Ultimately, though, the real problem is the set list's utter blandness. Commingling rock and classical music has birthed such wildly diverse artifacts as Emerson, Lake & Palmer's cover of Aaron Copland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man,' the Metallica-Sa...
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Critics' Reviews
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Review: Roll Over, Beethoven? At ‘Rocktopia,’ It’s Time to Roll Back
From: New York Times |
By: Elisabeth Vincentelli |
Date: 3/27/2018
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‘Rocktopia’ review: rock-classical concert hits Broadway
From: New York Daily News |
By: Joe Dziemianowicz |
Date: 3/27/2018
If the notion of Mozart's exuberant 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' married to Styx's guitar-grinding 'Come Sail Away' or a lush Handel aria bleeding into Elton John's plaintive 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me' sounds like music to your ears, this may be t...
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‘Rocktopia’ Broadway Review: Beethoven’s Not the Only One Rolling Over in This Musical Mashup
From: The Wrap |
By: Thom Geier |
Date: 3/27/2018
The very concept of 'Rocktopia' feels so dated, like a glorified field trip to the local symphony hall for a High Art-meets-Low Art lesson in music appreciation. (The idea of blending rock and Rachmaninoff is not new.)
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From: The Hollywood Reporter |
By: Frank Scheck |
Date: 3/27/2018
Rock and classical music had a shotgun wedding, and their love child is on Broadway in the form of Rocktopia. Not since K-tel's best-selling Hooked on Classics series in the '80s has there been such a misguided attempt to combine two musical forms.
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