ROCKY Reviews
ROCKY Reviews
ROCKY Reviews#1
Posted: 3/13/14 at 4:25am
Today is the day, folks! ROCKY arrives on Broadway, celebrating OPENING NIGHT tonight at the Winter Garden! Please, post reviews here! 
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
ROCKY Reviews#2
Posted: 3/13/14 at 5:51pmVery curious to see how this does critically. I truly enjoyed, Rocky, and wish it well. I suspect that this show might be "critic proof" though and will find an audience no matter what the reviews are. Time will tell.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/27/04
ROCKY Reviews#3
Posted: 3/13/14 at 6:07pm
How about we start with Trip Advisor - see what the peoples are thinking?
Trip Advisor 4.5 out of 5 Circles
ROCKY Reviews#4
Posted: 3/13/14 at 6:23pm
“Worth the money!”
-Trip Advisor
Broadway Star Joined: 11/9/10
ROCKY Reviews#5
Posted: 3/13/14 at 6:23pm
When did this start previews? It feels it only started previews last week! LOL
Updated On: 3/13/14 at 06:23 PM
ROCKY Reviews#6
Posted: 3/13/14 at 7:03pmIt started previews exactly a month ago.
ROCKY Reviews#7
Posted: 3/13/14 at 7:07pmI believe the opening performance has just started.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/9/10
ROCKY Reviews#8
Posted: 3/13/14 at 7:10pmKad you are right I guess. I think why it went by fast for me is that February is a short month!
ROCKY Reviews#9
Posted: 3/13/14 at 7:16pmGot the new Entertainment Weekly today in the mail, and it has their review of Rocky. They gave it a B, and generally said it was a wonderful production, which stays faithful to the indie spirit of the original film, but that the songs were largely bland, with clunky rhymes.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/27/04
ROCKY Reviews#10
Posted: 3/13/14 at 7:20pm
Google has a tease of the financial times review
Financial Times-4 hours ago
Rocky, Winter Garden Theatre, New York – review ... What precedes that coup is, in Broadway terms, an unexpectedly intimate affair – a well-acted, occasionally dull and sometimes ...
ROCKY Reviews#11
Posted: 3/13/14 at 7:35pm
amNY is negative (1.5 stars):
"How can you not burst into laughter when Rocky optimistically sings about how, despite all his troubles, "my nose ain't broken"? Seriously, that's the lyric."
http://www.amny.com/entertainment/theater-review-rocky-1.7382894
ROCKY Reviews#13
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:14pm
NBC New York is mixed to negative:
"The music and lyrics by longtime collaborators Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (“Ragtime”) are serviceable, if humdrum. “My Nose Ain’t Broken,” used to establish Rocky’s years training in obscurity, hardly seems to warrant a reprise, yet it gets one. The two best songs in “Rocky” are those not written for the musical: Bill Conti’s spirit-lifting theme, and “Eye of the Tiger,” used in a training montage that includes those iconic museum stairs. The latter was written for “Rocky III,” but don’t be confused—the Broadway musical otherwise tracks the plot of only the first film."
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/rocky-review-249431411.html
ROCKY Reviews#14
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:17pm
Financial Times is mixed (3 out of 5 stars):
"“Eye of the Tiger” joins the cacophony preceding the climactic bout between Rocky and Apollo. And it becomes apparent that the musical Rocky subscribes to the method of Mamma Mia! – the previous piece of cheese to take over this theatre, the Winter Garden, for aeons – for ensuring a hit: wallop the audience for the final 15 minutes. The fight, which includes movement by choreographers Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine, draws in the audience. By then, Andy Karl’s painstaking performance as Rocky disappears among the cheers."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f42b3c00-aaaf-11e3-9fd6-00144feab7de.html#axzz2vtK1GLQR
Updated On: 3/13/14 at 08:17 PM
ROCKY Reviews#15
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:19pmI'd call NBC-NY mixed. It does end on "For whatever its flaws, “Rocky” the musical wins with a knockout final scene that is, guaranteed, unlike anything you’ve seen in the theater."
ROCKY Reviews#16
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:22pmYah, but it's a whole lot of negative in the middle in regards to the character writing and the score.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
ROCKY Reviews#17
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:23pmNBC-NY is certainly mixed-to-negative.
ROCKY Reviews#18
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:26pm
NBC NY was mostly positive, and the last sentence says "It wins." YAY
So glad they loved Andy, too.
ROCKY Reviews#19
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:29pm
An unbidden association suddenly springs uncontrollably to mind: The ensemble all dressed like Rocky recall the ensemble all dressed like Spider-Man in “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.”
The two musicals have much in common, superficially. Both are based on an iconic brand, a money-making franchise in another medium. Both are a story about a main character that everyone considers a loser, who starts off as a shmo – as an everyday you or me — and becomes a hero….and gets the girl-next-door of their dreams. Both end in a climactic fight scene. The different theater artists adapting both thought it a good idea to translate the story using elaborate stagecraft with state-of-the art technology.
But there's a crucial difference....
Rocky Review: The Italian Stallion on Broadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
ROCKY Reviews#20
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:31pm
NBC NY was mostly positive, and the last sentence says "It wins." YAY
LOL
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
ROCKY Reviews#21
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:32pm
AM NY review is a joke
No nod to the actress who played Adrienne. The score being weak was expected but saying a boxer singing about his nose not being broken. What was he supposed to sing about - the situation in the Ukraine?
I swear some of these critics are dumb beyond dumb.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
ROCKY Reviews#22
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:34pm
but saying a boxer singing about his nose not being broken. What was he supposed to sing about - the situation in the Ukraine?
Genius!
ROCKY Reviews#23
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:35pm
"NBC NY was mostly positive, and the last sentence says "It wins." YAY
LOL"
LOL
ROCKY Reviews#24
Posted: 3/13/14 at 8:36pmNY Theater, thanks for posting that great one, too!
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