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#76

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/20/06 at 11:29am

My personal favorite: Ben>http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/theater/reviews/26lest.html>Ben Brantley on Lestat

Choice bits: "Joining the ranks of Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata and other prescription lullaby drugs is "Lestat," the musical sleeping pill that opened last night at the Palace Theater."

"He so adores his mom, a marquise (played by the ever-game power balladeer Carolee Carmello), that he makes her a vampire too, giving her a chance to dress up like one of the boys, join the hunt and become the undead's answer to Auntie Mame."

"The song's title, repeated imperiously throughout the lyrics, is "I Want More." So do we, little Claudia. But this show isn't the place to find it."

It's a great article. I saved it and read it aloud to anyone who would listen.

Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent

"He's a tramp, but I love him."

#77

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/25/06 at 7:42am

I remember when we watched poto...when the credits (the film vers. mind you) started to roll. They looked at me and simply said.

"Oh..."

lmao...I knew they didnt want to say anything bad assuming I would go crazy....it was the best word to sum up what they felt.

#78

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/25/06 at 11:52pm

Haha this reminds from a line from Curtains! Something along the lines of:
"It was her star vehicle. A vehicle I wish she would drive off a cliff."

#79

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/26/06 at 12:31am

My favorite comes from a movie review:
Name of movie "A Fine Mess"
Critic review: "A wretched mess.

#80

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/26/06 at 12:39am

"It wasnt my cup of tea."
"I got sick after Act 1 and had to go home."
"The songs were....ummmm...nevermind."

#81

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:18am

Ben Brantley ~ "Good Vibrations" sacrifices itself, night after night and with considerable anguish, to make all other musicals on Broadway look good.

#82

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:02am

Light In The Piazza is now playing here in LA, and I couldn't help but laugh at one of their ads: "A Ravishing Production To Look At."

Is that the BEST they could do as far as pull quotes?

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

#83

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:03am

Light In The Piazza is now playing here in LA, and I couldn't help but laugh at one of their ads: "A Ravishing Production To Look At."

Is that the BEST they could do as far as pull quotes?

#84

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:04am

Light In The Piazza is now playing here in LA, and I couldn't help but laugh at one of their ads: "A Ravishing Production To Look At."

Is that the BEST they could do as far as pull quotes?

#85

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 11/26/06 at 5:24pm

Stealing from another medium, in the early-80s, there was a band formed from former members of Genesis and Yes called GTR. In Guitar Player magazine, JD Considine reviewed the self-titled album in one word: "SHT."

#86

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 2/18/07 at 4:58am

My friend said:

"and all of a sudden, the thought of Les Mis came up in my head and I got jealous of those characters in Les Mis."

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

#87

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 2/18/07 at 6:56am

If one is evoking the spirit (and words) of Dorothy Parker, one would do well to be accurate:

>> In a 1933 review of the play
"The Lake" starring Katherine Hepburn:
"Miss Hepburn runs the gamut of emotions
from A to B."

Like Ms. Parker, the original line is direct, cutting, and wry. It doesnt need any "t-t-t", thank you. Another of her gems:

>> "The House Beautiful is The Play Lousy."

and of her book reviews, which could be even crueler:

>> "This is not a novel to be
tossed aside lightly.
It should be thrown with great force."

and the ever classic barb against A. A. Milne, whom she loathed with a passion:

>> In a New Yorker review of
A.A. Milne's House at Pooh Corner:
"Tonstant weader fwowed up."

http://docandraider.com

#88

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 2/18/07 at 7:11am

Depending on how you read it, I just came across this one that made me chuckle and could be perceived as bad:

"With hilarious pronunciation, eyes that could penetrate lead and a demeanour that would be more at home on the parade ground, she literally had the audience rolling around in delirium."

... *literally* rolling around in delirium? I'd be concerned if I were the director or actress in question. O_O

Tragically, it was actually quite a nice review. But I do so love it when people misuse the word "literally". Makes for some WONDERFUL mental images. XD

Notes from the Earlham Street Gutter

Updated On: 2/18/07 at 07:11 AM

#89

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 2/18/07 at 3:13pm

"This play made me happy. I was happy when it ended."

#90

re: What is the worst review you can give a show?

Posted: 2/18/07 at 4:39pm

I'd rather see Les Miz School Edition performed by a subpar children's theatre program.

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