Legally Blonde Reviews — Page 5

I'm thoroughly perplexed by what passes as a "review" these days, especially coming from someone in a position like Brantley's. He seems to spend all his energy coming up with the best possible metaphors and plays on words to describe the show, without ever (well, rarely) giving an actual opinion on anything. And all of the opinions he DID give were sort of like "it's fine but not great." Vague much? Tell us what you thought worked, and what you thought didn't work! Oy.

~JJJ

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caryme, I don't know if Orfeh has much of a shot at a Tony win. A nomination, yes, but I don't think a win.

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Brantley's review is apathetic. The sort of review you would expect from someone into Moliere being asked to critique Charlie's Angels.

He probably doesn't mention the score because he considers it servicable.

that was absolutely not a negative review from brantley.
it was mixed, and id say that as far as his reader-base goes it was positive- your daughters will love this campy fun show. He clearly had an eyebrow-raised, roll of the eyes good time.

he just wasnt a big fan of laura bundy and had to sound smarter than this show, which he is.

but that was not a pan and i also think this show will be around for a year minimum.

Like people have said (what seems obvious to me from the review) it probably was not his kind of show but he knows the show works for the kind of audience its aimed at, he also knows its one of the better movie turned musicals to come out.
He was very kind to this , we all know he does not hold back if he hates a show.

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Who cares what the critics have to say? This is a critic proof show.

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I will admit I don't know a lot about the contenders for the featured category this year, but from what I can see, there is no clear front runner like with the Best Actress. I HOPE Orfeh wins...but a nomination alone would be lovely to see.

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wonderful wizard i think you might have misspoke. Let's look at the popular musicals that were made from popular movies and see how they faired...let's seee...okay
Saturday Night Fever
Footloose
Wedding Singer
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (only lasted cause of Lithgow..after he left they were open for all of 4 months)
Hairspray (the only anomoly and that was already a movie musical)

so based on precedence...looks like your point is kinda disproved.

and it won't win best musical either. Ave Q won and you think that has touring and commercial value? It already falied horribly in Vegas and now its touring on a special agreement contract.
Millie won and it didn't even recoup its investment on bway and toured for all of a year on full production and then tiered.
Show will not win best musical. It will barely be nominated.
nominations:


SA
LoveMusik
Curtains
Grey Gardens
Mary Poppins

and the most commerical of that bunch? Mary Poppins. That would KILL on the road.

I really do not see how Mary Poppins could tour. I see so many techincal elements thata re geared towards that specific theater.

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footloose was hardly a flop it ran for over 700 performances and has become massive around the world(since they changed the production from the mess what was on broadway) and is doing huge business here in the UK

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THEATREDUDE

Your right poppins is going to be a nightmare to tour, the show closes in the UK next year and then heads out on tour with its massive sets but they are already finding that the tech aspect of touring a show like that is not going to be easy.

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Poppins can't tour. Well, it can but I think it will lose some of its magic. For me, the beauty of Poppins lies in its magnificent sets and Disney tricks and I just don't see them being able to translate that as well on a tour. Legally BLonde has far more touring potential. Imagine the masses of teenage girls in every state that would flock to this show just seeing the name!

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