Posted: 3/18/19 at 12:07am
Posted: 3/18/19 at 12:18am
Posted: 3/18/19 at 7:23am
This reminds me of the love and adulation Margot used to receive!
I hope Whizzer isn't really Brantley in disguise (though the writing style should confirm this is impossible).
Posted: 3/18/19 at 8:11am
Posted: 3/18/19 at 9:25am
WhizzerMarvin said: "Aww, you all really know how to make a fella blush. After fighting a cold all weekend, this was such a pleasant pick-me-up.
devonian, Don’t worry, I’m not Brantley in disguise :)"
Feel better! When do you see Hillary and Clinton?
Posted: 3/18/19 at 9:31am
Me: Friends/relations first, then professional critics (I know their names) and lastly brilliant posters like many on this board.
Posted: 3/18/19 at 9:43am
HBBrock said: "WhizzerMarvin said: "Aww, you all really know how to make a fella blush. After fighting a cold all weekend, this was such a pleasant pick-me-up.
devonian, Don’t worry, I’m not Brantley in disguise :)"
Feel better! When do you see Hillary and Clinton?
Thanks. I’m going tonight-perhaps in a DayQuil haze- but I’ll be there!
Posted: 3/18/19 at 11:04am
WhizzerMarvin said: "HBBrock said: "WhizzerMarvin said: "Aww, you all really know how to make a fella blush. After fighting a cold all weekend, this was such a pleasant pick-me-up.
devonian, Don’t worry, I’m not Brantley in disguise :)"
Feel better! When do you see Hillary and Clinton?
Thanks. I’m going tonight-perhaps in a DayQuil haze- but I’ll be there!
My wife and I will also be there tonight! Would love to actually meet you.
Posted: 3/18/19 at 11:10am
Charley Kringas Inc said: "Absolute agreement, and one of the main reasons I wish BWW's search function was better is to be able to search their (his?) posts for reviews!"
I have the same wish! And since I usually don't see shows until later, after I've seen a show I like to go back and find Whizzer's review to read again once I've seen it.
Whizzer - have you ever thought of having a blog or somewhere you could store them after posting them here? It would be so wonderful to have them all in one place.
Posted: 3/18/19 at 11:57am
I am adding my 2 cents in as well... Whizzer absolutely deserves a dedicated 'reviewer' page. He is well respected by those here. It would make it a LOT easier for everyone to find and read his reviews. Moderators...what can we do to give Whizzer the tab, link, etc that he deserves?
Posted: 3/26/19 at 11:06pm
Posted: 3/26/19 at 11:26pm
Yes! I love Whizzers reviews and I wish there was just a thread or master post of all of his reviews over the years. They were my first introduction to my favorite shows and even before I joined the board I would read them and then think of seeing the show.
Posted: 3/26/19 at 11:50pm
I 100% agree. I don't visit/post all that often but I always make a point of coming to the board when a show has started previews to read his review. I agree that I would love to see a master post with just his reviews from over the years!
Posted: 3/27/19 at 10:04am
I find that simply Googling "WhizzerMarvin" and the name of the show will do a better job yielding search results of his reviews. Someone should compile them into one master list on a thread/website.
Posted: 3/27/19 at 10:27am
I love Whizzer’s reviews too, they’re honest and personal and comprehensive (and I know writers aren’t supposed to admit to reading reviews but we do). Yay, appreciation thread!
Posted: 3/27/19 at 10:32am
Lin-Manuel Miranda said: "I love Whizzer’s reviews too, they’re honest and personal and comprehensive (and I know writers aren’t supposed to admit to reading reviews but we do). Yay, appreciation thread!"
Lin is a Whizzer fan!! I love this.
Posted: 3/27/19 at 11:04am
Posted: 3/27/19 at 12:02pm
I always look for them because they demonstrate a love of the theatre, a knowledge of the theatre, they are succinct, and they are never mean. Even when he doesn't like something a lot, he doesn't trash the artists involved (at least, I have never felt that way). I don't always agree with him -- recently, I did not agree in his review of Oklahoma (which I have not seen) re not wanting anything being eliminated from the original score, but I understood his point of view...it was essentially to honor the authors' intentions.
His write-ups are also very straightforward: you know where he stands. Sometimes, I have to read a review more than once to understand whether the critic even liked it.
I can find no higher compliment than to say that I kept returning to the Hadestown previews subject, because he was not at the first performance. No one else individually had much clout with me.
