OOF! "Gospel is not Mr. Esparza’s strong suit. When he belts out raise-your-hands invocations to divinity, he sounds like a second-tier Tina Turner impersonator."
So, yah... that happened. For those of you saying Brantley's Nice Work review was a pan, meet the Leap of Faith review. THAT was a pan.
I didn't like Leap, but I certainly didn't hate it as much as many other posters here -- but these reviews make me feel awful for the performers. (Note: I don't disagree with the critics)
And I can't stop myself from trying to figure out the 4th nominee for Best New Musical....the door just swung WAY open for Bonnie and Clyde or even (gasp) Spiderman. Boy, I really wish they would only nominate 3.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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"Gospel is not Mr. Esparza’s strong suit. When he belts out raise-your-hands invocations to divinity, he sounds like a second-tier Tina Turner impersonator."
OUCH. that is pretty rough. This is even worse than his WOMEN ON THE VERGE review.
Did anyone look at the NYTimes Readers Reviews? It's like all the people involved with the show saw Brantley's pan and commented with INSANE raves (one even said "Better than the Book of Mormon in every way"). I just don't believe that that many actual regular-old audience members have already posted and have all posted raves. Fishy.
REALLY, TheaterMania????? The best three songs of the entire season?
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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I think the commercial's pretty fake too, especially since it was aired after, what?, two previews. At that time, the show was a bigger mess than it probably is now.
I agree too Dramamama, certainly didn't think it was as bad as these reviews; but I must concur that I don't think it has the best three songs of the season. Maybe one--the 11 O'Clock number by Raul.
srg, that wasn't what ljay meant. Brantley's review for Women on the Verge was scathing. It was probably the last (or at least one of the last) REALLY scathing review he'd written prior to this one. Ljay wasn't referring to Raul in particular.
And I just heard a rumor that Bring It On might be getting the St James (in June). I'm not saying this is reliable or realistic, but coming from a person that does not easily talk about this kind of thing.
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I wouldn't be surprised if that were true. I also wouldn't be surprised of Leap of Faith posted closing notice on Tuesday after the Tony nominations come out.
Apparently, it seems mr. Esparza has had it coming.
Brantley's review has a strange, extraordinarily passive-aggressive feel to it, as if he has longed to dish it to this guy, and now finally has the chance.
You know, it's funny, I remember the opening phrases of about three of the songs (The Devil Number, The Fox and the Hound song and, "IIIIIIII Can Read YOOOOOU") which is nice, but compare that to when I went out humming the whole Minstrel March in SCOTTSBORO BOYS when I first saw it. It's a shame Menken's work was not up to par here. NEWSIES really was great, though.
Bring it on will be ripped apart by the critics as well, the only really great moments in that show are done by the chubbier sidekick.
That NYT review was harsh, closing notice should be posted soon! Ben had better things to say about In My Life!
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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it'll be closed in a few weeks. There's just no hope for this show. Ghost at least has decent word-of-mouth, it'll be interesting to see what show takes that 4th Tony nomination.
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