RIALTO CHATTER: Major SPIDER-MAN Reviews Coming Tomorrow! - Page 2

[phantom39]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 3:48pm

Well said, temms!!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 4:42pm

Has there been one song added or dropped since the first preview?

[TimesSquareRegular]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 4:47pm

"Does anyone think this really is going to make a difference? There has been so much bad press already for this show which hasn't done a damn thing, except maybe raise their grosses!"

RAISE their grosses????? Down to less than 85% this past week, from 92% the previous week, after several 100% weeks.
I think the "I missed Moose Murders and Carrie, but I'm not going to miss this!" crowd has already passed its peak.

[Kad]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 4:52pm

There's a Spider-Man musical?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:01pm

“The (bad) press seems to have died down lately, so these new reviews will do (positive) wonders for the box office!”

The ‘bad press’ was the trill of maybe seeing someone get hurt. That’s the only reason some folks are going. To hopefully see an accident. Now that no one is getting hurt, sure ticket sales are dying. The show is apparently a P.O.S..


“If several major negative reviews are published on the same day, it could be argued that this is a coordinated effort.”

Then why hasn’t any production that closed ‘due to bad reviews’ sued before?

Because it’s asinine.


“If previews are for adjusting the show before opening but they've said there will be no changes, I don't see the logic of staying in previews beyond not being 'officially' reviewed.”

Exactly!

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:15pm

I think the reviews are going to kill it. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up closing before it officially opens.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:17pm

People keep talking about how it's still selling like gangbusters despite (or because of) the press, but look at the grosses for the past few weeks...attendance is slipping pretty quickly all of the sudden. I think the bad reviews could, in fact, have a major effect.

[wickedfan11]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:18pm

ErikJ972- That's exactly what I thought as soon as I read the news.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:32pm

Newintown must be new in town. Spider-Man was a page one under-the-fold story in yesterday's New York Times, the only edition people buy anymore.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:37pm

And yet they intend to raise their prices after their opening.

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:46pm

He reviewed it with the alternate Peter Parker/Spiderman:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/07/AR2011020704088.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2011020704113

[WestVillage]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:49pm

Best quote in Washington Post review:

"If watching actors in latex land in the mezzanine is your idea of an evening well spent, "Spider-Man" won't seem a gargantuan waste. Musical lovers, however, might wish the whole unsalvageable thing would just take a flying leap."

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:52pm

“If several major negative reviews are published on the same day, it could be argued that this is a coordinated effort.”

-- Then why hasn’t any production that closed ‘due to bad reviews’ sued before? --

I'm just free associating with JoeKv's point that never before has a group of newspapers gotten together and decided to publish their reviews on the same day when a show hasn't officially opened before.

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 5:57pm

Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-07/gorgeous-dumb-spider-man-remains-inert-after-65-previews-jeremy-gerard.html

[tazber]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 6:04pm

That reviewer was merciless.

I have this feeling that all the critics are bringing their frustration about the delayed opening date to bear on their reviews.

Not saying it's a good show, but...ouch.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 6:05pm

NY Mag claims it's a "solid B-minus," but (to me) actually describes a show that's a C-minus or D-plus.

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/02/stage_dive_scott_brown_on_spid.html?imw=Y&f=most-emailed-24h5

Updated On: 2/7/11 at 06:05 PM

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 6:12pm

Love this from NY Mag:

"...But her primary interest in Peter Parker is announced early on, in Act One: Where did he get the suit? (He obviously didn't make it. It's too beautiful to have been created by a heterosexual teenage boy.)"

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 6:13pm

I've never seen the term "buss" before, so I had to google it. For a brief moment I thought Mary Jane gave him a small herring boat at the end of Act 2.

[tazber]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 6:14pm

The NY Mag's review was so full of quotables I can't even pick a favorite.

I do like that he addressed the Spidenfrued aspect though.

And his comments about Glenn Beck were hilarious.

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 6:18pm

taz, the blue laws quip about the Chrysler Building had me on the floor!

I also noticed this in 2, I think, of the reviews which makes me wonder if they were all there on the same night.

"Careful there," said Page, still half in character, "you gotta fly out over the audience in a minute." This broke up Spidey, and the audience, too. Page surfed it, swiveled into an aside: "You know, I hear they dropped a couple of 'em."

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 6:38pm

I think Frank Wildhorn should come in to punch up the score.If ever a show needed a "soaring" ballad this is it.

Shows with long preview periods:

1. Nick & Nora
2. Legs Diamond
3. Golden Rainbow

Updated On: 2/7/11 at 06:38 PM

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 6:46pm

After hearing so much about the show, I have thought at times that it might be fun to have a score by Prince.

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 7:08pm

Chicago Tribue:

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2011/02/review-spider-man-turn-off-dark-broadway-chicago-tribune.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+chicagotribune/thetheaterloop+(Chicago+Tribune+-+The+Theater+Loop)

[quizking101]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 7:29pm

All of this reviewers will certainly beat Spider-Man to a bloody pulp, but I'm just waiting for Ben Brantley to review this and drive the nail in the coffin....

[kidbroadway2]

Posted: 2/7/11 at 7:34pm

The only one left that really counts now is the NYT one.... does anyone know when the NYT usually posts theirs?