ROCKTOPIA Reviews

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/27/18 at 9:50am

Away we go...

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/27/18 at 3:41pm

Was offered a ticket to see it but did not go.

I saw the PBS broadcast of the show and was actually surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Put it on just as background stuff since i was doing some paperwork and ended up watching.

No real desire to see it again but for anyone on the fence about seeing, it is an enjoyable evening of music.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 3/27/18 at 11:03pm

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/theater/review-rocktopia-pat-monahan-broadway.html

Vincentelli for NYT: "If anything, “Rocktopia' will go down as featuring one of the most misguided PowerPoint presentations ever to grace a Broadway stage.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/28/18 at 4:19am

It is kinda unfair to send a theatre critic to review this since it really isn't aimed at most theatre folk, The review does not mention how the audience reacted, I'm sure there are people who really enjoy this kind of stuff. 

[newintown]

Posted: 3/28/18 at 8:36am

What kind of critic would you send from the Times instead, to something calling itself a Broadway show? 

[raddersons]

Posted: 3/28/18 at 8:57am

Poor Elisabeth Vincintelli got both Rocktopia and Home for the Holidays. It's clear both BB and JG were thinking "I'm not touching this".

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/28/18 at 9:09am

Aren't they billing this as a concert event on Broadway and not a Broadway show?

[newintown]

Posted: 3/28/18 at 9:46am

A concert on Broadway and a Broadway show are separated (if at all) by a thin line; the Times theatre critics have often reviewed shows that call themselves "concerts," or "special events."

[Kad]

Posted: 3/28/18 at 10:03am

Critics also are invited by the production. Rocktopia could have simply... not invited them.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/28/18 at 10:26am

Good point Kad. I guess they get what they invite. I wonder if the Times Music Critic would have been as harsh?  

[Kad]

Posted: 3/28/18 at 10:28am

From what I've seen from the producers of this, they want the prestige of "Broadway" without the commitment.