GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER Reviews- Page 3

[EthelMae]

Posted: 8/13/18 at 11:37pm

For what it’s worth, the Talkin’ Broadway review is pretty good. He had trouble with the first act but pretty much loved the rest. And unlike the other reviews, he praises that it is an original musical comedy. Don’t know if this will do any good at the box office- probably not but it does show that there is an audience for this show, they just have to find them now.

https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/world/BandBackTogether2018.html

Updated On: 8/13/18 at 11:37 PM

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 8/13/18 at 11:39pm

One more quote from the Observer article: "The plot feels like a bottom-shelf Ben Stiller–Owen Wilson vehicle from 2006, one that ranks below Little Fockers at that."

That's just mean.

The Time Out review mainly just makes me sad for Kelli. But this did make me laugh. "As two-dimensional as Derek McLane’s cartoon sets, Gettin’ the Band Back Together aspires to a knowing attitude toward its own silliness, as in a Ben Stiller movie. But it’s not sharp enough to pull off the gambit; you can’t tell if it’s winking or just has something weird in it eye."

Do they explain in the show how Mitch just lost his job as a stockbroker/investment banker (?) but doesn't have savings and wasn't helping out his mom to the point that she's 3 months behind on her mortgage?

[veronicamae]

Posted: 8/13/18 at 11:55pm

dramamama611 said: "SomethingPeculiar said: "After that stupid press release stunt about Sayreville, NJ being a "co-producer" on the show and getting the mayor of the town involved with the stunt, KD couldn't even be bothered to follow through with the stunt and list it with the other 30 producer names on the title page?

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It' s not like they print those things on a copy machine in the back room! IF they get another delivery of Playbills, it will like appear there."

Worth mentioning that they do actually print full-sized title page inserts to add/change producers or other billing between actual printings. Not in the theater of course (duh), but they definitely do this.

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 12:05am

These reviews..like damn.

Not since “Carrie”..

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 12:11am

Sidebar: I don’t wish bad on any show but judging by the reviews and grosses, what do you think will close first? This or HOH?

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 12:34am

Lord Jesus, does it take too much effort to type out Head Over Heels?!

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 1:00am

think about calming down and then getting worked up about some (any) world problem that is more worthy of your stroke. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 1:03am

YvanEhtNioj said: "Sidebar: I don’t wish bad on any show but judging by the reviews and grosses, what do you think will close first? This or HOH?"

First, only grosses matter. Wicked got bad reviews, it didn't matter.

Second, the presumption is that cold math/logic determines when to close a show. There has not been a lot of evidence of that lately.

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 1:05am

For what it’s worth, the Talkin’ Broadway review is pretty good. He had trouble with the first act but pretty much loved the rest. And unlike the other reviews, he praises that it is an original musical comedy. Don’t know if this will do any good at the box office- probably not but it does show that there is an audience for this show, they just have to find them now.

It's not really worth anything.  People typically read reviews from major publications.  We may love Talkin' Broadway on here but tourists/majority of ticket buyers won't ever read anything from there. They will however read some of the other ones, and Jesus are they f*cking brutal.  

[itsjustmejonhotmailcom]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 1:06am

@haterobics I'd argue that weekly running cost matters just as much as gross. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 1:10am

itsjustmejonhotmailcom said: "@haterobicsI'd argue that weekly runningcost matters just as much as gross."

Not if the two shows being discussed have grosses below their weekly running cost.

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 4:57am

haterobics said: "

First, only grosses matter. Wicked got bad reviews, it didn't matter.

Second, the presumptionis that cold math/logic determines when to closea show. There has not been a lot of evidence of that lately."

Wicked’s reviews were THIS bad? I never knew that. I personally have never read reviews this bad for a show right after opening. Even HOH and Summer got a liiittttle praise for something . 

I just can’t imagine this show staying open too long since it’s only doing 35% Of it’s grossing potential, and I don’t imagine this reviews will help that at all.. who knows **shrug emoji**

Updated On: 8/14/18 at 04:57 AM

[blaxx]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 5:02am

haterobics said: "YvanEhtNioj said: "Sidebar: I don’t wish bad on any show but judging by the reviews and grosses, what do you think will close first? This or HOH?"

First, only grosses matter. Wicked got bad reviews, it didn't matter.

Wicked got mixed to positive reviews, love. Including a love letter review to Chenoweth from NYT, which is nowhere near what is happening here.

 

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 5:09am

blaxx said: "Wicked got mixed to positive reviews, love. Including a love letter review to Chenoweth from NYT, which is nowhere near what is happening here."

Ohhhh okay. I was like “Damn. I can’t imagine Wicked  ever being this torn apart”

 

[bk]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 5:40am

EthelMae said: "For what it’s worth, the Talkin’ Broadway review is pretty good. He had trouble with the first act but pretty much loved the rest. And unlike the other reviews, he praises that it is an original musical comedy. Don’t know if this will do any good at the box office- probably not but it does show that there is an audience for this show, they just have to find them now.

https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/world/BandBackTogether2018.html"

No, it shows that Talkin' Broadway has a reviewer who makes you miss Matthew Murray.  And you think a review on Talkin' Broadway is going to HELP.  It may well be the only review they can quote, but it's pointless.

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 5:51am

Based on the reviews, the show is dead.  I guess we will all see.  

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 6:28am

WayTooBroadway said: "How is this capitalized at $12.5 million?!"

I feel like it’s not cheap to get Marilu Henner to sing, dance, AND hand out Rice Krispies. Lol

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 8:37am

quizking101 said: "WayTooBroadway said: "How is this capitalized at $12.5 million?!"

I feel like it’s not cheap to get Marilu Henner to sing, dance, AND hand out Rice Krispies. Lol"

Thanks for the laugh, quizking!

This is easily my favorite thread of the year so far!

 

 

 

 

[newintown]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:09am

The fact that the composite score from posters on show-score.com is a ridiculous 76 merely goes to show how silly that website is (except for completely indiscriminate audience members).

Of course there has always been ridiculous dreck on Broadway, but it seems that we have a crop of producers today (Davenport, the Rosens, Chase Mishkin, and a host of one-off types) with much more enthusiasm than taste or know-how. There are those like Scott Rudin and Jordan Roth who take a the safe and successful strategy of putting big names into revivals of famous works, but one wonders if we'll ever see another Hal Prince, Kermit Bloomgarden, Cy Feuer, Saint-Subber, Rodgers & Hammerstein, or David Merrick - all of whom have had flops, but who at least gave the public something better than a live version of a bad TV show.

Updated On: 8/14/18 at 09:09 AM

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:09am

re grosses vs reviews...

the grosses are what matter because they are the variable. the weekly expenses matter but they are more or less static, and thus matter only in relation to the grosses. If Hamilton's nut was $2mil, no one would say it mattered.

bad reviews don't matter when there is good WOM, a show is selling tickets at a non-bankrupt price, AND people want to see it. but when it does not have a decent mojo coming into the reviews, bad reviews are not going to help it pull out of the cellar. This show actually has some decent WOM, but the enthusiasm is likely for tickets somewhere close to the current average price. [good reviews, on the other hand, leave open the possibility of pulling out of the cellar.]

It seems pretty clear that the Shuberts offered the Belasco here in the middle of the summer, anticipating failure and that they would have the theatre back for a fall tenant. This one may not run on long past its sell-by date like most Davenport shows because the timing is such that it will likely be kicked to the curb.

Re capitalization, you can't look at a show and know what is "needed" Here the capitalization needs to include the million dollars or more a month in operating losses. 

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:19am

I'm one of the people that didn't love, but didn't hate it. It was just empty silly fun.

But the one thing I did wonder was how much Ken & Co. paid to license all that Beatles music to play during pre-show?

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:24am

"I love how Jesse Green talked about the "original musical" thing. Just because it's not based on anything doesn't mean we should forgive its (extreme) shortcomings."

I know I root for "original musicals" because I get tired of every pop/rock star getting their own Broadway show (lol) and so many show being based on popular movies but agree original musicals should not be forgiven if it is horrible.

[somecheapfrenchthing]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:26am

I’m glad that Jesse Green called out the fake break in character to garner laughs (among MANY other things). Also, on Didhelikeit, it appears they chose NOT to feature the reviews on the homepage as they’ve done for every other show. Instead you have to scroll to the bottom where in the long list of shows in TINY font you can find it... annoying... I wish they’d be fair and post a thumbs down like they have for anything else that got a bad times review. Maybe they’ll put it up today? Doesn’t seem like it to me, though. I feel badly for the performers - they gave it their all. But I 100% agree with the times review and think it is perfectly articulated. My experience exactly.

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:32am

Just saw a new TV commercial featuring Marilu Henner, and the pull quote is from the NY Times review of the 2013 George Street Playhouse production. "A genuinely funny musical." Lame.

[rjm516]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:35am

Just saw a new TV commercial featuring Marilu Henner, and the pull quote is from the NY Times review of the 2013 George Street Playhouse production. "A genuinely funny musical." Lame.'

 

What happened to that production? How did it change so much? Is it just a completely different show?