#1
Posted: 5/25/16 at 6:40pm
Respect to Limelight Mike... waited and saw nothing!
PARAMOUR Opens Tonight... Post reviews here!
#2
Posted: 5/25/16 at 6:44pm
I love Cirque. Did not see this thought the plot of the thing was nonsense. Saw La Nouba in Orlando instead an exciting show
#3
Posted: 5/25/16 at 9:13pm
Quidam is brilliant in its Chagal-inspired surrealism. The plot is hidden beneath the surface and must be extracted. This... I have doubts about.
#4
Posted: 5/25/16 at 9:19pm
Did critics even go?
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#5
Posted: 5/25/16 at 9:35pm
I don 't see a review round-up.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#6
Posted: 5/25/16 at 9:37pm
http://variety.com/2016/legit/reviews/paramour-review-cirque-du-soleil-broadway-1201783059/
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
Updated On: 5/25/16 at 09:37 PM
#7
Posted: 5/25/16 at 9:38pm
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/Review-Cirque-du-Soleil-Paramour-380846581.html
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cirque-du-soleils-paramour-theater-897299
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
Updated On: 5/25/16 at 09:38 PM
#8
Posted: 5/25/16 at 10:43pm
"a series of clichés about humanoids accompanied by sounds."
These reviews are AMAZING
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-Cirque-du-Soleils-PARAMOUR-Opens-on-Broadway-Updating-Live-20160525
#9
Posted: 5/25/16 at 11:17pm
Brutal is the word I would use. The Curse of the Lyric is alive and well.Cirque has deep pockets but will they go into them to keep it afloat? Look for this on TDF rather quickly.
Poster Emeritus
#11
Posted: 5/25/16 at 11:17pm
Isherwood: “A.D.H.D.! The Musical.”
Holy yikes.
#12
Posted: 5/26/16 at 12:03am
Honestly these reviews aren't that bad and actually make
me want to see this! And judging from the people lining up to see the show, they won't read these reviews anyway.
#13
Posted: 5/26/16 at 12:16am
" wide of face, short of neck and plain of voice "
Ouch. Nasty and uncalled for.
I don't even see the one or two puff pieces that can usually be expected.
#14
Posted: 5/26/16 at 12:19am
Sounds like the nasty type of review that was John Simon's specialty.
Poster Emeritus
#15
Posted: 5/26/16 at 2:41am
I get it's there job to review, but instead of thinking of it as a "musical," maybe is a musical in the lexicon of Cirque. I don't think, in this instance, the book/music are important. I saw "O" in Vegas and was blown away. But couldn't tell you a damn thing about the story or songs.
#16
Posted: 5/26/16 at 3:34am
I consider the personal 'review' by a Robert Greskovic toward Ruby Lewis to be a cowardly act written by a bitter twisted old nelly .
The job of a critic is not to critique a persons' physicality .
I don't know either of these 2 people but I just hope a big out of control bus is headed in the direction of Mr Greskovic and that Ms Lewis doesn't read those terrible words.
SL
#17
Posted: 5/26/16 at 8:35am
It is not a musical but more a special event and should not be treated as a musical. We to saw "O" in Vegas years ago and we had no clue what the music was. The spectacle was the thing and they delivered.
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#18
Posted: 5/26/16 at 8:51am
It offered more in the way of entertainment value than any of the critics' oh-so-cherished darlings that receive oh-so-fawning hype and are oh-so-acutely painful to endure. Here's hoping Cirque's latest endeavor achieves success with the paying customers.
#19
Posted: 5/26/16 at 9:12am
After Eight loves Paramour and hates everything else. Good to know.
#20
Posted: 5/26/16 at 9:24am
neonlightsxo said: "After Eight loves Paramour and hates everything else. Good to know."
Not according to his review in the previews thread, where he called it "Parabore".
As a spectacle, this show is far, far, far superior to another show that's supposed to be a "good" spectacle that's managed to be a long running Bway show - Lion King (cringe). If someone asked me about Lion King, I'd tell them to see Paramour instead. It's also far superior to the other two shows I've seen at The Lyric - On The Town and Lord of the Dance. I cringe when I think about that awful singer they had for LotD; at least Ruby Lewis can sing even if she doesn't have the most unique voice.
I sorta, vaguely, masochistically wish I had see Spider-Man so I can make a comparison there, too.
But yeah, this show should be judged as a special theatrical event and not by stage musical critical standards. It's not like you can judge stage musicals' entertainment value by Cirque standards, so... yeah. General appeal and entertainment value are there. But if you go in with the mindset of a serious uppity theater buff, that's kinda not going to work very well. I think the show is a great intro for Cirque newbies, of which, I am sure, there are many.
#21
Posted: 5/26/16 at 9:55am
Good for Bradley Dean! He gets paid to NOT have to appear in this bomb.
#22
Posted: 5/31/16 at 10:33am
"Splashy, dazzling and innovative...yet dullishly cliched and corny."
http://www.out.com/michael-musto/2016/5/31/paramour-dazzling-corny-also-drag-race-casting-gossip
#23
Posted: 5/31/16 at 10:48am
Everyone keeps saying not to judge it as a musical... We are on Broadway, Cirque has been calling it a musical, they are trying to create a musical here with a story and they failed miserably. The critics said the tricks were cool but when trying to compare it as a musical, it has no weight. I think that's very fair. Welcome to Broadway. If you just want to be judged on spectacle, stay off Broadway. As for the person comparing it to Lion King, are you kidding me?!?! It won 6 Tony Awards including best musical and has some of the greatest music ever written. Cirque won't even get a nomination. It will be long forgotten by then.
#24
Posted: 5/31/16 at 1:30pm
jomilo21 said: "for the person comparing it to Lion King, are you kidding me?!?! It won 6 Tony Awards including best musical and has some of the greatest music ever written. "
Nope, I am not kidding you. I loathed that show and I would know better than to recommend it to people I know, UNLESS they were specifically looking for family-friendly shows for younger kids and do no see theater often to have a frame of comparison and/or informed opinion regarding what they like. Even then... I would recommend Aladdin over it, which I also did not like but did not hate. I love Disney films and Disney songs, but I realized that they fail to translate well for me on stage.
As for the comparison, I'm only comparing it on the basis of entertainment value.
I'm not sure if *everyone* is saying not to judge it as a musical. I can't disagree that Paramour can and should be judged as a musical, but I think it shouldn't only be judged by musical merits. The musical aspects of it is certainly subpar. Cirque actually calls it as a "Cirque du Soleil Theatrical," although they sometimes say a "Cirque du Soleil musical" as well. But then we're just getting into semantics. The point I think I'm making is that Paramour offers something that is limited/rare or non-existent in the other current Broadway offerings.
I can't make a fully informed opinion on the Cirque elements either, unless/until I have seen one or more pure Cirque du Soleil shows.
#25
Posted: 6/5/16 at 9:08am
So I've been looking forward to this show since November of last year. I was so excited! Bought my tickets in like January and have been counting down the days until June 4th when I would finally get to watch Paramour! Now the Cirque part of the show was absolutely amazing and breathtaking. But the book/story/songs was horrid. I didn't feel for any of the characters. I usually cry watching anything and I didn't care for the ending at all. There was no emotion! It was too fast paced. Ruby Lewis was so talented, but I just didn't care for Indigo. I read the numerous reviews and comments about the show, but I put them to the side cause I usually love shows even if they're "bad". But I didn't love this. And definitely wouldn't watch it again. It was a once and done type of thing. AND I was waiting the entire time for the song from when they first announced Paramour and that Ruby Lewis sang at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
https://youtu.be/aLmO1rkxOjA
No Paramour song!
It was entertaining, but just no depth.
I only want variety--notoriety!
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