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YvanEhtNioj
#1Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 9:15am

Didn't see a thread started yet so..here it is!

I'm so excited to read the reviews tonight. Good luck and happy opening to the team


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dramamama611
#2Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 9:16am

Cant wait!


If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

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#3Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 10:12am

David Cote of The Observer weighs in as mixed. Lots of positives but doesn't work as a total package according to Cote. 

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#4Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:03am

theNYCpro said: "David Cote ofThe Observerweighs in as mixed. Lots of positives but doesn't work as a total package according to Cote."

Idk if it's just me, but the link didn't work?


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#5Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:10am

I wonder who will be writing the times review. Isherwood wrote the off-bway one, and Jesse Green wrote a review for Vulture. 

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Lot666
#6Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:18am

YvanEhtNioj said: "theNYCpro said: "David Cote of The Observer weighs in as mixed. Lots of positives but doesn't work as a total package according to Cote."

Idk if it's just me, but the link didn't work?
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Very odd. I tried Googling, which returned a hit, but clicking the link returned "Not found". I also tried a search on The Observer's site and didn't get it there either. It seems to have been taken down. 


==> this board is a nest of vipers <==

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treblemakerz
#7Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:25am

It shouldn't have been posted before tonight, so it was likely an error that has been corrected.

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theNYCpro
#8Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:37am

Yes it looks like the article was taken down. Sorry I didn’t copy/paste when I had the chance!

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B.JAMES
#9Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:49am

Mixed makes me a little nervous for the rest of the reviews. I really want this to do well!

ImAProphet
#10Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 1:44pm

Here's an archive of the Observer review if you want to read it now.

ImAProphet
#11Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 1:47pm

Internet was being weird and I double-posted.

Updated On: 4/17/19 at 01:47 PM

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#12Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 1:53pm

raddersons said: "I wonder who will be writing the times review. Isherwood wrote the off-bway one, and Jesse Green wrote a review for Vulture."

Brantley was at Saturday night's performance, per a different NYT writer's twitter, so probably him.

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getupngo
#13Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 4:28pm

so weird about observer... but really hoping this gets the raves it deserves

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YvanEhtNioj
#14Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 6:28pm

ImAProphet said: "Here's an archiveof the Observer review if you want to read it now."

That was rough 


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#15Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 6:46pm

YvanEhtNioj said: "ImAProphet said: "Here's an archiveof the Observer review if you want to read it now."

That was rough
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It's also extremely accurate x

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#16Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 6:57pm

I LOVED Hadestown but some of what the Observer said was fair, there is a great deal or narrating and telling not showing. Calling any potential neurodivergent character essentially a Dear Evan Hansen wannabe is rich (guess there can only be one neurodivergent character on broadway at a time). I have no problem critiquing Reeve’s performance/acting choices but the comparison was so unprompted, the shows are so different.  Also comparing Hadestown’s small, more adult fan base to the Be More Chill cult, misguided to say the least. 

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YvanEhtNioj
#17Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 7:03pm

Oh I agree that Act 2 is waaaayyy too long and a bunch of the songs sound way too similar. But I don't think that BMC comparison is accurate.


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#18Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 7:37pm

zzdawgg is a RAVE.


Impossible2
#19Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 7:42pm

YvanEhtNioj said: "Oh I agree that Act 2 is waaaayyy too long and a bunch of the songs sound way too similar. But I don't think that BMC comparison is accurate."

What they really should've done is bite the bullet and made Hades and Persephone the stars of the show and cut a lot of the young lovers stuff which they are never going to get to work properly without adding even more boring stuff. That way they could lose a whole heap of reprises and similar sounding tracks from Act 2 and make it a thrilling one act 90 minute show. 

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#23Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 8:40pm

So far, they all mention how catchy the score is. It sounds like NJ.com felt the same way about Hermes as the Observer


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Updated On: 4/17/19 at 08:40 PM

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#24Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 8:47pm

amNY loved it. But points out Act two is slow.

https://www.amny.com/entertainment/hadestown-review-1.29924932


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#25Hadestown Reviews
Posted: 4/17/19 at 8:48pm

AM New York: New musical soars with stunning visuals and bold performances

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.amny.com/amp/entertainment/hadestown-review-1.29924932


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