FINDING NEVERLAND Reviews- Page 3

[Up In One]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:13pm

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/matthew-morrison-soars-finding-neverland-broadway-article-1.2186127

 

Daily News 3 out of 5 stars but found enough to like

[Princeton78]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:13pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/theater/review-finding-neverland-a-broadway-musical-with-matthew-morrison.html?ref=arts&_r=0

 

Lord Brantley is not impressed...

 

 

Updated On: 4/15/15 at 10:13 PM

[ceisen]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:14pm

Ben Brantley's review in the NY Times is up.  Not good!

[Annetteiago]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:17pm

this is a very strange season so far hopefully. SR The visit and FH should get solid reviews though

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:18pm

Diane Paulus' first misfire, WOW!

Does anyone expect this to be Tony-Nominated or is it getting nothing at all?

[Up In One]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:19pm

Are these the worst reviews of the season?

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:20pm

http://www.didhelikeit.com/shows/finding-neverland-review.html

 

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:20pm

I enjoyed the show in Boston. Something about it really clicked with me. When I saw it last week, something had changed. It wasn't the actors--I had no issue with Boston cast or this one--but it just felt flat. The energy that was in the show had deflated.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:21pm

So glad Brantley made the Titanic reference.  It's ALL I could think about.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:24pm

Let's play "What nominations will the show get?" AND "Guess the pull quotes!"

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:25pm

Ouch! Brantley is back on his thrashing A-Game!  My favorite quote:

 

I’m assuming the theory is that high volume will obliterate our awareness that this music is fatally ersatz. But there’s no disguising the feeling that almost every element of the production has a secondhand, synthetic quality: the dialogue, the jerky choreography (by Mia Michaels), the jokes, the anachronistic depiction of the show people who put on Barrie’s plays. (One of them, asked if he believes in fairies, answers: “My good man, I work in the theater. I see them every day.&rdquo

 

 

[Auggie27]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:26pm

Brantley's comparison, odious or not: Good night for Mr. Jordan. Those who made a case for his continuing in the role have something to ... (sorry) ... crow about.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:27pm

"this is a very strange season so far hopefully. SR The visit and FH should get solid reviews though"

 I wouldn't be soo confident about Something Rotten...but we shall see. 

[rcwr]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:27pm

It bothers me that Mr Brantley refers to "Mr. Barlow, the composer." It's unprofessional. There are two composers. Eliot Kennedy should get credit anyplace Gary Barlow does. Even if the credit is a slam.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:28pm

"Diane Paulus' first misfire, WOW!"

Hardly. There were critics who didn't like Pippin.

[Annetteiago]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:28pm

"Brantley's comparison, odious or not: Good night for Mr. Jordan. Those who made a case for his continuing in the role have something to ... (sorry) ... crow about."

 Jordan dodged a bullet 

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:31pm

""Diane Paulus' first misfire, WOW!"

Hardly. There were critics who didn't like Pippin."

 

She won the freakin' Tony...NOT a misfire by any means.  

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:31pm

Despite the pans this production has received...I still feel it's critic proof and will run as the grosses prove already selling @ pretty much on or near 100% capacity.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/FINDING-NEVERLAND

 

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:33pm

"She won the freakin' Tony...NOT a misfire by any means."

But Brantley's review for that show wasn't exactly a love letter.

[HamBiggar]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:35pm

Weinstein is 0/2 this spring,

with the excoriating notices for the

Radio City Spring Craptacular

and now the numbingly awful Neverland.

 

The fat lady has sung....and it ain't pretty

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:35pm

I have no interest in this show, regardless of reviews, but the fairy line, seriously? Ugh. What a terrible (and slightly homophobic) joke. I'm glad the show is getting called out on it.

[Back Row]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:35pm

I usually have trouble following Brantley's unfavorable reviews because he ventures off on a tangent instead of telling us what he specifically didn't like. This review was very specific, and included a consolation prize for Jeremy Jordan and Michael McGrath with favorable comments about their performance in Cambridge.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:37pm

TheaterMania is positive, the only one?

http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/finding-neverland_72532.html?cid=homepage_news

 

Updated On: 4/15/15 at 10:37 PM

[Annetteiago]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:38pm

I was not far off 

 

" I just think that it will all be pans. I just have this feeling"
 "

 

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:41pm

I practically agree with most of what Brantley says but am I the only one who took a double take when I read this:

"The spectacle of a strange man playing in the park with pink-cheeked kids usually sets off alarm bells, at least in this era of the Amber Alert. But not to worry. Mr. Morrison, in a determinedly neutral performance, has been divested of any hints of sensuality."