#1
Posted: 11/17/13 at 11:39am
Break ample limbs!
dying to see this one!
dying to see this one!
Updated On: 11/17/13 at 11:39 AM
GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE... Reviews
#2
Posted: 11/17/13 at 5:41pm
Excited to see this on Tuesday night!
AM NY is mostly negative, with 2 stars: http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/theater-review-a-gentleman-s-guide-to-love-murder-2-stars-1.6452210
AM NY is mostly negative, with 2 stars: http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/theater-review-a-gentleman-s-guide-to-love-murder-2-stars-1.6452210
Updated On: 11/17/13 at 05:41 PM
#3
Posted: 11/17/13 at 6:18pm
The Hollywood Report is in and it's a rave!!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-gentlemans-guide-love-murder-656830
During previews, Broadway chatrooms have drawn facile comparison to The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the Tony-winning 1986 Rupert Holmes musical that was given a sparkling revival last season. While there’s some overlap in the pastiche score and vintage British music hall-style staging, Gentleman’s Guide is far superior, propelled by a rollicking story, humor of the most delectable amorality and the cleverest lyrics assembled in quite some time. Just hearing Mays as the ridiculously posh Lord Adalbert D’Ysquith scoff his way through “I Don’t Understand the Poor” (a wicked anthem for the one percent) is enough to restore an audience’s faith in musical comedy while getting them in the mood to off some toffs.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-gentlemans-guide-love-murder-656830
During previews, Broadway chatrooms have drawn facile comparison to The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the Tony-winning 1986 Rupert Holmes musical that was given a sparkling revival last season. While there’s some overlap in the pastiche score and vintage British music hall-style staging, Gentleman’s Guide is far superior, propelled by a rollicking story, humor of the most delectable amorality and the cleverest lyrics assembled in quite some time. Just hearing Mays as the ridiculously posh Lord Adalbert D’Ysquith scoff his way through “I Don’t Understand the Poor” (a wicked anthem for the one percent) is enough to restore an audience’s faith in musical comedy while getting them in the mood to off some toffs.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
#4
Posted: 11/17/13 at 6:24pm
Entertainment Weekly is a rave, with an A: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20364394_20756877,00.html
#5
Posted: 11/17/13 at 6:26pm
Yay! And, to quote Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, "Let's hear it for the two most glorious words in the English language: MUSICAL COMEDY!"
#6
Posted: 11/17/13 at 6:26pm
"In an increasingly risk-averse Broadway landscape where more and more musicals come from mainstream-brand movies or hit song catalogues, this bright little jewel is a legitimate treat."
--The Hollywood Reporter
--The Hollywood Reporter
Updated On: 11/17/13 at 06:26 PM
#7
Posted: 11/17/13 at 6:56pm
AM NY that is the lamest review I've ever seen. Can you be any less specific? If you are going to review a show, review the show.
#8
Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:02pm
Hope the raves continue to pour in!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#9
Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:04pm
If the rest of the reviews are as good as that Entertainment Weekly, it'll be a hit.
#10
Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:33pm
Talkin' Broadway is mixed: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/AGentlemansGuideLoveMurder2013.html
#11
Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:50pm
So far only the reviews that don't matter are negative.
#12
Posted: 11/17/13 at 8:06pm
PJ, remember when the 3 affiliates and WPIX and WOR all reviewed shows the night they opened, always during the last couple of minutes of the 11pm newscast.
I bet you channel switched back and forth and back and forth the way I did. Pia Lindstrom and Pat Collin's reviews may not have held any weight, but you still wanted to get any indicator of how things were shaking out.
I bet you channel switched back and forth and back and forth the way I did. Pia Lindstrom and Pat Collin's reviews may not have held any weight, but you still wanted to get any indicator of how things were shaking out.
#13
Posted: 11/17/13 at 8:10pm
NBC News is positive: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/guide-love-murder-review-232253171.html
The Wrap is a rave: http://www.thewrap.com/gentlemans-guide-love-murder-theater-review-broadways-tops-kind-hearts-coronets/
The Wrap is a rave: http://www.thewrap.com/gentlemans-guide-love-murder-theater-review-broadways-tops-kind-hearts-coronets/
Updated On: 11/17/13 at 08:10 PM
#14
Posted: 11/17/13 at 8:32pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqSiP34Zxv8
I had no idea it looked this stunning, from the old globe production.
I had no idea it looked this stunning, from the old globe production.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
#15
Posted: 11/17/13 at 8:40pm
The musical is well-designed, well-acted, and well-plotted (with some twists that are well-crafted.) Yet for all its cleverness and wicked charm, this is an entertainment I could easily have skipped.
A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder Review: Too Clever on Broadway
#16
Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:05pm
Newsday is mostly positive: http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/gentleman-s-guide-review-genuinely-charming-1.6444767
#17
Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:08pm
The link is safe. This was Jordan just being mean, for reasons that escape me.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Review: Too Clever on Broadway
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Review: Too Clever on Broadway
Updated On: 11/17/13 at 09:08 PM
#20
Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:20pm
It ain't a hit till the big dawg speaks (Brantley)
#21
Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:29pm
Tell that to the producers of LYSISTRATA JONES.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#22
Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:31pm
And he ain't gonna, 'cuz Isherwood's already reviewed it and the NYT always lets the first reviewer re-review the show.
BroadwayEd
Updated On: 11/17/13 at 09:31 PM
#23
Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:47pm
#24
Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:49pm
I didn't know that. Does it matter which Times reviewer writes about the show with regard to box office sales or is it just "The Times" name that carries the most heft. Just wondering.
#25
Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:54pm
Except Isherwood reviewed PIPPIN at ART and Brantley reviewed it on Broadway.
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