#152
Posted: 4/9/15 at 5:19pm
"That was a show!"
--- The New York Times
"A musical!"
--- Newsweek
"Based on the Oscar-winning movie!"
--- WXRB-AM, Santa Barbara
"It was Gigi!"
--- The Tonganoxie Herald
"From the moment it starts ... !"
--- The Kalamazoo Gazette
"That's a show curtain!"
--- The Valley Village Visitor
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#153
Posted: 4/9/15 at 5:49pm
I had a feeling they'd use the "scrumptious eye-candy" quote from the NYT review as I read it even though it really says nothing about the material or the performers.
#154
Posted: 4/9/15 at 6:20pm
"Can we stop the abbreviations? Every time someone refers to ON THE TOWN as OTT, I think of a otter. And OTTC is just confusing. It sounds liker some sort of bank."
It will be so confusing when GRACE IS GOING INSANE opens...
#156
Posted: 4/9/15 at 8:27pm
"Run, don't walk to Gigi! And bring your helicopter parent!"
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#157
Posted: 4/9/15 at 8:48pm
I kind of thought that this production was going to be politely received (ala DO I HEAR A WALTZ?), but I guess I was wrong. Has there been a revival in recent years that got panned this badly? The misguided 2009 revival of GUYS AND DOLLS comes to my mind.
#158
Posted: 4/9/15 at 8:53pm
^Let's see, we've had...
Bye Bye Birdie
Promises, Promises
Godspell
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Jekyll & Hyde
#159
Posted: 4/9/15 at 8:54pm
I like Borstal's. Nails it.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
#160
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:26pm
"A musical as sparkling and delightful as its very not hooker-y heroine, Gigi is Broadway at its most inoffensive!"
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#161
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:31pm
"I kind of thought that this production was going to be politely received (ala DO I HEAR A WALTZ?), but I guess I was wrong. Has there been a revival in recent years that got panned this badly? The misguided 2009 revival of GUYS AND DOLLS comes to my mind."
Annie and Jekyll and Hyde?
#163
Posted: 4/9/15 at 11:27pm
I like the headline from the original NYT review from the 70's: "Gigi is Here Again As a Stage Musical"
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#164
Posted: 4/12/15 at 1:54pm
All I can say is that the critics were right about this one. A perfectly pointless evening in the theater. Flabbily directed -- with one of the most egregiously awful ensembles in memory; the schmacting was beyond belief -- indifferently performed, with the exception of Victoria Clark. The "new" material is sub par Lerner and Loewe, to say the least. The one saving grace is the design, which is quite lovely. An enormous "who cares?"
#165
Posted: 4/12/15 at 2:27pm
I did not expect David Cote to hold back on NY1's On Stage and he didn't disappoint. Somehow it feels rougher to hear the words spoken instead of just reading them.
#166
Posted: 4/13/15 at 4:50pm
Although not a ton of dates on TDF, watch for it. Just snagged a pair on an unnamed papering service for under $ 10 plus the $ 2.00 facility fee. Tickets are gone now
This show is destined for oblivion, sooner rather than later, when this happens. I expected this with the scathing reviews it got.
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Updated On: 4/13/15 at 04:50 PM
#167
Posted: 4/13/15 at 6:56pm
Shoddily revised book and disappointing orchestrations aside, I feel bad. The production is decidely better than the reviews would indicate. Knives were out.
#168
Posted: 4/15/15 at 5:08pm
The severity of the negative reviews has started to sink in
A day or so ago, Gigi was on TDF for 1 date. Today, it was on for a dozen.
Poster Emeritus
#169
Posted: 4/15/15 at 5:15pm
With all the attention AAIP is getting as the far better show...I believe GIGI will slowly fade and only pick up 2>3 nominations on the 28th.... Victoria Clark for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and possibly Lighting Design or most likely Costume Design for Catherine Zuber.
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#170
Posted: 4/15/15 at 5:19pm
^
Featured actress is jammed with possible nominees - doubtful if they will waste a slot on Gigi.
Up In One
#171
Posted: 4/15/15 at 5:21pm
This may be a future Jeopardy question
What 3 MGM musicals wound up on Broadway in the same season?
Answer: AAIP/Gigi/OTT
Poster Emeritus
#172
Posted: 4/17/15 at 7:43pm
Saw the Gigi commercial on TV today and my favorite use/twist of a pull quote:
On the screen it read: "A cast of theatre pros" (AM New York) ... Which, I understand the meaning behind calling someone a "pro" but essentially isn't that all professional actors?
The concurrent voice over said "With a cast of Broadway royalty" And of course there are some very accomplished actors in that cast but I just found it funny to say that on the voiceover when that's clearly not what they have written on the screen.
I like a good rhyme more than a good time
Updated On: 4/17/15 at 07:43 PM
#173
Posted: 4/17/15 at 7:53pm
Not the train wreck described by the critics
It was an entertaining show but no idea why they decided it needed a revival after it previously flopped. It is all based on her drawing power which, unfortunately,will not be enough to save it. For the record,the 11 piece orchestra sounded great.
This definitely faces an uphill battle. It just opened and already on TDF for 14 dates.
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Updated On: 4/17/15 at 07:53 PM
#175
Posted: 4/18/15 at 12:50am
"For the record," the "orchestra" (i.e. "band") sounds thin and cheap.
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