TUCK EVERLASTING Reviews- Page 2

[ebontoyan]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 9:23pm

I find Jeffrey's posts make a lot of sense!  Thank you and keep posting them!!

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 9:28pm

The Hollywood Reporter is MIXED (really "meh" on the whole thing):

 

"The story of an 11-year-old girl encountering a family in the woods who seem perfectly normal except that they're immortal, Tuck Everlasting is a sweet concoction that feels in over its head amidst the flashier delights of Wicked and Matilda, among many others. Although the show, which premiered last year at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, boasts solid production values and professionalism thanks to director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw and a cast filled with Broadway veterans, it's likely destined for an all too finite life on the Great White Way."

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tuck-everlasting-theater-review-887611

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 9:31pm

Entertainment Weekly is MIXED:

 

"Tuck Everlasting is a beautifully drawn, evocative tale about an eternal-life-giving spring, the trapped-in-time family who drank from it, and a curious young girl who stumbles upon both. Little wonder it’s been made into movies twice. Who doesn’t love a plucky preteen protagonist? Plus: magic water. Yet on stage, this fantasy-driven story remains stubbornly earthbound."

 

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/26/tuck-everlasting-ew-stage-review

Updated On: 4/26/16 at 09:31 PM

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 9:35pm

AP is POSITIVE (near Rave): 

 

"Tuck Everlasting," the new musical that deals with eternal life, has wisely been put in the hands of someone whose work on Broadway never seems to die — director Casey Nicholaw.

Nicholaw has three hit shows running concurrently — "The Book of Mormon," ''Aladdin" and "Something Rotten!" — and his fourth is this adaptation of the 1975 young adult book by Natalie Babbitt. Like the others, it's in great hands.

The show that opened Tuesday at the Broadhurst Theatre is wonderfully crafted, a Nicholaw hallmark. Poignancy mixes well with humor, the songs are fresh and sweet, the set is blissful and the performances honest. It has a polished feel. All of the parts work smartly."

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/review-poignancy-polished-musical-tuck-everlasting-38691648

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 9:38pm

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/broadway/sc-tuck-everlasting-broadway-review-0426-20160426-column.html

[Dave13]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:06pm

ebontoyan said: "I find Jeffrey's posts make a lot of sense!  Thank you and keep posting them!!

 

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I appreciate his insights as well. 

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:10pm

Isherwood made it a Critics' Pick. Yowza. 

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/theater/review-tuck-everlasting-a-lyrical-meditation-on-life-death-and-immortality.html

 

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:17pm

Are. You. F'ing. Kidding. Me. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:19pm

I want to say I'm shocked, but I'm not. Isherwood's critical credibility whizzed right out the door a number of shows back (I'm inclined to say it was his Disaster! review that did him in for me).

[After Eight]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:22pm

So glad to see this show getting some positive reviews! So happy for the creators and cast! It had more than a few affecting moments. I certainly enjoyed it a great deal more than Hamilton, Waitress, School of Rock, American Psycho...

May it prosper.

[massofmen]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:24pm

Ha ha! Oh I love how insignificant the times has become and how they have no concept anymore of reality with theater. 

It makes me happy that they review shows like honeymoon in Vegas and tuck everlasting positively (and countless others) that the general public finds bad. In doing so they keep reducing their power and prestige. I have met so many theater goers that used to go or not go because of the times and now don't care at all what they say and listen to their friends and social media. 

The day the times made or broke a show is over and this solidifies their ineptitude inmho. 

[RW3]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:25pm

It's now all up to Shuffle Along to be last NY Critics Pick musical.

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:29pm

I think Isherwood is trying to get fired. He is a joke.

[Dancingthrulife2]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:31pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "I want to say I'm shocked, but I'm not. Isherwood's critical credibility whizzed right out the door a number of shows back (I'm inclined to say it was his Disaster! review that did him in for me).

 

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For me, it was something like entertainment being the primary job of a Broadway musical he wrote in his Allegiance review that put me off.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:37pm

Okay, I'm a little disappointed that American Psycho was mostly panned by the New York Times and Tuck Everlasting is a critic's pick, but I'm thrilled for the cast and team and am now anxiously awaiting that cast album.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:39pm

i couldnt wait to get to this posting when i saw isherwoods review...

have not seen tuck but based on everything ive read or heard this was last on my go see list

 

[JM226]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:39pm

songanddanceman2 said: "Jeffery do you own the site? I always find that you talk down to others like you are the boss of the site, just wondered 

 

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THANK YOU! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! I HAVE FELT THE SAME WAY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:39pm

The most BLEH show I've ever seen. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:42pm

After Eight said: "So glad to see this show getting some positive reviews! So happy for the creators and cast! It had more than a few affecting moments. I certainly enjoyed it a great deal more than Hamilton, Waitress, School of Rock, American Psycho...

May it prosper.

 

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"Yes, yes, you hate theatre. We get it." -scarywarhol

[NJ_BroadwayGirl]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:50pm

A NYT "Critic's Pick" stamp feels like Opposite Day

Updated On: 4/26/16 at 10:50 PM

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:51pm

As touching and endearing as the novel is, I found the musical to pretty much be the definition of "meh." It had some nice parts (I personally loved the ballet), but also parts I'd totally fast forward through if I could. Entertainment Weekly got it right when they said it was a magical story that only stayed earthbound.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 10:59pm

After Eight said: "So glad to see this show getting some positive reviews! So happy for the creators and cast! It had more than a few affecting moments. I certainly enjoyed it a great deal more than Hamilton, Waitress, School of Rock, American Psycho...May it prosper."


You are hilarious.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 11:13pm

I liked the show a lot, while recognizing all its flaws. Sarah Charles Lewis is very promising young actress with a big voice backed by a strong cast of veteran actors. I thought the set and the way it was lit were absolutely gorgeous. I liked the costumes, though I didn't get nearly enough time to look at the ensemble. Maybe I'm worn down by a lot of pointless choreography at this point, but I didn't mind the dancers in the background. They at least worked with the songs compared to what was going in, for example, Bright Star. I did find the final ballet overly long as a way of expressing a simple point. It could have held more weight if it hadn't been dragged out. As for the music, there were about 5 songs that I thought really worked in an otherwise indifferent but not terrible score. I think it has charm and heart and if it catches on with a young audience, I'll be happy to see it do well.

It did make me want to read the book again which I remember as being a bit darker and more serious.

[TFMH18]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 11:16pm

I had to close out of the Times review two paragraphs in, when he called the score "winning." Never in my life have I heard more of a dud in the theatre-- unmemorable clunker after unmemorable clunker. What an embarrassment. 

[After Eight]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 11:24pm

"I think it has charm and heart"

So do I.

"and if it catches on with a young audience, I'll be happy to see it do well."

So will I.