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#1LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 12:17am

Today is Monday, April 20, marking the official OPENING NIGHT of Joe DiPietro's new comedy LIVING ON LOVE, at the Longacre, following previews that begin on April 1.


The cast of the new comedy, previously seen at Williamstown, features the Broadway debut of opera superstar Renée Fleming as Raquel De Angelis with Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills as Vito De Angelis, Jerry O'Connell as Robert Samson, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky as Iris Peabody, Blake Hammond as Bruce and Scott Robertson as Eric, all under the direction of Kathleen Marshall.


"The world’s most famous opera singer Renée Fleming plays the world’s most famous opera singer in this hilarious new screwball comedy," according to press notes. "When her larger-than-life maestro husband (Sills) becomes enamored with the lovely young lady (Chlumsky) hired to ghostwrite his largely fictional autobiography, the diva retaliates by hiring her own handsome, young scribe (O'Connell) to chronicle her life as an opera star. Sparks fly, silverware is thrown, and romance blossoms in the most unexpected ways."


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#2LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:27pm

The play itself will not get good reviews.However, Sills and Fleming should come out of it with good notices.


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#2LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 7:25pm

AMNY is Negative (2 Stars)


"'Living on Love' might have been enjoyable were it not for the complete emptiness of the piece itself. Although reminiscent of the screwball film comedies of the 1930s, it never moves beyond a simple, static scenario."


"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah

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ClydeBarrow
#3LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 7:27pm

British Theatre is Pan (1 Star)


"This is not a text worthy of a Broadway stage. It needs much refinement. And the fault here does not lie in the stars."


"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah

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#4LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 7:35pm

So far 3 for 3   All bad.


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#5LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:03pm

That's two, Roxy...

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#6LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:05pm

Click on story in headlines. You will see 3


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Updated On: 4/20/15 at 08:05 PM

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#7LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:07pm

Time Out is NEGATIVE, two stars.


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"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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Phillypinto
#8LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:12pm

what kind of wack review is that. 


My review of his review is negative. no stars


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Updated On: 4/20/15 at 08:12 PM

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Mr Roxy
#9LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:15pm

Wake up and smell the coffee Philly. The show is not good.


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#10LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:27pm

Whatshisname Pinto did predict that this would get glowing reviews, right? Can't wait!


"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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Phillypinto
#11LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:27pm

You can't tell me to wake up and smell the coffee because i never said that the show is/is not good so idk what you're talking about. I can't wait to see it!!


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#12LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:28pm

ummmm you guys seriously make stuff up in your head lmfao


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#13LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:32pm

Ive still been hearing very great things about the show. I just heard Patty and Emily rave about the show, and other people I know who have seen it! The critics just don't like anything that isn't deep which is why they smashed It Shoulda Been You


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#14LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:36pm

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/Review-Living-On-Love-Renee-Fleming-300668591.html


Renée Fleming Hits a High Note with "Living on Love"


Very POSITIVE!! He loved the cast especially Fleming and Sills!!


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ebontoyan
#15LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:42pm

I got my tix...still looking forward to seeing this show!  I went to On the Town based on the good reviews I read here and other sites and where did it leave me...bored and leaving at intermission.  So I'll trust my gut on this one even if contrary to many others opinion (except Philly's) 

indytallguy
#16LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:44pm

"The critics just don't like anything that isn't deep which is why they smashed It Shoulda Been You

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You're digging yourself quite the hole with this absurd and unfounded assertion that critics only like deep shows.

Updated On: 4/20/15 at 08:44 PM

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#17LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:45pm

Philly, if you want to see this I suggest you plan to be there before May 3rd at the latest.

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Phillypinto
#18LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 8:47pm

Ive been seeing more advertisements for this show. Ive also been seeing people post things like "seeing the show in june." Maybe they are selling better in the coming months. 


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LightsOut90
#19LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 9:00pm

I have a ticket for May 12th, hopefully it'll still be there.....

BosBroad
#20LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 9:04pm

Are you hearing something about May 3?

littlebro2
#21LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 9:05pm

Phillypinto: More advertisements for a show is a bad sign. It means that they are putting in more money in hopes of finding an audience, and although NBC New York has some nice pull quotes, these reviews aren't helping. Unless the show somehow gains tons of Tony nominations. It'll be closed by May, let alone June.


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Islander_fan
#22LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 9:06pm

"Ive been seeing more advertisements for this show. Ive also been seeing people post things like "seeing the show in june." Maybe they are selling better in the coming months. "


 Philly, just because someone says they are seeing a given show in June doesn't mean that it's going to make it till then. Hell, even if telecharge or ticketmaster is selling that far out also means nothing. If a show, such as Living on Love, isn't making money despite being a limited run, they will pull the plug. Period, end of story. They would scrap tickets being sold online and give folks a full refund for those who bought them before the show closed. 

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Phillypinto
#23LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 9:07pm

idk littlebro, maybe they are trying to get people to come see the show now, and maybe they are well sold in June and July. A lot of her fans are from other countries. That can be something to consider. 


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#24LIVING ON LOVE Reviews
Posted: 4/20/15 at 9:10pm

closing notice the night of the Tony noms


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