Flashdance St. Louis review -- wow

[BroadwayBen]

Posted: 1/9/13 at 4:59pm

“Flashdance” is a mess, a fairy tale that can't even hold onto a single point of view...a weirdly fascinating amalgam of “Billy Elliott” and the kinds of shows that they say were staged in Havana before the revolution. The show's creators should go on their knees to beg Charles Busch for help. Busch is the king (or queen?) of camp, the drag genius behind shows like “Die! Mommy! Die!” and “The Divine Sister.” The extravagantly vulgar “Flashdance” is halfway there already; why not complete the trip?

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/reviews/flashdance-needs-more-wattage/article_07761190-c308-5e4f-b99d-325fc11b2132.html

I was going to go see this during my weekend there, but now maybe not so much...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/9/13 at 5:36pm

I just can't fathom who the audience for this is. WHO has been clamoring for a pseudo-jukebox Flashdance musical? I know the UK tends to go wild over this stuff, but really, who thinks this is going to succeed here?

Updated On: 1/9/13 at 05:36 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/9/13 at 5:46pm

Hunchies will love it!

[PattyO'Furniture]

Posted: 1/9/13 at 7:43pm

JC, I was thinking the same thing! "What a hunchback!"

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/9/13 at 8:12pm

I didn't even like the movie.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/9/13 at 8:36pm

The only good thing I got from that movie were my Michael Nouri fantasies.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 1/9/13 at 9:10pm

They should have left the UK version alone, it got great reviews on tour and did great business, its London reviews were normally 3 stars which is about what anyone can expect from a musical adaptation of Flashdance. The show did not close a few weeks early in London because it was bad or got bad press, it closed because it could not find an audience with the like of Legally Blonde etc doing huge business. I honestly thought the UK version with its darker tone worked, yes a couple of songs needed removing but i enjoyed it. This version seems like its just straight up camp

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/10/13 at 1:46am

Serjio and Andy B. need to stop choreographing/directing. Ugh. Is this really our new generation of directors?