#1
Posted: 3/1/09 at 3:56pm
When they start to arrive...post here...
Updated On: 3/1/09 at 03:56 PM
Guys and Dolls Review Posts go here!
#2
Posted: 3/1/09 at 3:57pm
*Crosses fingers for this not to turn into a Guys and Dolls Love Thread like the Story of My Life one*
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#3
Posted: 3/1/09 at 3:59pm
Yes, same here...simply just post the reviews and reactions...no haters and no love...simply the facts...
#4
Posted: 3/1/09 at 4:04pm
From the Reiviews I have heard no one likes it so this will not turn into a love thred
#5
Posted: 3/1/09 at 4:05pm
I hope that it turns into a love thread for Kate Jennings Grant.
#6
Posted: 3/1/09 at 4:07pm
It'll turn into a Mary Testa love thread...
"She is FIERCE! BEST PART OF THE SHOW! SHE DESERVES A TONY!"
If they gave out Tonys for completely overdoing it, she would've gotten one for XANADU. Except in Xanadu, the mugging fit in with everyone else's, but when you're completely overdone in an underdone production, you come across as normal.
"She is FIERCE! BEST PART OF THE SHOW! SHE DESERVES A TONY!"
If they gave out Tonys for completely overdoing it, she would've gotten one for XANADU. Except in Xanadu, the mugging fit in with everyone else's, but when you're completely overdone in an underdone production, you come across as normal.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#7
Posted: 3/1/09 at 5:43pm
NY1 is negative...
http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/theater_reviews/94762/ny1-theater-review---guys-and-dolls-/Default.aspx
http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/theater_reviews/94762/ny1-theater-review---guys-and-dolls-/Default.aspx
Updated On: 3/1/09 at 05:43 PM
#8
Posted: 3/1/09 at 5:43pm
The Roma Torre-NY1 negative review is already on the web
#9
Posted: 3/1/09 at 6:02pm
They should choose different video if they want to bash it cos the clip looks great.
#10
Posted: 3/1/09 at 6:11pm
Roma's opening line is very en pointe:
Every high school in the United States has probably put on the great Broadway musical "Guys And Dolls," and I would wager a bet that a number of those student productions have more life and charm than the lackluster revival that just opened on Broadway.
Every high school in the United States has probably put on the great Broadway musical "Guys And Dolls," and I would wager a bet that a number of those student productions have more life and charm than the lackluster revival that just opened on Broadway.
#11
Posted: 3/1/09 at 6:13pm
I'm surprised LimeLightMike didn't start this thread a week ago to be the first.
Looking forward to Brantley's review for this one, it'll make me decide whether I should see it next week or not.
Looking forward to Brantley's review for this one, it'll make me decide whether I should see it next week or not.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#12
Posted: 3/1/09 at 6:24pm
Those projections move WAY too much.
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#13
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:11pm
Is there a reason why there are no video clips on their site yet...
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
#14
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:12pm
"It might as well be called Men and Women".
Damnnnnn Roma Torre....you's a bee-yotch.
And dear God...Oliver Platt's voice is painful. He sounds like Donald Trump after 60 years of smoking.
Damnnnnn Roma Torre....you's a bee-yotch.
And dear God...Oliver Platt's voice is painful. He sounds like Donald Trump after 60 years of smoking.
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Updated On: 3/1/09 at 07:12 PM
#15
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:15pm
I didn't understand the nagging about Oliver Platt at first. All I needed to see was the 30 second clip of him singing and I agree with the nagging.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
Updated On: 3/1/09 at 07:15 PM
#16
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:17pm
Someone sent me these two at work.
Variety Review - http://tiny.cc/t6sbg (Mixed - Negative)
AP Review - http://tiny.cc/4FrOh (Negative)
ETA: Apologises, computer system is stuffing up with too many windows open hence the amount of edits.
Variety Review - http://tiny.cc/t6sbg (Mixed - Negative)
AP Review - http://tiny.cc/4FrOh (Negative)
ETA: Apologises, computer system is stuffing up with too many windows open hence the amount of edits.
Updated On: 3/1/09 at 07:17 PM
#17
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:21pm
And Sam Levene was Pavarotti?
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#18
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:25pm
No, but his voice had PERSONALITY. Oliver Platt's is just DEAD, especially coupled with an otherwise ineffectual performance.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#19
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:26pm
Variety is NEGATIVE
There's an overriding flatness to what should be a sensational high-roller affair, sparking to life occasionally only to sag again under the strain. And for all the attention to Manhattan skyscrapers, subway trains, diners, tenements, underground lairs and alleyways, a sense of place is absent from this take on a quintessential New York story.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939795.html?categoryid=1265&cs=1
There's an overriding flatness to what should be a sensational high-roller affair, sparking to life occasionally only to sag again under the strain. And for all the attention to Manhattan skyscrapers, subway trains, diners, tenements, underground lairs and alleyways, a sense of place is absent from this take on a quintessential New York story.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939795.html?categoryid=1265&cs=1
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#20
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:31pm
If the Times isn't a Rave, the show will probably close fast: the advance is only $2 million (not very much when the capitalization is $9 mil).
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#21
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:32pm
The reviews aren't even fun to read, the critics mostly seemed to be bored by the production and it shows in their reviews. The Variety review of THE STORY OF MY LIFE was a blast to read, this one felt like homework. I imagine that must be what the actual production feels like. Ugh.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#22
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:33pm
http://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/stage/blog/2009/03/
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#23
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:34pm
Bustopher, Guys and Dolls has been playing to high capacity for weeks and is one of the few shows that sells on title alone. It ain't goin' anywhere because Ben Brantley called it "uninspired".
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#24
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:34pm
I hope that these bad reviews won't scare Lauren Graham away from the broadway scene- she can sing and handle broadway but the role isn't for her.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
#25
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:38pm
I hope that these bad reviews won't scare Lauren Graham away from the broadway scene
I do. I was pretty disappointed when they announced her for the part. I'm still confused WHY they even cast her, I'm aware her TV show had a following but she's no big name by any means. Either way, hope her new pilot turns into a success so she keeps her time occupied with TV and doesn't do stage work again.
The show has been selling extremely well every week, I'm sure the reviews won't affect that.
I do. I was pretty disappointed when they announced her for the part. I'm still confused WHY they even cast her, I'm aware her TV show had a following but she's no big name by any means. Either way, hope her new pilot turns into a success so she keeps her time occupied with TV and doesn't do stage work again.
The show has been selling extremely well every week, I'm sure the reviews won't affect that.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
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