GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE... Reviews

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 11:39am

Break ample limbs!
dying to see this one!

Updated On: 11/17/13 at 11:39 AM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

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 Updated On: 11/17/13 at 05:41 PM

[broadwaydevil]

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.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

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

[PalJoey]

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!"

[PalJoey]

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

Updated On: 11/17/13 at 06:26 PM

[Broadwaystar2]

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.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:02pm

Hope the raves continue to pour in!

[PalJoey]

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.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:33pm

Talkin' Broadway is mixed: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/AGentlemansGuideLoveMurder2013.html

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:50pm

So far only the reviews that don't matter are negative.

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

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.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

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/ Updated On: 11/17/13 at 08:10 PM

[rosscoe(au)]

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.

[NewYorkTheater]

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

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

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

[NewYorkTheater]

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 Updated On: 11/17/13 at 09:08 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:11pm

That link is a bomb!!!!!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:16pm

So is it a hit yet?

[swoboda]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:20pm

It ain't a hit till the big dawg speaks (Brantley)

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:29pm

Tell that to the producers of LYSISTRATA JONES.

[Ed_Mottershead]

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.

Updated On: 11/17/13 at 09:31 PM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:47pm

The AP is a rave: http://online.wsj.com/article/AP90c0278e0703472496a189360ed18661.html?dsk=y

[swoboda]

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.

[CabaretUSA]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:54pm

Except Isherwood reviewed PIPPIN at ART and Brantley reviewed it on Broadway.