GLORY DAYS reviews- Page 6

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:34am

Ellen does have great hair.

I liked when she talked about how the ran up the bleachers and then down for a somber moment and UP and then DOWN...

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:48am

I love Ellen! Hah

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:49am

I either want to smack Ellen or hug her. But ditzy can also mean unabashed honesty, and let's face it, she's every girlfriend telling her guy what show she wants to see. That's a big black mark as well for women who want their fella to see a "guys show" that she'll enjoy also.

I do have to say, she was cracking me up when she was like "Don't they have email? A month-long Christmas break?"

[A Director]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 12:51am

At least Ben Brantley was kinder than the musical comedy queens who posted on this thread.

[theaterboy]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 1:03am

Suleen wrote: 'How can ANY of these quotes be pulled from reviews that LOVED the show?'

Thanks, Suleen, for actually doing the research. By my count, exactly ONE major review of the DC production -- the review in the Washington Post -- could have been interpreted as positive enough to warrant a transfer.

And I wouldn't ordinarily point this out, but the 'maybe-it-was-good-enough-for-the-provinces' snobbery in some of the posts here seems to demand it: That review was written by Peter Marks.

You may remember him. He's from New York.

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 1:21am

But in Marks' updated review, he did say that the first review was NOT meant to be a suggestion that the show come to Broadway, unrevised.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 1:40am

--- "And I wouldn't ordinarily point this out, but the 'maybe-it-was-good-enough-for-the-provinces' snobbery in some of the posts here seems to demand it: That review was written by Peter Marks."


Thank you, theaterboy. I'm saddened and frustrated by the comments that imply that the D.C. theatre scene is comprised of a bunch of amateur theatre companies whose productions are reviewed by idiots who don't know good theatre when they see it. New York is New York and I'm well aware of what that means in terms of quality (read: one expects the best), but I didn't think it was a mystery that that the regional Equity theatres of the D.C./Baltimore area are considered to be of the next rung of the theatre ladder in this country.

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 1:45am

So with that done, what is the hierarchy of best reviews this season?

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 1:46am

If you're asking about musicals

probably

Xanadu, Passing Strange, South Pacific, and Gypsy.
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[blaxx]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 1:51am

I would say Passing Strange did better than Xanadu. Most reviews were love letters.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 1:52am

Oh, I wasn't putting them in order. Just listing.

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 2:02am

Sorry, ljay, thought you were.

I'd say they go:

South Pacific, Gypsy, Passing Strange, SITPWG, Xanadu, In The Heights, Young Frankenstein, A Catered Affair, Mermaid, Glory Days, Grease, Cry-Baby

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 2:03am

Thank you blaxx.

[BlueRoses321]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 2:59am

what's sad, is that most of you don't get it. It's unlike anything else, but you are so quick to judge, but have no REAL reason for anything. sad. while it's not perfect, you seem to miss it's purpose. as do many of the reviewers in their vague and unprolific descriptions of what they think it's supposed to be. i have a dear friend in the production team..and it's just strange to read all of this hate.

welcome to the inability to process something original. good or bad.

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:37am

My review just went online, if anyone cares to read it:

"Here is the question the advertisement for “Glory Days” poses: “What happens when two 23-year-old writers create a show about four 20-year-old guys?” The answer: A juvenile musical that still has quite a bit of growing up to do.

Nonetheless, Broadway has its last show of the 2007-2008 season, which opened Tuesday, May 6th at the Circle in the Square Theatre. And everything that is wrong with this production can be found in that last sentence; this show is just not ready to be on Broadway..."

http://tinyurl.com/65tage (I shrunk the URL because it was massive)

[perfectliar]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 5:18am

CyCo - I'd rather read your reviews than most of the other "professional" critics out there... well done!!

[Smaxie]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 6:32am

>Nonetheless, Broadway has its last show of the 2007-2008 season, which opened Tuesday, May 6th at the Circle in the Square Theatre.<

Broadway's last show of the season opens tonight, Wednesday, May 7th at the Biltmore Theatre. Or does this board like to pretend that straight plays just don't exist?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 6:35am

"what's sad, is that most of you don't get it. It's unlike anything else, but you are so quick to judge, but have no REAL reason for anything. sad. while it's not perfect, you seem to miss it's purpose. as do many of the reviewers in their vague and unprolific descriptions of what they think it's supposed to be. i have a dear friend in the production team..and it's just strange to read all of this hate.

welcome to the inability to process something original. good or bad."

This has got to be the most tired, juvenile argument ever- if you didn't like it, you must not have gotten it. It's just as insulting as saying that everyone who liked it must not have taste.

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 6:59am

Thank you perfect.

And Smaxie, I realized that after I submitted it, I should have said musical.
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[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 7:04am

The word "sad" is being overused.

What happened to WannabeaFoster?
Is he off comforting the cast and writers?

[mikem]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 7:30am

In the seasonal summary of reviews, I would move Young Frankenstein down a little bit and Cry-Baby up a little bit, so it would be more like this:

South Pacific, Gypsy, Passing Strange, SITPWG, Xanadu, In The Heights, A Catered Affair, Young Frankenstein, Mermaid, Cry-Baby, Glory Days, Grease

[Kalimba]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 7:32am

"what's sad, is that most of you don't get it. It's unlike anything else, but you are so quick to judge, but have no REAL reason for anything. sad. while it's not perfect, you seem to miss it's purpose. as do many of the reviewers in their vague and unprolific descriptions of what they think it's supposed to be. i have a dear friend in the production team..and it's just strange to read all of this hate.

welcome to the inability to process something original. good or bad."

What's sad is one's inability to be objective when they know someone on the production team. So I guess the majority of us who have seen the show and the critics who have reviewed it just don't "get it". Riiiight.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 8:03am

Did I miss the unanimous pans? Why is everyone celebrating its death? The reviews aren't really that bad at all.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 8:12am

I actually have a great deal of respect for Brantley's review. A) It actually makes sense (unlike so many of his others) and 2) he doesn't dump on the show. In fact, he takes my philosophy: "what's the use of dumping on a show written by two inexperienced neophytes that doesn't belong on Broadway but happened to show up?"

This isn't a situation like CRY-BABY. You can't blame Gardiner or Blaemayer as, well, what the hell do they know about writing a Broadway musical? CRY-BABY had established teams going for it. The only person you can blame on GLORY DAYS is Eric Shaeffer.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 8:26am

^^ Thank you, Yankeefan! Very well said!

Most likely the show will close...Now.. Let's move on!

J*

PS. its good that I opted to stay home last weekend and saw IRON MAN... I should just probably see Summer Movies now...Looks like all the good shows have alreday opened!

Updated On: 5/7/08 at 08:26 AM