XANADU Reviews — Page 5

No. A Catered Affair is a musical.

I highly doubt Jane is screaming...she's safe and soundly at home enjoying her 30 ROCK paycheck and almost ready to reprise her star turn as Miss Adelaide in GUYS & DOLLS. Actually, if rumors are true Butler and Krakowski may end up be each other's competition at the Tonys come June.
I know it's WAY too early to predict but I wouldn't be surprised if Jenna Russell took home the Tony. It looks like Butler will garner nod. though, she received glowing reviews, good for her.

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Well, now jv that just confuses me. Cause if Bernadette didn't win the Tony for originating the role, and Jenna is in your opinion not an improvement on Bernadette, what foundation do you have to say that she "has the Tony"? I think it's way too soon to tell. There are going to be many strong female performances this year.

Getting back on topic - congrats to the cast, crew, and production team! Those great noticed are, in my opinion, richly deserved!

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I'm still waiting for the Post review. Can't wait to see Barnes rip it to pieces and look like an idiot.

I might go to tomorrow's matinee. Well, I want to, but I think my friends would rather see the Harry Potter movie.

Wow. I was so wrong on this one. I personally apologize to everyone on this theatre board. I just couldn't see this. Sorry.

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And there it is folks!! Just as I predicted. Clive Barnes from the Post gives it 1 out of 4 stars. Also, he titles his review "XANADON'T". How clever, to use the same play on words that spawned the title of the musical "Zanna, Don't!" is probably the most unoriginal thing he could come up with at his old age.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07112007/entertainment/theater/xanadon_t_theater_clive_barnes.htm

My personal favorite:

"The movie, which I have never seen, and doubtless ever will, has its adherents, who are apparently stuck on the fascinations of its sheer atrocity. ... The story is loosely based on the original screenplay, which itself was even more loosely based on an earlier Rita Hayworth movie, “Down to Earth.”"

If you haven't seen the movie, Clive, don't comment on it in comparison.

"The performers - all having to keep their tongues in their cheeks for so long it must give them earaches - do well, particularly the ultra-charming Jackson."

That's a pretty bold statement considering they have all been quoted several times saying they absolutely love the show.

"David Gallo’s settings and David Zinn’s costumes are cute, while Christopher Ashley’s staging is precisely what you would expect from a man who claims to have seen the original movie 148 times."

That's just insulting. The comment about Christopher Ashley is just plain rude. Too bad, everyone else liked it.

http://www.nynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070711/ENTERTAINMENT/707110309
Jacques Le Sourd liked it.

http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/ny-secfirst5287786jul11,0,3408096.story?coll=ny-features-print
Linda Winer liked it.

http://www.nysun.com/article/58212
Eric Grode liked it.

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1184129672115500.xml&coll=1
Michael Sommers liked it.


A VERY good night for the company.

You should see the cover of the NY Times' Arts section.

They lost a big demographic from that Post review...the demographic being people that ride the subway in the morning. It's much easier to hold the post then the times...and much cheaper. Too bad. hahha

DrVincento2 - Actually, it's not the Post that's popular on the train anymore, it's AM New York and the other free papers, all of which gave the show good reviews, as well.


AM NY's 3.5 star-review can be found here:
http://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/stage/blog/