JEKYLL & HYDE Reviews- Page 3

[Kad]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:00pm

"Jekyll & Hyde has returned to Broadway!"- Time Out New York

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:06pm

Here we go!

Isherwood is mixed to negative :

This isn't nearly as bad as it could be. Womp.

"Unfortunately there’s no way to digitally airbrush away the hokum that pervades the whole show, like the ample stage smoke puffing away throughout the proceedings, giving a most commendable featured performance as the fabled pea-soupy London fog. The actors portraying the sniveling or snobbish enemies of Dr. Jekyll all perform their chores with flavorsome relish, and Teal Wicks, as his ladylike love interest Emma Carew, suffers with noble fortitude as her hopes for happy matrimony begin to grow dim indeed.

Mr. Wildhorn’s score is probably his most appealing, as it mixes equal parts Hammer horror, Andrew Lloyd Webber-style pseudo-operatics and adult-contemporary-radio anthems. I’ll cop to a happy goosepimple or two as Mr. Maroulis and Ms. Cox let loose during their impassioned solo songs. The music’s mixture of styles — there’s even a bit of “Carmina Burana”-type shrieking tossed in for good measure — does make for a bizarre combination, but the variations are somewhat smoothed over by the unyielding stream of banalities in the lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, who also wrote the book.

A cursory reading of the libretto gives rise to yet another urgent question. Do the clichés in the lyrics outnumber the exclamation points, or vice versa? But I’m afraid I’d rather leave that one to those with a deeper interest in textual analysis of Frank Wildhorn musicals."

http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/theater/reviews/frank-wildhorns-jekyll-hyde-at-the-marquis-theater.html?pagewanted=all

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:07pm

"Damn you Hyde"
Time Out

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:09pm

Hey, the fog's performance got a good review. That's something!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:10pm

Is the fog considered featured or leading?

[Wynbish]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:12pm

How's the fog at the stagedoor? Does it take pictures?

[Kad]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:13pm

Isherwood is definitely negative... and oddly resigned. It's like he tried to get the whole ordeal over with quickly.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:13pm

Here's your pull quote: "I wouldn't actually kill myself in preference to seeing "Jekyll & Hyde" again."
WSJ

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:17pm

I hope they extend!

[Kad]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:19pm

THEY'RE ALL A BUNCH OF BITTER QUEENS.

[DAME]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:22pm

WHERE ARE THE F****NG SHILLS NOW?

Updated On: 4/18/13 at 10:22 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:23pm

But they like Constantine, and I'm happy. I think this show will only help his career!

[DAME]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:25pm

Oh no question. Constantine is a trooper. I bet he took this job because he has to work. He has a little baby at home. The show does suck bitter herb.

[PlainMushroomWit']

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:33pm

"Jekyll & Hyde...is...good" - New York Times

[JoeMaMa2]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:37pm

My favorite ...

"...we were in Wildhornia, that land of dark roiling clouds, where actors scream, all the time, and no one alive-or, especially, dead-is safe from predation."

I'm easily entertained when it comes to a musical, I even somewhat enjoyed Wonderland ... but this is the first show EVER that I wanted to leave at intermission. I stayed just to see the confrontation and literally laughed when he sand to a projection! UGGG!

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:51pm

Eh, I still liked it. It isn't theatre gold. The projections during the confrontation were obnoxious. It was still fun and worth the $25 I spent on it. I still wouldn't recommend paying full price for it, but if you can get cheap tickets and have a couple hours to kill, it is worth it. I swear.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:51pm

Here's your pull quote.

"The...Broadway revival...is good...Bring on the Men...!"

Melissa Rose Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly

[bk]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:38pm

I would love to know how Isherwood is getting all these shows to review - one longed for Brantley to take this on.

[wicked1492]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:39pm

"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times

"I was also impressed by Mr. Maroulis’s...tidy ponytail..." -The New York Times

"the ample stage smoke...giving a most commendable featured performance..." -The New York Times

"Teal Wicks...suffers with noble fortitude..." -The New York Times

"Mr. Wildhorn...is probably...appealing..." -The New York Times

"...I’m...interest[ed] in textual analysis of Frank Wildhorn musicals." -The New York Times

Updated On: 4/18/13 at 11:39 PM

[DEClarke]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:40pm

And, the NY reviews are no surprises... well, other than some (like the Times) didn't go for the jugular.

I enjoyed it, and would see it again if I was given the opportunity!

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:50pm

(In keeping with Jekyll and Hyde's split personality, I split my personality for purposes of the review. e.g.:)
Me: Constantine Maroulis...would be reason enough to stay home — if Frank Wildhorn’s music and Leslie Briscusse’s book didn’t already do that.
Me: Who are you to judge Frank Wildhorn’s “Jekyll and Hyde,” which got four Tony nominations and lasted on Broadway for nearly four years, and has been a popular album for two decades? OR, for that matter, Constantine Maroulis, who from sixth-place finalist on the Season 4 of “American Idol,” has fashioned a respectable recording and stage career, earning a Tony nomination for originating the lead role in “Rock of Ages” on Broadway?
Me: He was fine as a rocker in “Rock of Ages.” He is no more convincing as a physician in Victorian England than is the doorman in the Jekyll and Hyde restaurant a couple of blocks away from the Marquis Theater.
Jekyll and Hyde Review: Good vs. Bad on Broadway

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:57pm

The only thing that might keep this show open is its decent word-of-mouth reviews. I don't see it extending into August unless some miracle of ticket sales happens soon.

[wicked1492]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:57pm

[broadwayfever]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 12:32am

I usually base my decision on whether I should go see a new show on the reviews of this site's visitors and critics.

If the majority of visitor on this site and critics trash the show, then I know I should go see it.

If the majority praise it simply because it's in line with tradional musicals of the past, then I know Not to waste my time or money in seeing it.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 1:17am

So..........