WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opened Feb 20 2020
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opened Feb 20 2020
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opened Feb 20 2020#1
Posted: 2/20/20 at 9:36am
What will the critics say?
Updated On: 2/21/20 at 09:36 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#2
Posted: 2/20/20 at 10:30am
Truly have NO idea what critics will think. (The critics who loved the recent revivals of Carousel and Oklahoma!, on the far ends of the spectrum.) Looks like there's plenty of inventory to move for March and April, and a show this big ($15million) certainly isn't critic-proof. Guess we'll find out in 12 hours.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#3
Posted: 2/20/20 at 11:24amI'm predicting mixed reviews that lean a bit more on the side of negative.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#4
Posted: 2/20/20 at 11:33am
I'm predicting strongly positive reviews for the production with no more than a single paragraph devoted to the protests
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#5
Posted: 2/20/20 at 12:32pm
Piparoo said: "I'm predicting strongly positive reviews for the production with no more than a single paragraph devoted to the protests"
This.
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/20
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#6
Posted: 2/20/20 at 12:41pmI'm predicting fair reviews that will illustrate what a dumpster fire this production is with a brief mention of the controversy.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#7
Posted: 2/20/20 at 12:48pm
Georgeanddot2 said: "I'm predicting fair reviews that will illustrate what a dumpster fire this production is with a brief mention of the controversy."
Seconded. Maybe with a brief mention of Isaac Powell since I've heard good things about his portrayal?
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#8
Posted: 2/20/20 at 1:22pm
Piparoo said: "I'm predicting strongly positive reviews for the production with no more than a single paragraph devoted to the protests"
I'd be shocked if they include more than that. It's worthwhile to mention it in a sentence or two, but this is a review of the show onstage, not a feature article chronicling the production's strange road to Broadway. Like Spider-Man and Mockingbird and plenty of other shows with controversies: make a passing mention, and then move on to the content of the show. (The NYT, for example, has already covered the Ramasar situation in 10 stories from the past year alone.)
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#9
Posted: 2/20/20 at 1:36pmPredict at least some all out raves.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#10
Posted: 2/20/20 at 1:42pm
Do we know if green or Brantley is reviewing this one?
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#11
Posted: 2/20/20 at 1:55pmThe NYTimes LOVES Rudin so I expect a Critics Pick no matter what.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#12
Posted: 2/20/20 at 2:38pm
InTheBathroom1 said: "The NYTimes LOVES Rudin so I expect a Critics Pick no matter what."
That is absurd and demonstratively untrue.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#13
Posted: 2/20/20 at 2:52pm
Georgeanddot2 said: "I'm predicting fair reviews that will illustrate what a dumpster fire this production is with a brief mention of the controversy."
“Fair reviews” and “dumpster fire” don’t exactly correlate...
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#14
Posted: 2/20/20 at 3:07pm
Predicting:
terry teachout and David cote hate it.
jesse green loves it.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#15
Posted: 2/20/20 at 3:13pm
GreasedLightning said: "Georgeanddot2 said: "I'm predicting fair reviews that will illustrate what a dumpster fire this production is with a brief mention of the controversy."
“Fair reviews” and “dumpster fire” don’t exactly correlate..."
I was thinking the same thing, lol.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#16
Posted: 2/20/20 at 3:35pm
InTheBathroom1 said: "The NYTimes LOVES Rudin so I expect a Critics Pick no matter what. "
I thought that was only Isherwood
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#17
Posted: 2/20/20 at 3:36pm
InTheBathroom1 said: "The NYTimes LOVES Rudin so I expect a Critics Pick no matter what. "
That’s kind of an idiotic blanket statement, though he’s had some great critical successes. Your statement would be more believable if it was about Van Hove, which Brantley in the NYT has generally favored. But this is also a beloved musical and something much more ambitious than IVH’s past work. We’ll find out around 11pm tonight.
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/20
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#18
Posted: 2/20/20 at 3:37pm
GreasedLightning said: "Georgeanddot2 said: "I'm predicting fair reviews that will illustrate what a dumpster fire this production is with a brief mention of the controversy."
“Fair reviews” and “dumpster fire” don’t exactly correlate..."
I think it would be fair, maybe even too kind to call this production a dumpster fire.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#19
Posted: 2/20/20 at 4:49pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "We’ll find out around 11pmtonight."
We'll find out sooner that that.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#20
Posted: 2/20/20 at 8:02pm
Brantley is up:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/theater/west-side-story-review-sharks-vs-jets-vs-video.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur
is this what one calls a pan? Not a critic pick, mostly does not like the video or the choreography from what I gather. Barely discusses the performances.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#21
Posted: 2/20/20 at 8:02pm
4/5 The Times UK
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/west-side-story-review-tense-and-angry-a-story-retold-for-our-time-2dbb9qrff
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#22
Posted: 2/20/20 at 8:13pm
Luminaire2 said: "Brantley is up:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/theater/west-side-story-review-sharks-vs-jets-vs-video.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur
is this what one calls a pan? Not a critic pick, mostly does not like the video or the choreography from what I gather. Barely discusses the performances."
Not as cruel as he’s been in the past, but it’s certainly an “ouch.” Not what the production would be hoping for. He did like a few elements.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#23
Posted: 2/20/20 at 8:15pm
Isherwood is up, mixed
https://broadwaynews.com/2020/02/20/review-ivo-van-hoves-west-side-story-feels-more-cinematic-than-theatrical/
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#24
Posted: 2/20/20 at 8:15pm
ljay889 said: "Luminaire2 said: "Brantley is up:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/theater/west-side-story-review-sharks-vs-jets-vs-video.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur
is this what one calls a pan? Not a critic pick, mostly does not like the video or the choreography from what I gather. Barely discusses the performances."
Not as cruel as he’s been in the past, but it’s certainly an “ouch.” Not what the production would be hoping for. He did like a few elements."
I’d say Brantley being overall meh is even worse then his cruel gems he likes to insert.
WEST SIDE STORY reviews: opens Feb 20 2020#25
Posted: 2/20/20 at 8:22pm
Variety is meh
https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2020/legit/reviews/west-side-story-review-broadway-ivo-van-hove-1203507979/amp/
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