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MaddieBB12 said: "I'm most interested to see how the reviewers will handle the adults-playing-children idea.

I also wonder how many reviews will bring up the murder of the two adults-playing-children characters.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#7
Posted: 4/23/17 at 4:57pm

I know Violet explodes at the end of her number, but who else is killed?

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#8
Posted: 4/23/17 at 5:04pm

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Veruca. She gets torn limb from limb by the giant squirrels who then dance around with her body parts. Augustus's fate is left unknown (he may have been made into fudge), and Mike is the only one who survives for sure, though he is Barbie-sized.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#9
Posted: 4/23/17 at 5:09pm

If it's Brantley, I hope it's as good as the review for THE LITTLE MERMAID.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#10
Posted: 4/23/17 at 5:45pm

NBC NY is mixed:

"In 'Charlie' Musical, You Take the Bitter with the Sweet"

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Review-Charlie-Chocolate-Factory-Musical-420162053.html

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#11
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:33pm

David Cote at Time Out is...Quite negative.

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-1

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#12
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:38pm

Scarywarhol said: "David Cote at Time Out is...Quite negative.

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-1"

Ouch! "Joyless, shapeless and grating, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stale Necco wafer of a musical."

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#13
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:39pm

Younger audiences can cheer, but adults are bound to conclude that Charlie is like what happens with an Everlasting Gobstopper: lots of sucking.

Oh...my god.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#14
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:43pm

I feel as if David Cote was brutally harsh with this one. I haven't seen the show, but his review sounds like he had his mind made up before he even saw the show.

One could say his summary reviews are "joyless, shapeless and grating" too.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#15
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:45pm

TaleofTwo said: "NBC NY is mixed:

"In 'Charlie' Musical, You Take the Bitter with the Sweet"

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Review-Charlie-Chocolate-Factory-Musical-420162053.html

Mixed?

I don't read a lot in this interview that would encourage me to see it. If "mixed" means -- "it could have been worse", then maybe.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#16
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:46pm

TaleofTwo said: "Scarywarhol said: "David Cote at Time Out is...Quite negative.

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-1"

Ouch! "Joyless, shapeless and grating, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stale Necco wafer of a musical."

"That was the line I cringed at, too. "At least" he liked the adults playing children.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#17
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:52pm

I thought the performance started at 6:30 tonight; how are there already reviews?

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#18
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:53pm

It was a 5pm curtain.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#19
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:54pm

Cfried said: "It was a 5pm curtain.

"

Even so...5:00pm curtain should get out at 7:30, no?

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#20
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:58pm

Reviewers didn't just see the show tonight. Usually reviews are released sporadically through out the night.

Updated On: 4/23/17 at 06:58 PM

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#21
Posted: 4/23/17 at 6:59pm

it's normal for reviews to begin yo get released once the Curtain goes up.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#22
Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:00pm

Reviews are written before opening night. They are published any time after the curtain rises on an opening.

Just look at... any other reviews thread in history on here.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#23
Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:06pm

David Cote is correct it is a joyless and grating show, I've was angry by the time it finished and the music is awful.

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. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#24
Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:09pm

Matthew Murray hated it.

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/world/CharlieChocolateFactory2017.html

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Reviews#25
Posted: 4/23/17 at 7:15pm

I can't wait to see the pull quotes they use for this one.