PARAMOUR Opens Tonight... Post reviews here!

[roadmixer]

Respect to Limelight Mike... waited and saw nothing!

[BroadwayPeasent]

I love Cirque. Did  not see this thought the plot of the thing was nonsense. Saw La Nouba in Orlando instead an exciting show

[darquegk]

Quidam is brilliant in its Chagal-inspired surrealism. The plot is hidden beneath the surface and must be extracted. This... I have doubts about.

[Call_me_jorge]

Did critics even go?

[uncageg]

I don 't see a review round-up.

[LizzieCurry]

http://variety.com/2016/legit/reviews/paramour-review-cirque-du-soleil-broadway-1201783059/

[uncageg]

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/Review-Cirque-du-Soleil-Paramour-380846581.html

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cirque-du-soleils-paramour-theater-897299

[suzycat]

"a series of clichés about humanoids accompanied by sounds."

These reviews are AMAZING  

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-Cirque-du-Soleils-PARAMOUR-Opens-on-Broadway-Updating-Live-20160525

[Mr Roxy]

Brutal is the word I would use. The Curse of the Lyric is alive and well.Cirque has deep pockets but will they go into them to keep it afloat?  Look for this on TDF rather quickly.

[RW3]

NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/theater/review-paramour-brings-cirque-du-soleil-to-broadway.html?smid=tw-nytimestheater&smtyp=cur&_r=0

[BroadwayConcierge]

Isherwood: “A.D.H.D.! The Musical.” 

Holy yikes.

[RippedMan]

Honestly these reviews aren't that bad and actually make

me want to see this! And judging from the people lining up to see the show, they won't read these reviews anyway. 

[VintageSnarker]

" wide of face, short of neck and plain of voice "

Ouch. Nasty and uncalled for.

I don't even see the one or two puff pieces that can usually be expected.

[Mr Roxy]

Sounds like the nasty type of review that was John Simon's specialty.

[RippedMan]

I get it's there job to review, but instead of thinking of it as a "musical," maybe is a musical in the lexicon of Cirque. I don't think, in this instance, the book/music are important. I saw "O" in Vegas and was blown away. But couldn't tell you a damn thing about the story or songs. 

[SweetLips]

I consider the personal 'review' by a Robert Greskovic toward Ruby Lewis to be a cowardly act written by a bitter twisted old nelly .

The job of a critic is not to critique a persons' physicality .

I don't know either of these 2 people but I just hope a big out of control bus is headed in the direction of Mr Greskovic and that Ms Lewis doesn't read those terrible words.

 

SL

[Mr Roxy]

It is not a musical but more a special event and should not be treated  as a musical. We to saw "O" in Vegas years ago and we had no clue what the music was. The spectacle was the thing and they delivered.

[After Eight]

It offered more in the way of entertainment value than any of the critics' oh-so-cherished darlings that receive oh-so-fawning hype and are oh-so-acutely painful to endure. Here's hoping Cirque's latest endeavor achieves success with the paying customers.

[neonlightsxo]

After Eight loves Paramour and hates everything else. Good to know.

[mpkie]

neonlightsxo said: "After Eight loves Paramour and hates everything else. Good to know."

Not according to his review in the previews thread, where he called it "Parabore".

As a spectacle, this show is far, far, far superior to another show that's supposed to be a "good" spectacle that's managed to be a long running Bway show - Lion King (cringe). If someone asked me about Lion King, I'd tell them to see Paramour instead. It's also far superior to the other two shows I've seen at The Lyric - On The Town and Lord of the Dance. I cringe when I think about that awful singer they had for LotD; at least Ruby Lewis can sing even if she doesn't have the most unique voice.

I sorta, vaguely, masochistically wish I had see Spider-Man so I can make a comparison there, too.

But yeah, this show should be judged as a special theatrical event and not by stage musical critical standards. It's not like you can judge stage musicals' entertainment value by Cirque standards, so... yeah. General appeal and entertainment value are there. But if you go in with the mindset of a serious uppity theater buff, that's kinda not going to work very well. I think the show is a great intro for Cirque newbies, of which, I am sure, there are many.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Good for Bradley Dean! He gets paid to NOT have to appear in this bomb.

[chanel]

"Splashy, dazzling and innovative...yet dullishly cliched and corny."

http://www.out.com/michael-musto/2016/5/31/paramour-dazzling-corny-also-drag-race-casting-gossip

[jomilo21]

Everyone keeps saying not to judge it as a musical... We are on Broadway, Cirque has been calling it a musical, they are trying to create a musical here with a story and they failed miserably. The critics said the tricks were cool but when trying to compare it as a musical, it has no weight. I think that's very fair. Welcome to Broadway. If you just want to be judged on spectacle, stay off Broadway. As for the person comparing it to Lion King, are you kidding me?!?! It won 6 Tony Awards including best musical and has some of the greatest music ever written. Cirque won't even get a nomination. It will be long forgotten by then. 

[mpkie]

jomilo21 said: "for the person comparing it to Lion King, are you kidding me?!?! It won 6 Tony Awards including best musical and has some of the greatest music ever written. "

Nope, I am not kidding you. I loathed that show and I would know better than to recommend it to people I know, UNLESS they were specifically looking for family-friendly shows for younger kids and do no see theater often to have a frame of comparison and/or informed opinion regarding what they like. Even then... I would recommend Aladdin over it, which I also did not like but did not hate. I love Disney films and Disney songs, but I realized that they fail to translate well for me on stage.

As for the comparison, I'm only comparing it on the basis of entertainment value.

I'm not sure if *everyone* is saying not to judge it as a musical. I can't disagree that Paramour can and should be judged as a musical, but I think it shouldn't only be judged by musical merits. The musical aspects of it is certainly subpar. Cirque actually calls it as a "Cirque du Soleil Theatrical," although they sometimes say a "Cirque du Soleil musical" as well. But then we're just getting into semantics. The point I think I'm making is that Paramour offers something that is limited/rare or non-existent in the other current Broadway offerings.

I can't make a fully informed opinion on the Cirque elements either, unless/until I have seen one or more pure Cirque du Soleil shows.

[Pedro Filho]

So I've been looking forward to this show since November of last year. I was so excited! Bought my tickets in like January and have been counting down the days until June 4th when I would finally get to watch Paramour! Now the Cirque part of the show was absolutely amazing and breathtaking. But the book/story/songs was horrid. I didn't feel for any of the characters. I usually cry watching anything and I didn't care for the ending at all. There was no emotion! It was too fast paced. Ruby Lewis was so talented, but I just didn't care for Indigo. I read the numerous reviews and comments about the show, but I put them to the side cause I usually love shows even if they're "bad". But I didn't love this. And definitely wouldn't watch it again. It was a once and done type of thing. AND I was waiting the entire time for the song from when they first announced Paramour and that Ruby Lewis sang at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 

https://youtu.be/aLmO1rkxOjA

No Paramour song! 

 

It was entertaining, but just no depth. 

[wild2]

A sample of "Dandyworld" side by side with "Paramour".

I wanted to let you know, that you were not alone in wondering what happened to the Paramour Title song. In fact, a lot of people on Facebook were asking about the title song. But Cirque kept deleting their comments / questions for over a year now.

In short Cirque pulled the title track after being informed that composer Andreas Carlsson had taken the song out of a project called Dandy. Carlsson only co-owned and co-created that project and did not inform Cirque or the Dandy co-creator that he was doing this. "Dandyworld" is used in and a part of the story in the #1 Dandy Novel from Sweden, published in 2010 by Norstedts. It was also in promotional videos and the song was given out as a download with the ebook version of the novel.

Carnival Comics is that co-owner and co-creator... and we've decided to tell the public the truth and not be forced into keeping this secret, as Dandy is still a project under our banner. Cirque at first only asked how Andreas' Lawyer hoped to dispense with us, (even though we co-own and co-created the entire Dandy Project). Then Andreas tried to get an injunction so that we would not be able to talk about other songs he wanted to take out of the Dandy Project; and by default keep us quiet about this Cirque situation. (It was denied, and our 1st Amendment Rights was noted as one of the main reasons.) And finally, Cirque has not apologized and only said that they do not INTEND to use the song, in the future. But they would not say that they WILL NOT use it in the future. So they hope Andreas suing us endlessly for doing nothing (3 times in the last 6 years - twice in the last year), will lead to them getting a song out of our 10 year project... and they hoped to do it quietly. The public has the right to know the truth.

This FB post explains the situation with the song (hear the Dandyworld / Paramour Song 7 min into the video): Dandy Graphic Novel Motion Movie