SWEET CHARITY Revival- Page 11

[Kinky Boy]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 12:30pm

Either the Lyceum or Circle in the Square

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 1:35pm

When is the last time Roundabout rented out Studio 54, like they do with the Sondheim?

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 2:13pm

When is the last time Roundabout rented out Studio 54, like they do with the Sondheim?

I believe it was for An Act of God with Jim Parsons.

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 6:58pm

Is anybody attending opening night? I'm so excited to read the reviews!

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 7:37pm

The Hollywood Reporter is a major love letter to Sutton, very positive for the production, but has some issues with the choreography.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sweet-charity-review-949242

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 7:43pm

Big Rave from Deadline 

http://deadline.com/2016/11/sweet-charity-sutton-foster-review-1201857837/

Also, the second critic to call this revival "gritty" - wasn't somebody just arguing with me in this thread that the show is not and should not be gritty?

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 7:57pm

Vulture is very Positive for Sutton and the cast, but is mixed on the orchestrations, choreography, and some aspects of the production. 

http://www.vulture.com/2016/11/theater-review-can-sweet-charity-still-work.html

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 8:03pm

Time Out is Mixed, and thinks Sutton deserves a bigger production.

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/theater-review-sutton-foster-shines-in-a-dark-revival-of-sweet-charity-111816

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 8:07pm

Theatermania is very Positive, but mixed on the orchestrations.

http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/sweet-charity_79169.html

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 8:13pm

NBC NY is very Positive

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/Sweet-Charity-Sutton-Foster-Review-402057275.html

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 9:08pm

The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-suskin/aisle-view-suttons-sweet-_b_13114956.html

DC Theatre Scene http://dctheatrescene.com/2016/11/20/sweet-charity-review-sutton-foster-escapist-revival/

Yahoo https://www.yahoo.com/movies/sutton-foster-gritty-sweet-charity-000048136.html

 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 9:46pm

ACL2006 said: "I wouldn't guarantee a Tony to any leading female. We'll [likely] have Sutton, Midler, LuPone, Ebersole & either Noblezada, Soo or Osnes. At this point, nobody's a lock to win this award."

If it ends up transferring next season, it would probably be a smart move as this season is already too crowded. There's already 8 potential candidates for this year's Lead Actress in a Musical Tony such as..

Christy Altomare-Anastasia

Denee Benton-Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812

Christine Ebersole-War Paint

Patti LuPone-War Paint

Bette Midler-Hello, Dolly!

Eva Noblezada-Miss Saigon

Laura Osnes-Bandstand

Phillipa Soo-Amelie

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 10:04pm

Entertainment Weekly gives it an A.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/20/sweet-charity-ew-stage-review

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 10:40pm

Brantley loves Sutton, but is not thrilled with much of the production and its darkness.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/theater/sutton-foster-sweet-charity-review.html

The new ending does sound a little too dark. I like Charity dancing off into the sunlight at the end, the 2005 revival wisely kept that, although they rewrote the ending as well. 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 11/20/16 at 11:28pm

"The talented supporting cast, whose members usually register as a little too fresh for the jaded urbanites they portray. (Emily Padgett’s shopworn taxi dancer is entertainingly on target.)" Really loved this part of Brantley's review, as well as the rave for Sutton. I think everyone's main problem is the band not being big (or brassy) enough, which is my only problem, too. I get what they're doing, but Charity needs some brass.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 1:17am

that Times review is going to kill any transfer, the current political climate has made everything rather dark, i dont think the timing of a dark take on Sweet Charity is something worth putting 10 million into putting on broadway right now 

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 3:11am

LightsOut90 said: "that Times review is going to kill any transfer, the current political climate has made everything rather dark, i dont think the timing of a dark take on Sweet Charity is something worth putting 10 million into putting on broadway right now "

It'll transfer. Brantley's review of Patti's GYPSY didn't stop anything. 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 8:55am

Worried about that Brantley review.

 

Clearly, he wasn't watching the show. This isn't a "he interpreted it differently" thing, this is a "he didn't care about what the production was doing and didn't bother to think about it" thing. Hopeless? Please. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 9:22am

Idinabellfoster is right. GYPSY famously  transferred with TWO bad reviews from the Times, then got a massive rave once it transferred. Also, WAR PAINT is transferring with a lukewarm review from Brantley, he also loved the leads in that one, like his review for Sutton. 

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 9:59am

I do think the producers of this revival should heed that Brantley review and take their time if they seriously want to consider a transfer.  I agree the political timing right now is perhaps not ideal; they would be better to wait and push this out to next season.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 10:06am

What about the "political timing" is bad?
 

But then, I thought that this was a joy to watch with Sutton and have no idea what dreary show Brantley was watching. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 10:14am

If anything, the biggest complaint seems to be the orchestrations. I see no reason why they couldn't up the amount of musicians to 10 for a transfer. They should really look at Joseph Joubert who did a magical job with 7 players in the Color Purple revival. I know Campbell is well respected and talented musical director, but Joubert is a more experienced orchestrator, although MMC's Company orchestrations were pretty fantastic. 

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 10:16am

Well, changing the orchestrations or adding instruments is the least of their worries.  There is obviously nothing that says the production needs to transfer "as is" unless they want it to open on Broadway in January. They could certainly take their time to re-explore any aspect of the production if they wanted to.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 10:20am

The orchestrations were easily my biggest problem with this production. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/21/16 at 10:23am

Sutton is giving a star quality and possibly award winning performance. I am sure they can work the production around her performance for a transfer, which some of the critics suggested.