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SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#100
Posted: 2/14/17 at 10:47am
chernjam said: "A PBS review: http://peconicpublicbroadcasting.org/post/sunset-boulevard-reviewed-david-richardson-theatre-critic#stream/0"
"...doesn’t have the monstrous sets and the big sweeping stairway which frankly I was hoping to see once again.."
Me too (or rather, for the first time)!
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#101
Posted: 2/14/17 at 10:54am
chernjam said: "Inquirer review: https://entertainment.inquirer.net/215300/glenn-close-makes-triumphant-return-sunset-boulevard"
This one points out that March 19 will be Ms. Close's 70th birthday. I have a ticket for March 18, and currently have the evening of March 19 free. Might they do anything special for her birthday? I guess I could buy another ticket for Thursday night as well...
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#102
Posted: 2/14/17 at 11:44am
What an underwhelming disapointment.
Close's voice definitely isnt there anymore and her acting is all push and little pathos or shading. She has a very mannish manner that is a bit distancing. (Saw 5 Normas. Fave was Paige.). It's a crime when the audience laughs at her final scene.
Really missed the sets. The mind wanders a bit too much in this production.
A weak Joe doesnt help. He is also all surface. We dont get a feeling for his desperation and sly manipulation. Joe has to have a bit of the down-trodden. This guy is all one (wrong) note.
And where are the voices? Joe and Betty are weak. Max is the only strong lead. Really annoying.
Liked some of the choreographer's work. Made those negligible crowd scenes actually interesting.
Price's direction and basic blocking were simple and static. And why no video on the back wall. It was everywhere else.
The best campy moment was the dancing headlights. That's the takeaway?
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#103
Posted: 2/14/17 at 11:44am
What an underwhelming disapointment.
Close's voice definitely isnt there anymore and her acting is all push and little pathos or shading. She has a very mannish manner that is a bit distancing. (Saw 5 Normas. Fave was Paige.). It's a crime when the audience laughs at her final scene.
Really missed the sets. The mind wanders a bit too much in this production.
A weak Joe doesnt help. He is also all surface. We dont get a feeling for his desperation and sly manipulation. Joe has to have a bit of the down-trodden. This guy is all one (wrong) note.
And where are the voices? Joe and Betty are weak. Max is the only strong lead. Really annoying.
Liked some of the choreographer's work. Made those negligible crowd scenes actually interesting.
Price's direction and basic blocking were simple and static. And why no video on the back wall. It was everywhere else.
The best campy moment was the dancing headlights. That's the takeaway?
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#104
Posted: 2/14/17 at 12:03pm
girl bye
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#105
Posted: 2/14/17 at 5:29pm
chernjam said: "one critic was lauding the title song as one of the most biting and capturing the movie's essence"
chernjam, check this out if you haven't already seen it. At one point, Michael talks about the musical complexity and ALW's intent behind the title song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSMp_2HwQnE
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#106
Posted: 2/14/17 at 7:14pm
Lot666 said: "chernjam said: "one critic was lauding the title song as one of the most biting and capturing the movie's essence"
chernjam, check this out if you haven't already seen it. At one point, Michael talks about the musical complexity and ALW's intent behind the title song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSMp_2HwQnE
"
Thanks for sharing Lot666 - really enjoyed hearing an extended interview with Michael Xavier
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#107
Posted: 2/14/17 at 9:02pm
Glenn Close: "I'm desperate to make this movie."
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/_Sunset-Boulevard_-Returns-to-Broadway_New-York-413740883.html
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#108
Posted: 2/14/17 at 10:07pm
Lot666 said: "Glenn Close: "I'm desperate to make this movie."
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/_Sunset-Boulevard_-Returns-to-Broadway_New-York-413740883.html
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I'd settle for a professionally shot version of this production. I'm doubtful Paramount would ever do a full-fledged movie musical...
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#109
Posted: 2/15/17 at 6:43am
chernjam said: "I'd settle for a professionally shot version of this production. I'm doubtful Paramount would ever do a full-fledged movie musical..."
I would too. I much prefer filmed stage shows to "movie-ized" versions.
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#111
Posted: 2/15/17 at 2:29pm
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/02/sunset_boulevard_broadway_review_glenn_close_goes.html
I'm sometimes astounded by the gulf between the views of different critics, almost as if they attended different shows:
"Director Lonny Price and his lead actress seem determined to force you out of the moment, overloading the production with so many 'Major Theatrical Event' moments and signposts that it all starts to sag beneath the weight of its own self-importance."
"Instead of resisting the camp and Gothic elements...Close fully embraces them. Her face stretched into a Kabuki mask of barely-hinged madness, every movement and gesture stylized, she pushes the performance into the realm of kitsch."
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#112
Posted: 2/16/17 at 12:27am
Another review - Newsweek:http://www.newsweek.com/glenn-close-dominates-stage-sunset-boulevard-musical-557167
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#113
Posted: 2/16/17 at 5:48pm
chernjam said: "Another review - Newsweek:http://www.newsweek.com/glenn-close-dominates-stage-sunset-boulevard-musical-557167"
This is the third one I've read where the writer misspelled "Gillis" as "Gilles".
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#114
Posted: 2/16/17 at 10:44pm
Riedel on Jesse Green...
"The only critic I can find who dinged Close’s performance is Jesse Green of New York magazine. Jesse’s a good critic and a friend, but on this one he’s as brain-dead as Norma’s pet monkey."
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#115
Posted: 2/16/17 at 11:09pm
Huff Post RAVE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/in-sunset-boulevard-glenn-close-triumphs-again_us_58a6477de4b0fa149f9ac405
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#116
Posted: 2/17/17 at 8:10am
Lot666 said: "I'm sometimes astounded by the gulf between the views of different critics, almost as if they attended different shows"
It's almost like art is subjective!
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#117
Posted: 2/17/17 at 8:34am
haterobics said: "Lot666 said: "I'm sometimes astounded by the gulf between the views of different critics, almost as if they attended different shows"
It's almost like art is subjective!"
Precisely. Yet, each one writes from the perspective that their personal opinion constitutes the definitive assessment of the show.
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
SUNSET BOULEVARD Reviews#118
Posted: 2/17/17 at 8:36am
Lot666 said: "haterobics said: "Lot666 said: "I'm sometimes astounded by the gulf between the views of different critics, almost as if they attended different shows"
It's almost like art is subjective!"
Precisely. Yet, each one writes from the perspective that their personal opinion constitutes the definitive assessment of the show. "
It is their definitive assessment of the show, though.
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