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#76

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:40pm

So incredibly thrilled by these reviews, particularly Brantley's. Night: made.
"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim
#77

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:44pm

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!
"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"

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#78

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/13/11 at 12:43am

Michael Musto of the Village Voice liked the 2001 revival better: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2011/09/follies_is_back.php

NY Magazine is mixed, but it the end he recommends it: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/theater_review_reviving_an_old.html

Bloomberg says Raines steals the show more than Maxwell (but still loves it): http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-13/-follies-dazzles-sweet-and-sad-hemingway-marathon-review.html
#80

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/13/11 at 1:00am

We need more mixed/negative reviews so that people can start to freak out a bit. All positive is no fun around here.
#81

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/13/11 at 1:25am

OMG how long until they post the closing notice?!
#82

FOLLIES Reviews

Posted: 9/13/11 at 2:23am

Northjersey.com

http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/theater/129704618_Decades_later___Follies__still_shines.html?page=all

There should be something deeply moving in seeing the women struggling to remember and execute the old lines and steps. But the emphasis is on how well the old gals perform, making the number celebratory.

These subsequent revivals have added the 'missteps' etc. The bolded sentence would describe the original choreography and intent of the number. He seems a little confused.
#83

The Prickly Plural and Christopher Jones

Posted: 9/13/11 at 5:07am

Much to may amazement, Jones actually might be correct in his usage of "twin lonely cactus."

It jarred against my ears so much that I had to pull out the dictionary where Merriam's gives three acceptable plurals: cacti, cactuses, and cactus.

Live and learn.
#86

The Prickly Plural and Christopher Jones

Posted: 9/13/11 at 6:03am

Favorite review in a nutshell courtesy of Mr. Scott Brown of NY Magazine:


"Follies is the disease and the cure in one package: I'd advise you to catch it."

#87

Can someone tell Brantley that Buddy's last name is Plummer not Durant?

Posted: 9/13/11 at 7:42am

I love Scott Brown's reviews more each time he reviews.

Matthew Murray is who we might all become...if we're not careful: someone who is incapable of seeing the good in anything. The better something is, the more fodder it is for his deconstructions. If something succeeds in being one flavor. he simply analyzes why it isn't another. His reviews are not right; they are merely negative. They are not insightful; they are merely incisive. They are not right; they are just sad.

If we all are not careful, we will grow up to be Matthew Murrays, writing bitchy theater reviews for talkinbroadway.com.

Kids, don't let that happen to you.

Updated On: 9/13/11 at 07:42 AM

#88

Can someone tell Brantley that Buddy's last name is Plummer not Durant?

Posted: 9/13/11 at 8:05am

"Will Jan Maxwell be putting Tonys in her bag again this spring after these reviews?"

If she does, it will be her first. She's 0 for 4 right now with Tony wins.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 9/13/11 at 08:05 AM

#89

Can someone tell Brantley that Buddy's last name is Plummer not Durant?

Posted: 9/13/11 at 8:23am

"His reviews are not right; they are merely negative. They are not insightful; they are merely incisive. They are not right; they are just sad."

I'm not a great fan of Matthew Murray, but there were many accurate observations in his review.

As for the other reviews, they were exactly as one would expect.
#90

Can someone tell Brantley that Buddy's last name is Plummer not Durant?

Posted: 9/13/11 at 8:32am

My review of this review thread is 2 out of 5 stars. No real standout performances. Everything proceeded calmly to a predictable finish. Such a disappointment.

What the hell is wrong with you people? You must have blown your energy in the 3,000 "preview" threads.

EDIT: Although I do give a shout out to the handwringing over Buddy's last name. But really, is that the best you can do?

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 9/13/11 at 08:32 AM

#94

Can someone tell Brantley that Buddy's last name is Plummer not Durant?

Posted: 9/13/11 at 9:28am

Or a new dress, in this case.
"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
#96

Can someone tell Brantley that Buddy's last name is Plummer not Durant?

Posted: 9/13/11 at 9:59am

Most people probably don't remember that thread because Jan put it in her bag, as well.
"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
#97

Can someone tell Brantley that Buddy's last name is Plummer not Durant?

Posted: 9/13/11 at 10:42am

Who's seen the opening night photos? Geez, they really caught some people looking their worst. I'm pretty sure Mary Tyler Moore is no longer a human woman.
"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
#98

Can someone tell Brantley that Buddy's last name is Plummer not Durant?

Posted: 9/13/11 at 10:50am

I can't tell if it's the lighting or the photography or the camera they're using, but they manage to make even the 20-somethings look 50-ish nearly every time there's a red-carpet shoot.

And gorgeous Mary Beth Piel looks like she just passed the borders of Shangri-La. What the hell?!

They're not doing anybody any favors by shooting it this way.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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