FOLLIES Reviews — Page 3

#51

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:19pm

The witheringly droll and elegant Phyllis (Ms. Maxwell) is married to Benjamin Stone (Mr. Raines), a celebrated Manhattan executive, while Sally (Ms. Peters) has settled down in the Midwest with Buddy Durant (Mr. Burstein), a salesman.

Since when is Phoenix, AZ, "the Midwest"?

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#52

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:19pm

From the AP:

"Peters, who knows her way around a Sondheim score, is wonderful as the pining, overweight housewife Sally — she manages to hide her knock-out figure in Act I"

wtf? It's not like she's wearing a fat suit...and her figure was still pretty knock-out to me...did they change something since the first preview?? Not seeing it again till next week.


THRILLED about the Brantley RAVE. SO beyond thrilled.

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#53

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:23pm

Bernadette doesn't even look pudgy. She looks great.

#54

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:25pm

they were probably referring to the line in 'Don't Look at Me':

B & S: So, ,just look at us!
S: Fat!
B: Turning grey!

#55

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:26pm

She look like a pig being roasted over an open fire at a Hawaiian Luau, and you know it.

#56

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:32pm

Variety...

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946070

#57

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:35pm

At last! A reviewer worthy of the subject of tonight's review.

In TimeOut New York, the redoubtable Adam Feldman:

http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/theater/1938981/review-follies

First of all, he begins by quoting "One More Kiss"--we do like reviewers well versed enough in the show to quote the more obscure lyric. And look for his "fantastical folies a quatre"...very nice turn of phrase that, no?

Well, played, Adam Feldman!

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Updated On: 9/12/11 at 10:35 PM

#58

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:38pm

It's a shame that Bernie's performance didn't get stronger reviews...we all knew they would love Maxwell and Burstein, but her performance is so nuanced and wonderful. It was really incredible in DC, though not as wonderful as Maxwell.

Still, I say all this but I can't complain. I am also thrilled for Raines whose reviews seem very positive (though mostly brief) overall - he has been a staple of regional theatres and opera companies for a long time and it's nice to see him get recognition here.

#59

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:39pm

Brantley made it a little error, lol.

while Sally (Ms. Peters) has settled down in the Midwest with Buddy Durant (Mr. Burstein), a salesman.

#60

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:43pm

We will excuse Mr. Brantley since his review was so nice.

#61

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:50pm

I'm so glad Brantley wrote a rave! I can't wait to see the show on Flea Market day with the pull quotes outside of the theatre!

#62

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:52pm

>Brantley made a little error

that's what happens when you fire all your copyeditors, fact-checkers, and proofreaders ... if it's not in auto-correct, it must be accurate!!!

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#63

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 10:54pm

The Philadelphia Inquirer is a Rave.

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/howard_shapiro/129668338.html

#64

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:05pm

I love those two new production shots that came with with the Times review.

Maxwell looks amazing in the new "Loveland" dress.

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#65

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:05pm

Follies offers a smart definition of success - "being good at what you love to do," says one character. It can't offer one for happiness, so it asks, profoundly: Who, out there, is happy?

And what does that mean, anyway?

Wow.

#66

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:07pm

New York Magazine

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/theater_review_reviving_an_old.html

#67

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:07pm

Phyllis, I had the same reaction...ah well, at least he liked it. Though an un-eloquent yet positive review doesn't carry as much weight.

This are very quotable reviews though - even Brantley!

#68

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:07pm

I sure hope this gets filmed... congrats to everyone involved! Cannot wait to hear the cast album!

#69

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:11pm

Theater Mania

http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/09-2011/falling-in-love-with-follies_40611.html

#70

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:13pm

Oh, I didn't care about the weight of that review. I just liked what he had to say.

I think these reviews are all pretty wonderful.

#71

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:18pm

I'm so excited to see this again next week!

#72

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:22pm

"...and Burstein proves, to anyone who didn't know it already, that he's one of our great stage performers.... He's a great gift, an honest musical-theatre actor, and a Sondheim natural. Also? Whatever pieces of your heart are left after Bernadette's through, Burnstein will grind to powder for you."
Bravo!

(no, it was me, see below)

Updated On: 9/12/11 at 11:22 PM

#73

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:28pm

^^^Is that a direct quote? Did the reviewer actually misspell Danny Burstein's name???

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#74

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:30pm

And thank god that BROADWAY.COM's Word Of Mouth review was a rave...

#75

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:34pm

I hope somewhere, right now, nomdeplume is DOING HER HOMEWORK.

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