I'm a little confused. It's almost as if Brantley's soul was sucked away by the show.
Although, in fairness, he is the only one who could draw a comparison between Marilyn Monroe and James Barbour.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
i think it's sweet you think brantley has a soul ...
Not NOW, he doesn't.
At least he had one once, unlike Charles Isherwood.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
I said from the beginning that I never thought this show would get a good write up. I was guessing mixed to negative and that looks like what it has been getting so far.
I still think that this show will play for a bit.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear"
Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
It won't play for much longer. It's not exactly doing what anyone could call booming business now. It's a big show with a lot of expenses. All of these bad reviews will very likely kill it within a month or so.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Do you think they can finish out the year? I'm going on a trip to see it on Nov. 12 & I would like to give the advisor information if she shouldn't hold her breath & look for another show.
"If you want grotesque, look (bizarrely enough) to the show’s star, James Barbour, who portrays the worthy but dissolute Sydney Carton, he of the “far, far better thing” spiel. Mr. Barbour, who played Mr. Rochester in the Broadway musical of “Jane Eyre,” is giving the kind of high-camp, hair-tossing performance New York hasn’t seen from a leading man since Robert Cuccioli lashed the air with his ponytail in “Jekyll & Hyde.”
With a voice that combines the boom of thunder with the breathlessness of Marilyn Monroe and a leaning posture that appears to be in eternal search of a lamppost, Mr. Barbour invests every minute he’s onstage with heavy-lidded, overripe languor. Some might call his performance de trop (well, in Paris they might). But hey, at least he shows signs of life, something otherwise perversely lacking in this tale of historic turmoil" ~ Ben Brantley
What a royal wacking! I certaintly hope it lasts a bit for the sake of all of Jill's hard work. IMHO,I still think they should have replaced Barbour before it came to Broadway.
Ben Brantley's review of The Little Mermaid: "Love the shoes. Loathe the show. OK, I exaggerate. I didn't like the shoes that much..."
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
I assumed Brantley would hate this but I didn't expect him to relish trashing the show as much as he did. I'm surprised he bothered to give any props to Barbour, despite it being left-handed praise.
WIth the amount of people on this board who never spend full price, and the general lack of interest in non-theatre goers seeing this show, plus of course bad reviews: ATOTC isn't going to last too long . DIdn't Eagleman or whomever post that it is rougly $500,000 a week to run, give or take a few thousands? I can't see how negative reviews will turn into more cash. I was hoping it'd be a suprise hit! Guess not .
And frankly, if TALES doesn't die now, it will soon, what with all the other "hot ticket" shows coming down the pike: with our economy, even shows that get great reviews are going to have a hard time of it.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Brantley's review was harsher than I thought it would be. I wonder how long the show will last?
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
NGD2225, I don't know and I cannot say I'm that good of a predicter (sp?) of that kind of stuff. Some shows that get awful reviews, like J&H run for 4 years despite big running costs and some are like Carrie (to point out an extreme obvious) where they close in a matter of days. ATOTC is no Carrie at all though, I'm guessin it's going to be like Woman in White a few years back. Will try to run for a few months and then announce a very very sudden closing (WiW announced Judy Kuhn's temp casting, then a week later gave a 2-week closing notice). Torre/review for NY1 seems to keep using similar terms with the two shows from wht I vaguely remember of her WiW review.
Please remember that Les Miz did not get great reviews. In London the only thing that kept it running originally were the subscriptions at the theater.