GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER Reviews- Page 5

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 6:27pm

Miles2Go2 said: "That’s a pretty sexist name for a website."

No, no it's not.  Unclutch your pearls.  

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 6:32pm

Oh my bad. I barely glanced at the site after I clicked the link. I thought this was supposed to be a website where you could see composite reviews for different shows from different reviewers. Pearls unclutched. Why would Brantley need a separate website for his reviews when he has nyt? Is it because this one doesn’t limit your number of free monthly views?

Updated On: 8/14/18 at 06:32 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 7:15pm

Your pearls were never clutched, you're fine, Miles.

I don't think he has anything to do with the website.  It's Ken Davenport's, and his peeps just gather some of the more known/reputable reviews there.   The Times is just "the" review that matters.  (well, not nearly as much anymore) That's where the title comes from - at least that's my understanding.  

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 7:57pm

Miles2Go2 said: "Why would Brantley need a separate website for his reviews when he has nyt?"

He doesn't. Davenport runs it.

They explain it as: "DidHeLikeIt.com is your official guide and translator for all the Broadway theatre reviews by Ben Brantley, the chief theatre critic for the New York Times. At DidHeLikeIt.com you can find out if He liked a show or not with a quick glance of the Ben-o-meter! We also use the Ben-o-meter for all of the other prominent publications such as New York Daily News,Newsday, USA Today, Variety, and more!"

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 8:06pm

Thanks for unclutching your pearls Miles, and only Ken Davenport (the smarmiest guy involved in Broadway) would ever write something like:

"1. Everyone wants to know if Ben Brantley and The New York Times liked a Broadway show or not.

2. No one actually wants to read the reviews."

Umm, a lot of people read those reviews and want to read them.  They would much rather read the NYT than anything he writes (including that hilarious Tweet from BWW last night)

Updated On: 8/14/18 at 08:06 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 8:15pm

Ken Davenport is a joke and an embarrassment to the theatre industry.

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 8:28pm

1000% ^

[JBroadway]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 8:44pm

Among my friends, I always say he's "the Gilderoy Lockhart of the theatre industry"

[Famebroadway2]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 8:56pm

bwayphreak234 said: "Ken Davenport is a joke and an embarrassment to the theatre industry."

But he’s kinda hot though. ??

[JSquared2]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:01pm

Famebroadway2 said: "bwayphreak234 said: "Ken Davenport is a joke and an embarrassment to the theatre industry."

But he’s kinda hot though. ??"

No. Ken, you’re not. But thanks for making me vomit a little bit. 

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:06pm

Ahaaahhhaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaaaaa

[Moderator]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 9:14pm

Ok, everyone. It's time to get this thread back on topic. Obviously discussing Ken Davenport's work, tactics, and strategies as a producer and writer are certainly well within the bounds of the discussion, but we've crossed that line a few times in this thread in the last few hours. So, please keep the conversation going about the show and anything professionally tangential to that, but the personal stuff should be saved for PMs or another venue. 

Thanks as always, and have a great night! 

[somecheapfrenchthing]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 10:13pm

Late to the convo here, but agree wholeheartedly with anyone who thinks it’s slimy and pathetic that GTBBT is now nowhere to be found on DidHeLikeIt.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 11:24pm

Can anyone explain how this show cost $12 million dollars? What was that money spent on? I didn't really get the cartoon sets since the characters weren't exactly cartoony- a la Hairspray. I don't get where the money was spent? 

[msmp]

Posted: 8/14/18 at 11:27pm

RippedMan said: "Can anyone explain how this show cost $12 million dollars? What was that money spent on? I didn't really get the cartoon sets since the characters weren't exactly cartoony- a la Hairspray. I don't get where the money was spent?"

Certainly wasn't the costumes either. They look like they came off the rack at Loehmann's circa 1986.

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 12:26am

My God, is that the real number?  I would love to know what they spent that money on.  It's not sets, not costumes, not any exciting lighting or sound or explosions so.....what the hell?  

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 7:31am

I think we should each send off an emal to [e-mail] and ASK where the revews are.  But make it sound like we looking forward to reading them.  Or not.  (Becasue I see the appeal about being smarmy about Davenport, too.)

I'm torn.

[MrsSallyAdams]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 10:11am

Showscore shows the critic score at 53% and the audience score at 76%.

A quick scan of the positive audience reviews are of the "theater is fun!" variety.

https://www.show-score.com/broadway-shows/gettin-the-band-back-together

[Kad]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 10:16am

I can't recall ever seeing any show with an aggregated negative audience response on there. These are probably the same people who leave 5-star reviews for toothpaste on Amazon.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 10:17am

Maybe since the moderator is reading this thread, we can get an explanation for the weird tweet poll.

[CaseyBrent41]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 1:18pm

I'm seriously amazed and really disgusted that Ken doesn't have his own show on DidheLikeit. Its like his site his rules, but he's more than happy to have those offensive thumb down images for other people's shows ....just not his. something about it is so gross....and he does quite a few gross things. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 2:52pm

According to my browser history, it was here:

http://www.didhelikeit.com/shows/gettin-the-band-back-together-broadway.html

Error 404 now.

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 5:30pm

The email they sent out this afternoon with a discount code quotes the NYT as calling it "A feel-good genuinely funny musical!" which is a cobbled together quote from the 2013 NYT review written by a stringer... not surprising, but it is very prominent in the ad.

[msmp]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 5:36pm

haterobics said: "The email they sent out this afternoon with a discount code quotes the NYT as calling it "A feel-good genuinely funny musical!" which is a cobbled together quote from the 2013 NYT review written by a stringer... not surprising, but it is very prominent in the ad."

That sounds desperately dishonest.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 8/15/18 at 5:44pm

I'll condemn Davenport's business practices until the cows come home, but on this particular issue, I don't think he's straying that far from usual marketing protocol. Plenty of flops try to spin pull-quotes out of context, and while I don't know for sure, I'd be very surprised to learn that Davenport was the first person to use a review from out of town. I've even noticed sometimes that poorly-reviewed revivals of classic plays will use pull quotes from reviews of previous productions, but it's fair game because they only choose quotes that are about the play itself - not the specific production. Yeah it's kind of misleading, but so is a LOT of advertising out there.