GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE... Reviews — Page 2

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

USA Today is positive, with 3 1/2 out of 4 stars: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/theater/2013/11/17/broadway-review-gentlemans-guide-to-love-and-murder/3574705/

NY Times is a rave: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/theater/reviews/a-gentlemans-guide-to-love-and-murder-on-broadway.html?_r=0

TheaterMania is positive: http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/11-2013/a-gentlemans-guide-to-love-and-murder_66659.html

NY Mag is mixed to positive: http://www.vulture.com/2013/11/theater-a-gentlemans-guide-to-love-and-murder.html

Updated On: 11/17/13 at 10:01 PM

Feingold writes a bi-sometimes-tri weekly column for Theatremania called Thinking About Theatre. It's more history-minded and not as incisive as his reviews (although he was one of the few that liked the BETRAYAL revival.)

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Updated On: 11/17/13 at 10:14 PM

Thanks BB. I'm really glad the journalists gave such good reviews for this show. Isherwood gave some seriously high praise there. I hope the positive reviews translates into a nice profitable and extended run.

My only quibble with Mr. Isherwood is his comparison of the 2 Jefferson Mays performances ( I Am My Own Wife vs Gentleman's Guide). In the former he played all the characters which numbered over 40. He changed characters instantaneously. It was freakin unbelievable.

Is there a review from The Post?

The Post's reviews usually don't pop up until later in the night/early morning.

I'm surprised Time Out NY's review isn't up yet. Theirs is usually one of the first to be posted.

Updated On: 11/18/13 at 11:03 PM

NY Daily News is mixed to positive, with 3 out of 5 stars: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/gentleman-guide-love-murder-theater-review-article-1.1518477

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How do you know?

And by the way, where are those first-preview pedants who told us all how inferior the show was compared to the movie, and how Mays's performance fell short of the mark?

Updated On: 11/18/13 at 12:01 AM

If they're anything like you, I'm sure they'll return with a smug, condescending air and a quip about how the critics know nothing and are conspiring to gull the masses.

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Your post makes zero sense, After Eight. So by your logic, now the critics (who you have reviled from review to review as being payed to virtually indoctrinate or brainwash the public to think one way or another about a show) are "right" because they agree with you? And everyone who wasn't wild about the show is wrong and should eat crow...? But when the critics don't agree with you, then they're all hacks, idiots, and it's all part of some big underground theater conspiracy plot...?

And everyone who saw an early preview and posted about it shared their OPINION. Which is neither right, nor wrong. Get over yourself.

Why am I even bothering? I'm sure he's "ignored" me, along with 1/2 of the posters on here.

Can After Eight just be blocked from this board...? It's not even a matter of putting him on my ignore list anymore. I'm not sure how his posts are any different from the countless trolls that are instantly blocked from BWW. Ugh.

Anyway, I'm excited to see this on Tuesday.

Updated On: 11/18/13 at 12:51 AM

I disagree with the critics, and I wasn't a fan of Mays or the show, but still hope it finds an audience. It's a well-done show, if not entirely new or original and the "voice overs" really killed it.