GODSPELL Reviews
GODSPELL Reviews
#2GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 6:02pmWon SRO for tonight. Quite excited! This is my first opening night.
#2GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 6:06pmI wonder how DidHeLikeIt.com will interpret the reviews, since Ken owns the site. He basically has the power to say the reviews are better or worse than they are, or leave other out completely from the score.
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#3GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 6:19pmCongrats and have fun, HeyMrMusic! Let us know what you think!
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#4GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:22pm
amny gives it 1.5 stars
Sitting through the new Broadway revival of "Godspell" is like watching an old high school friend getting beat up until he or she is barely recognizable. What was supposed to be fun and folksy has turned labored and excruciatingly painful.
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/theater-review-godspell-1-5-stars-1.3303484
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#6GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:26pm
Backstage is negative (positive for the cast)
Have you ever been to a party where the host grabs you the minute you walk in the door, shoves a drink in your hand, tells you five or six bad jokes, forces you to play games, and asks repeatedly if you're having a good time yet? If so, then you have a rough idea of the new Broadway revival of "Godspell," the 1971 rock musical hit.
http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-ny-theatre-broadway/ny-review-godspell-1005484662.story
#7GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:33pmI would say Backstage is more mixed to negative than flat out negative. He ends on a positive note for the ensemble. But yes, overall I expect most of the reviews to be like this. The show felt way too heavy handed to me.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#8GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:35pmI'll make a note of it.
#9GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:41pmI agree with Blaxx. The Backstage review criticizes almost everything about this production.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#11GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:42pm
The Faster Times is mixed to negative
http://www.thefastertimes.com/newyorktheater/2011/11/07/godspell-review/
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#13GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:44pmAt least the cast is getting an E for Effort. In case they might need a new job soon.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#14GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:44pmI happen to like his score for GODSPELL. In fact, it's the best thing about the show in my opinion. This particular production is just a total, unmitigated mess.
#15GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:44pmYea but the production itself rather then the material is getting hammered.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#16GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:50pm
Variety is negative
Yes, there is an audience for this "Godspell," and perhaps they can be reached. But the strengths of the original have been so weighted down by mirthless improvements that it makes for a very long two hours.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946532?refCatId=33
#17GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:54pm
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#18GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:55pmI wonder if this will become an opening night one performance flop.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#19GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 7:58pm
Pretty awful that Ken Davenport asked someone to tweet live through the entire performance. I can just picture them sitting there with their phone out the entire show, disturbing everyone around them who paid for a ticket, as they tweet endlessly for two hours.
This guy is a freaking joke. He shouldn't be allowed near a theater, let alone producing shows in one.
I know someone who stupidly did the $100 Broadway producer thing. Actually - she went the $500 route. And get this... for her $500 -- she didn't even get a comp. She had to pay to sit through it.
nyla123
Chorus Member Joined: 11/7/11
#20GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 8:02pmI agree with you guys that this Godspell is kind of a mess, but you all are failing to realize how commercial it is. It gives the one show a year tourist audience (which is significant) everything they want, a simple story, catchy pop music, audience interactivity, and just a hint of something special (the water thing and the shooting of glitter, it may seem stupid but that sells). Also, the show has a massive built-in audience of church groups all over the country. They could probably survive on those alone for at least 6 months to a year. The audience that this Godspell is pitched at could care less about reviews or actual quality, they will enjoy it regardless.
#21GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 8:05pmOK, if I were to see one show a year, Godspell certainly wouldn't be it!
#22GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 8:07pm
^ Problem with the massive built-in audience of church groups all over the country is that they love to put on the show themselves, and it costs much less to see it in their own backyard. They get Sunday school for free as it is, and "free" is a much cheaper date by far.
Sad to hear that Ken didn't even comp his investors' tickets. Things must really be bad. I hear the house is full most nights, but so far, people will pay no more than 50-55 bucks a seat for this show. That ain't gonna help it. I feel more sorry for him than I do willing to gloat at this point.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#23GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 8:07pm
They better hurry up to buy tickets then, because so far they haven't really showed up.
#24GODSPELL Reviews
Posted: 11/7/11 at 8:07pm
I know someone who stupidly did the $100 Broadway producer thing. Actually - she went the $500 route. And get this... for her $500 -- she didn't even get a comp. She had to pay to sit through it.
It was never stated anywhere that anyone who donated would receive complimentary tickets.
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