Posted: 4/8/15 at 10:45pm
Another PAN, from Vulture/New York:
Only two of the performers succeed at the minimal task of simulating some form of reality. One is Corey Cott as Gaston, who at first seems done in by the down-aging, but whose boyish confusion about his feelings, as described in the title song, is eventually rather moving. The other, no surprise, is Victoria Clark as Mamita. It’s hard to understand where this superb singing actress finds the character: surely not in the script. (The part, in being substantially expanded for her, has been rejiggered into incoherence.) Yet somehow it’s only when Clark is in a scene that there is a scene. Whether it’s a scene that properly belongs to Gigi is at this point moot; we must be grateful for what signs of intelligence we get.
Theater Review: A Disney Star in a Girl-Power Gigi
After seeing all the love for this show on these boards, I thought most had seen a different show than I. While there were some things to like, I was mostly underwhelmed and wondered which way the wind would blow for the critics. I truly thought even then they would find it mildly entertaining but forgettable. I never expected the thrashing it got.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
