The Pirate Queen Reviews- Page 2

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 7:39pm

"why do people take such pleasure in the fact that it's getting negative reviews?"

Because the fangirls are extraordinarily annoying.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 7:41pm

Cape - I think it is more taking pleasure because of the very "emphatic" fans of the show that won't listen to any differing opinions about the show.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 7:42pm

Normally i wouldnt

but the fans of this show on here have been so damn annoying and negative towards anyone who has a bad word to say about it.

I know all the cast will go on to do really well in there next jobs as they are superb(especially Stephanie )

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 7:42pm

Agreed. It's rather fun to see the fangirls freak out when someone doesn't just LOVE the Pirate Queen.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 7:51pm

Wait til S Block doesn't get a tony nom. The earth will quake

[B3TA07]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 7:52pm

Golly, those meanies!

[jasonf]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 7:53pm

Ditto the above-comments. I don't wish ANYONE associated with the show ill - the performers were as good as they could be given the terrible material - which has come from some artists whose past work I've very much admired. Still, the show itself is just not good - if its reviews ARE positive overall, I'm going to start think its the critics who are voting to keep Sanjaya in AI (I know, a mixed metaphor, but hopefully you get what I'm saying).

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 7:59pm

Wonder what will take Pirate Queens theatre when it closes?

It will need to be something thats better than PQ

Good Vibrations? hehe

sorry that was bitchy and mean(its funny coz its true)

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:04pm

Because the fangirls are extraordinarily annoying.

- I LOVE YOU. The fangirls for this are pretty scary, I must say.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:04pm

^I love how they rationalize negative opinions, too.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:05pm

That's true Taz. But I think the Earth might just explode if Spring Awakening doesn't win Best Musical.

[kelzama]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:06pm

Out of curiosity, what's the opposite of a fangirl?

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:07pm

It's really unfortunate because Pirate Queen is one of those shows that has AMAZING potential. Like if they had spent another year or so working on it before bringing it to Broadway, it could be really good. It's going to be shame to see it fail when there is so much good underlying material there.
-BJH

[rocker05]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:23pm

I was shocked how talkin' broadway raved about the show! In my opinion, the show was just mediocre and seemed a bit dated with the exception of maybe one or two songs. The performances were great, but my eyes started to close midway into Act I. Maybe the show with Stephanie is a little more powerful. Hope everything is going well tonight, but if the show gets more horrible reviews, it won't be here much longer.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:30pm

Variety is Mostly Negative:

"When a pop culture throwback appears earnestly unaware of how firmly its style and conception are rooted in another era, is it retro or just outmoded? The lumbering epic "The Pirate Queen" comes down on the latter side. As "Les Miserables" creators Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg showed with their last excursion into romantically embroidered 16th century historical tapestry, the commercially ill-fated "Martin Guerre," the French composing team's bombastic 1980s megamusical formula now sits stodgily onstage. Their all-plot, no-heart new show is persuasively sung by a valiant cast, yet it never forges an emotional connection with the audience.
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The show has plenty of romance, adventure, battles, royal court intrigue and the erosion of a proud traditional culture, yet somehow it remains mostly inert.
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All this unfolds over a monotonous first hour, alleviated by the dance segs and some pleasing vocal work on a largely unmemorable score laced with Uilleann pipes, harp, flute and Irish fiddles. There are about 15 I-pledge, I-vow, I-swear songs too many, but Fraser's powerfully emotional tenor sets apart "I'll Be There." Also vocally accomplished, Block makes a feisty, attractive lead, but all the characters remain bland cutouts suffocated by plot.
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The sad realization of watching "The Pirate Queen" is not that it's especially bad, but that despite its dense action and wealth of conflict (both of the heart and the sword), it's dull. It's a relief in this context to be jarred out of boredom by the crotch-thrusting, hip-grinding vulgarity and innuendo-drenched lyrics ("I may well have to beach her/Take her inland to teach her") of Chait's act-one song, "Boys'll Be Boys" -- a raucous pub number filled with lusty lads and brassy tarts, which corresponds precisely to "Master of the House" in "Les Miz." Elsewhere, this is a plodding Harlequin historical romance. For all its inflamed passions, it never ignites."



http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933297.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:35pm

hey margo

i was hoping you would be on for this

[MarkK]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:35pm

Margo with all due respect, the Variety review is more than just negative, it's a pan.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:36pm

Seriously though, there are some quotes that can be extrapolated from that Margo.

"The show has plenty of romance, adventure, battles, royal court intrigue"

Fraser's powerfully emotional tenor sets apart "I'll Be There." Also vocally accomplished, Block makes a feisty, attractive lead"

verbatim.

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:38pm

They have been selling very well in previews though. I am not sure what negative reviews will do to it.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:41pm

Theatredude

I think its safe to say that it will close within 6 months

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:41pm

So is everyone still placing an order for the OCR that people here *swore* would be coming out?

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:47pm

Will it beat BROOKLYN?

Will it beat LESTAT?

Will it beat THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN?

Will it beat HIGH FIDELITY?

Will it beat MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG?

Will it beat CARRIE?

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:49pm

"So is everyone still placing an order for the OCR that people here *swore* would be coming out?"

I dunno'... even if the songs aren't up to the Le Miz team's standards (I can't spell their names, sorry)... I mean, it's the guys who wrote Les Miz and Miss Saigon. They're not going to abort a cast album without a fight, at least.

[rocker05]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 8:52pm

I know this might sound completely random, but I kept thinking of Lestat while I was watching The Pirate Queen. It was one of those shows where I was just bored out of my mind, yet there were maybe one or two moments that got me hooked (well, not in Lestat). The funniest part of going to the show, was when I was walking outside during intermission, one of the ushers told this woman "you need your stub to come back in" and she said "don't worry I'm not coming back. IT STINKS!" I'm not making this up either, I was crackin up. Can't wait for the Times review, but once again I hope the best for the great performers.

[WordedGrace]

Posted: 4/5/07 at 9:03pm

Wow...all that negative commenting and nothing from the ever faithful lot of PQ supporters.. I guess the whole wait for the reviews has made it clear...that ship is sinking! My partner owes me for taking me there all those times...