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Hedwig Reviews
#25Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 9:50pm
Second rate talent? Harsh as F*CK.
If you actually READ Matthew Murray's review, it's clear that he is referring to HEDWIG as a "second-rate talent and NOT Neil Patrick Harris.
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#26Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 9:52pm
"If you like to go into a show "fresh" don't read (rave or neg) reviews...TOO MANY SPOILERS!"
Professional critics as a rule intentionally don't include spoilers and in those rare instances when they do, clearly call it out beforehand. What spoilers are you referring to?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#27Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 10:18pmNY Times is a rave: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/theater/hedwig-and-the-angry-inch-stars-neil-patrick-harris.html?ref=theater&_r=0&gwh=D635E59EC7161E4EE50CA6A9E427B8E0&gwt=regi
#28Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 10:22pmYup. Brantley just all but sealed his Tony. This is also looking like the frontrunner for Best Revival.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#30Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 10:43pmA well deserved love letter in my estimation. I was so worried that the show wouldn't work on Broadway. Mitchell nailed it with his script tweaks. And I worried I wouldn't be able to lose sight of NPH the personality and find Hedwig. He blew me away. So happy for all involved. Except the unlucky bastards trying to get tickets tomorrow.
#31Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 10:59pm
Add me to the list of HEDWIG lovers!
My review - with possible spoilers: http://jkstheatrescene.blogspot.com/2014/04/review-hedwig-and-angry-inch.html
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#33Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 11:27pmThe piece itself has earned the Tony, too. Even though it's wildly successful and loved, it's still a pretty thought-provoking and progressive piece of theatre that needs to be seen. It was ahead of its time when it debuted and is still kind of ahead of its time.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#34Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 11:30pmWhere are all the naysayers of both NPH and this show "working" on Broadway? I seem to recall a number of posters who swore NPH would never be able to pull this off.
#35Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 11:36pm
So happy for all of these raves!!! I SO loved this show!
Could someone PLEASE get me one of those HURT LOCKER faux Playbills?!?!? I'm sad enough I'll probably never have the "Love Theme' sheet music. I'll gladly pay for the postage to send the Playbill to me. THANKS in advance!!!
<-- Tevye, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, March 2018
#36Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 11:41pmFavorite quote from the NY Times: "With this show, Mr. Harris joins an elite club of musical-comedy male supernovas that has exactly one other member these days, Hugh Jackman."
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#37Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 11:49pmJane, are ya gonna hand deliver a very juicy pizza to NPH at the stage door? He needs his CARB S!
StickIt
Featured Actor Joined: 8/29/08
#38Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 11:56pmAnyone else notice Brantley called Assassins a "Sondheim/Lapine" musical in his review? Um...
#39Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/22/14 at 11:56pm
To be fair to the naysayers (although I was not one), there were a lot of traps and quicksand that could have made this revival a dog: NPH himself could have been superficial or not punk enough or too jokey or too slick. Expanding the production could have turned it into something overblown and inauthentic. And simply setting it on Broadway could have felt like a fatal error in judgment.
That all of these traps were avoided says something very impressive about the collaborations between NPH and JCM and Stephen Trask and Michael Mayer and Spencer Liff and Julian Crouch and especially David Binder, the kind of producer the theater used to have and always needs more of: passionate, committed and creative.
#41Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/23/14 at 12:24amtiny - stage door - me? what must you be thinking????
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
Marlothom
Broadway Star Joined: 4/13/04
#43Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/23/14 at 12:44amYes! I am so glad I broke the piggy bank for premiums seats and saw this amazing production last week. I wish Lena was getting a bit more love (as in a whole paragraph v. one sentence), but I'll take it!
"Observe how bravely I conceal this dreadful dreadful shame I feel."
#44Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/23/14 at 12:57am"BEYOND FABULOUS" ---I am sure that will attached to bill boards before long.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#45Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/23/14 at 1:31amIs this open ended? I'm leaving town for the summer and I have a week left. Deciding if I should just scoop up a real ticket.
#46Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/23/14 at 4:03am
Great to read these reviews.
Tiny said: "?es...I long for the days when everyone ran from sardi's to the ny times bldg. to get the (review),...newspaper at 1 am. roxy remembers, right"
But keep in mind, even back then the major critics were infamous for running out of shows early and missing the endings to crank out a review--it's nothing new. I know Hal Prince has complained about it in the past.
#47Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/23/14 at 6:28amRex Reed's movie reviews--which were never great--have over the past decade been some of the most hysterical to read--I'm glad he reviewed this for his theatre column. I am now convinced he's AdterEight's twin cousin (and the hilarity about him complaining about a "drag show" given his one big movie role...) http://observer.com/2014/04/as-tonys-near-star-studded-shows-make-their-case-for-broadways-top-prize/
Freeman5
Understudy Joined: 6/8/09
#48Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/23/14 at 7:29am
I would like to ask in all sincerity for those of you who love Hedwig and think it is a thougth provoking piece of theatre, how so?
I have only seen the movie, which I hated, especially the score. Perhaps it plays differently on the stage? Truth be told, I hated everything about the movie - it gave me a headache. I saw ait with a group of my gay friends, all of whom loved it, but were incoherent as to exactly why they did. Honestly, this show has less than zero appeal to me (and I like Neil Patrick Harris very much).
I still don't think Hedwig will win the Tony for Revival (esp. if the Tony committee places Lady Day, a similar small cast concert production, and Cabaret makes the finalist list; the show is too small and I do believe this will matter to enough voters, a majority of them - this could be wishful thinking on my part). I also really hope enough voters coalesce around Jefferson Mays. Well, we'll see...
#49Hedwig Reviews
Posted: 4/23/14 at 7:37am
Is this open ended? I'm leaving town for the summer and I have a week left. Deciding if I should just scoop up a real ticket.
Scoop.
