Finding Neverland : Opinion

I don't think there really is one yet. Not many here saw the ART show. I saw it and thought it had tremendous potential to be a hit. Most of the songs are really good. There are some songs that really...and I mean really....need to go. But Diana Paulus is a visionary and I'm sure she will figure it out. I just wish Harvey would shut his big mouth.

Snarky answer: Census? Well, there's Peter, and Tiger Lily, and the Lost Boys, and Captain Hook, Smee and the pirates, and of course Tinker Bell, so it would be around 10 or 15, depending on how many pirates there are.

Real answer: I enjoyed it, and I feel it does have some hit potential due to the name and subject matter, but I did recognize some vulnerabilities which will make for a rocky critical reception if they are not addressed. Weinstein appears to think that bigger sets and bigger stars will make up for any other shortcomings in the show, but I think we can assume that it is going to get trashed by the critics if those are the only changes they make.

It will be a different show with the new cast members. Morrison and Jordan are very different actors, and each brings their own individual strengths to the production. It's hard to say what the effect of the change will be other than it will be different. The same goes for Grammer and McGrath (who I thought was terrific). They are not at all similar, so it will be different. In short, I think it can be a long term crowd pleaser for family audiences if it can weather the initial onslaught from the critics, some of whom appear already to have their knives out.

Please keep in mind that while Aladdin was out-of-town in Toronto, the reviews weren't very good. A lot of us were concerned about how the show was going to turn out...

But luckily, the creative worked on the show every single day until opening night on Broadway to some surprisingly pretty good reviews, as well as several Best Musical nominations, and now it's one of the biggest hits on Broadway (Though some may argue that because it's Disney, they'll still make money)!

I've once heard an interview with Diane Paulus saying how she always reads the reviews so she could take somethings into account for any possible future productions. So I think with the time they have between when they closed in Boston a couple months ago, and when they begin previews in March, they'll have plenty of time to workout all the problems.

Updated On: 11/29/14 at 06:59 PM

No one has a valid opinion on the version opening on Broadway, since we don't know what changed and there is a good deal of cast upheaval.

A lot of people have perfectly valid opinions on the ART version, but since that version isn't coming to Broadway, it doesn't much matter.

"Many people on here who have not seen it seem to be wanting it to fail mostly because of how Harvey has handled the roll out and the disappointment over the casting of Morrison over Jordan."

If you total up everyone on here with that opinion, and all of them actually refuse to see the show, it represents about 50 seats. Hardly enough to make or break one night's performance, let alone a show.

Aladdin is a fun show very well done, so it's hardly a bad show.

Fun Home was an amazing show that I saw a second time last season, so I look forward to it coming to Broadway.

Whether a season is weak should be something saved until at least all of the shows are playing... not that a show not being open has ever prevented people from having opinions based on their made up projections, of course.

For all we know, a musical we're not even expecting this season could still be announced. Which again, makes it hard to handicap a season if you add shows that we may not know about to the list of shows that haven't yet started any performances...

At this point, Harvey is just asking for bad reviews. One thing I do wish they change is *SPOILER?* The death of the mother. It just felt so sudden and it was hard to connect with it. I wish they had expanded the time of her illness.

I saw it later on and I still thought her illness was rushed.

I happened to see the show at A.R.T. and was greatly disappointed on many levels. I expect the show is undergoing a massive overhaul. What's most impressive is how much publicity the show is getting. Harvey sure is using all of his weight, no pun intended.

Witness Uganda She also did a Cirque show if that counts.

hated laura mitchelle kelly they really need melanie martinez