Over Rated Snoozies..

[lupone76]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 11:31am

So I finally got to see Newsies the other night and all I can say is what a boring and over rated peice of musical theater. It should be called Snoozies instead. Aside from the few decent dance numbers which after a while all looked the same and became annoying as well the show really has nothing to offer. The book is horrendous (shame on you Harvey). The sets are awful and the performances are all mediocre. This show should have stayed at Paper Mill and then tour middle America. Why this show has recieved such attention is way beyond my comprehension. The audience was the most aggravating audience that I have ever witnessed in a Broadway theater. Clapping and screaming on the top of their tweeny, teeny lungs at everything. Clearly these people don't get out very often. With all this said, I really disliked the show and have no idea why it's been extended. Once again I have no idea why certain shows like this make it on Broadway and a show like Ghost, which imo is much better overall fails.

Updated On: 7/29/12 at 11:31 AM

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 11:52am

MIDDLE AMERICA?! I’LL HAVE YOU KNOW, SIR, THAT LIVING OUT HERE IN KANSAS, I’VE SEEN MANY A BROADWAY HERE! I LOVE WICKED! PHANTOM WAS ROBBED OF THE POLITZER!

BROADWAY SOUNDTRACK! Updated On: 7/29/12 at 11:52 AM

[TrulyOutrageousJem]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 11:56am

Could not agree more. Newsies to me is just Disney's answer to missing the boat on The Jonas Brothers: The Musical. Nothing but twinky guys jumping around for 2 hours so that tween girls will beg their parents for tickets and merchandise. I really really loathe the pandering to tween girls that has swept the nation.

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 12:01pm

Newsies was way better than Ghost.

[coverboyz]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 1:29pm

Couldn't disagree with this thread more!!!
It could be my undying love for Jeremy Jordan.
Newsies has been the best thing on Broadway this season. Once was the snoozefest.

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 1:29pm

trulyoutrageousgem - So one new Disney show means there is pandering to tween girls. Most shows running on Broadway are really not of any interest to tweens. Doubt tweens care about shows like BOM, Once, Jersey Boys, Phantom, Memphis, NWIYCGI and several others. Yes, one of the Jonas Brothers took the lead over after Danielle Radcliffe (How To Succeed) but notice how quickly the show closed after he did.

Updated On: 7/29/12 at 01:29 PM

[jv92]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 1:33pm

Two things:

Learn to spell "piece."

GHOST? LOL

[bdn223]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 1:40pm

No one ever said Newsies was the best thing since sliced bread, they just said it was a good old fashion musical. Its a fun show..nothing more nothing less....

[jv92]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 1:42pm

^ Exactly. Thank you.

[lupone76]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 2:18pm

Sorry for who disagrees this was one boring show. I couldn't wait for intermission and in Act 2 I couldn't wait for it to end. Definitely not the sign of an engaging show.

Updated On: 7/29/12 at 02:18 PM

[jv92]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 2:22pm

If you hated it that much, why didn't you just leave at intermission, and second-act GHOST?

[lupone76]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 2:29pm

jv92, I usually like to at least see a show from start to finish to give it the proper benefit of the doubt. Also I do not mean to say that Ghost is the best show ever but it is imo a hell of a lot more enjoyable than Snoozies.

[spike3]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 2:32pm

Couldnt agree more. An annoying piece of drek.Its just like the crappy movie musicals Disney turned out in the 1960s. But oh how the tweens and senior citizens love them.

Please add the following to the list of annoying:

ONCE
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
GHOST

[Quiche2]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 2:39pm

Coverboyz- thank you. I loved Newsies. I am not in love wit Jeremy, but I do love the show. I also agree that Once was a snoozefest.

[lupone76]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 2:45pm

Yes Once was an over rated snoozefest as well. Looking back at this past season I wasn't wowed by any of the new musicals or musical revivals for that matter. Let's hope for better things to come in the new season.

Updated On: 7/29/12 at 02:45 PM

[blaxx]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 2:59pm

Once again I have no idea why certain shows like this make it on Broadway and a show like Ghost, which imo is much better overall fails.


Don't worry, love. Having good taste is something that can still happen to you someday.

[lupone76]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 3:03pm

Oh I do have wonderful taste. Thank you very much you tired old puppet. FYI I've been attending Broadway since I was 5 years of age. I'm now 36.





Updated On: 7/29/12 at 03:03 PM

[Bwaydide92]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 3:57pm

Lupone76, just wondering, did you know about GHOST before it came to Broadway? I did and I felt like that made the show better for me than it actually was. I personally think that many of the changes they made in the transfer (the took out "I can't breathe", changed most of "turns on a dime", added a lot more unchained melody) actually brought the show down. I tried to keep the original songs in my head so I actually enjoyed the show. Just wondering if you had the same kind of experience.

[lightguy06222]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 4:17pm

GHOST was one of the most awful things I have ever witnessed on a broadway stage. And I saw WONDERLAND and ELLING.

NEWSIES was cute. Not brilliant, but I was entertained.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/29/12 at 10:23pm

Newsies is the new Mamma Mia!!

[JulesReverie]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 12:40am

Newsies is well on its way to being the new Wicked

[TheatreKid3]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 12:59am

The last sentence of the original post completely invalidates your argument (and I say that while respecting your own personal opinion). NEWSIES has widely been regarded as Disney's best musical since LION KING, and it is a fantastic piece of musical theatre (while not the best, it's still a fantastic, crowd-pleasing piece of theatre). I also loved ONCE has well. Both shows were deserving of Best Musical in my opinion, but ONCE's innovative & 'different' type of theatre was well received (like SPRING AWAKENING and AVENUE Q before it). Unlike most, I really enjoyed this past season and, while it was filled with a lot of weak stuff, we got a few gems.

GHOST is nothing but one ballad after another, with all of Molly's songs sounding exactly the same. I mean, there were literally 3 songs saying the exact same thing. We get it: she is sad and can't move on. I LOVED the visuals of the show and vocal performances, but the material they had to work with was just VERY weak.



Updated On: 7/30/12 at 12:59 AM

[aaronb]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 2:09pm

Other Desert Cities. Any show that says the title of the play within the first twenty minutes...
My review of Other Desert Cities

[lenstersf]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 4:04pm

I just watched it yesterday afternoon, and was very much entertained. Sure, it may not have the most interesting or eloquent book, but the songs are catchy, the dancing is energetic, and the lead (Jeremy Jordan) gives a fantastic vocal performance. I agree that the audience is inundated with tweens of all shapes and sizes; I was seated next to one in particular whose overflowing emotion (clapping enthusiastically like a 5 year old child after every song) might have played a small part in enhancing the experience. Anyway, I wasn't bored at all. On the contrary, there were several "whoa" moments...I would watch it again. And given that it's been playing to capacity crowds, I think it's here to stay...for a while at least.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/30/12 at 4:05pm

I didn't love Newsies, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it was a snoozefest. I was fully aware of all of its flaws while watching it. Upon the 2nd time (I brought my kids) they were glaringing obvious.

I still haven't decided whether or not to see Ghost.