GLORY DAYS reviews- Page 5

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:43pm

I thought that Brantley was nice in his review!

J*

[whatever2]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:45pm

blaxx: brantley thinks we're BOTH right!!!

> Ultimately, though, they have done this little, hopeful show no favors by dragging it into a spotlight that invites close and unforgiving inspection. I do find it heartening that a pair of enthusiastic and gifted young artists have fallen in love with that beleaguered form, the musical, as a means of self-expression.

[James885]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:47pm

Judging from most reports, it seems like this show just wasn't the type of theatre that should be on Broadway. There's absolutley nothing wrong with that but maybe they should have re-tooled the show a bit, and then opened it on Off-Broadway. Hopefully the writers will take this as a learning experience. But looking on the bright side( I know it's hard) how many young writers get the chance to have their show open on Broadway? It must be a thrilling experience to be able to have your work open in New York, even if the public and the critics find it to be a less than good. I'm sure they'll bounce back with a better show.


EDIT: I also thought that Brantley was unusually kind in his review. He stated the faults of the show, but at the same time complemented the writers, calling them "enthusiastic and gifted". He was WAY nicer reviewing this show than Cry-Baby!

Updated On: 5/7/08 at 10:47 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:48pm

You are welcome, H. Higgins.

[whatever2]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:49pm

sueleen: if that was for me, you were close but just off ... ask me about my nephew. =:o

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:02pm

WannabeaFoster got his wish.

But this show still sounds like a clunker.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:10pm

Hey..at least they added more dates now on TDF...

Still I wont see this show or CRY-BABY...I'd rather see BETRAYED! From now on...I will only see shows with rave reviews...I am wasting so much $$ & time (commuting) just to see craptacular after craptacular on Broadway!

My next show will be Boeing, Boeing!

J*

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:13pm

Jay, you'll be kicking yourself later on if you don't see the gas-mask waltz live!!!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:13pm

I just started writing CRAPTACULAR The Musical.
That title is just too good to pass up.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:15pm

Right on, westcoast, Sueleen and liverpool.

[The Insider]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:15pm

Hey Ben, with that last line, didn't Sondheim say give us more to see?

[splendoris]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:30pm

Now that the reviews are out and they're not looking too good, is it likely for this to get a recording?

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:46pm

blaxx: brantley thinks we're BOTH right!!!

Didn't you say you were going to stop earlier on? Because I can go on, but honestly, zzzz.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:46pm

It is looking more and more as if CRY BABY and GLORY DAYS will go un-recorded this season.

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:47pm

Word of Mouth is up...

and it doesn't look pretty.

Poor guys.
Word of Mouth

[whatever2]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:52pm

blaxx: that was an olive branch ... surely someone so enlightened recognizes one when s/he see it?

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:54pm

Jay, you'll be kicking yourself later on if you don't see the gas-mask waltz live!!!

I'm glad I did, and I thought that, along with a GREAT deal of the rest of the show was really funny and cute, but that's another show.

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 11:59pm

blaxx: that was an olive branch ... surely someone so enlightened recognizes one when s/he see it?

And what part of Brantley's quote you think disagrees with me?
The show can be promising, have heart, energy, talent. I never said it didn't. Did they take it to the wrong place at the wrong time? Yes - he says that, I said that.

[mikem]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:05am

Wow, I never thought I would live to see the day when Word of Mouth gives a harsher review than Ben Brantley.

Word of Mouth REALLY didn't like it -- Matt says the cast is "lukewarm" and "mediocre," Ellen says the show is "tepid" and "inconsequential," that she "lost an hour and a half of her life," and "the only positive thing about this show is that there was no intermission so that you went straight right through it and you were done." The best Georgette can say is, "It's not that I hated it..." Has Word of Mouth ever panned a show so ferociously? I can't think of a single Word of Mouth review that has been so harsh, let alone having all three be so negative.

Updated On: 5/7/08 at 12:05 AM

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:07am

^ Ellen cracks me up :)

[Kalimba]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:08am

mikem, word of mouth wasn't too kind to Cry Baby either, but I think they all liked the choreography.

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:21am

I think Ellen should just get her own spin-off with Broadway.com...the girl is hillarious and tells it like it is.

Matt just kind of bugs me, because when he makes comments it's like he knows what he could do to fix the show...yeah...

and

Georgette...I just think she is sweet and was trying to be kind.

[EugLoven]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:27am

I'm a little surprised at how SAFELY Brantley wrote this review. The GLORY DAYS boys should consider themselves lucky Ben left his mighty-bicuspids at home for this one; giving the rookies a break... and leaving his criticism more IMPLIED than specified.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:29am

Just to be clear, I am not happy about these reviews.

But Word of Mouth... was hilarious...

Ellen (the one with fantastic hair)

"The only time I didn't like him is when he was singing about having feelings, cause then you're like, 'I don't really want you to have feelings...'"

"The one guy, Andy, was so much like Stifler that it was like watching Stifler in a musical..."

"The one lyric was 'We got the girls by the balls', and I'm just like... (pause) (pause) You gotta be kidding me..."

Updated On: 5/7/08 at 12:29 AM

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:33am

EW I find Ellen so ditzy and annoying.