away with 3 Tonys.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/26/04 at 5:31pm

Wicked reviews did receive some bad reviews. But it also received some raves. One of the only non-dramatized facts stated in the Broadwya: The American Musical Documentary stated was that the reviews for Wicked were divided.

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/26/04 at 5:34pm

Les Miz certainly did NOT receive a negative review from the most important critic: Frank Rich.

[magruder]

Posted: 10/26/04 at 8:10pm

Some pretty creative posts in this thread.

La Cage got better reviews overall than Sunday in the Park with George, though Sunday got a Frank Rich rave. Rich's review of La Cage was good, but qualified.

Passion had deadly buzz during previews, but I remember it opening to pretty enthusiastic reviews. Not wild money notices, but not mixed-negative either.

Robbie is right too, about Frank Rich's notice for Lez Miz. I remember him equating "One Day More" with the "Tonight" quintet from West Side Story...high praise indeed.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/26/04 at 9:52pm

Yes, but many other critics found the show confusing and dark. They thought much lower of it when it was in London.