Grease on Broadway--PREVIEWS reviews and comments

Ray · Senior Member

Grease on Broadway--PREVIEWS reviews and comments

phillyeagle111 · Member

haha the stage door IS crowded,
but in my opinion it is handled pretty well overall.
they wouldnt really let max and laura sign autographs to the people that were standing in the street, so be sure that you find a spot on the sidewalk somewhere.

Ray · Senior Member

Sounds good....Thanks.

Maria15 · Veteran Member

are all the reviews kind of good, please answer, I don't get a word from them

THanks

XOXO MaRIA

gramps3 · Senior Member

A souce for non-forum individual reviews of current reviews.

See:

http://www.broadwaybox.com/reviews/theater/review.aspx?eid=2288

Stan/gramps

wizkid500 · Newbie

My wife and I saw the 8pm (preview) show on Friday, August 4, 2007. We thought the entire cast, band, and production crew delivered an outstanding performance.

We paid a premium price for seats in the 3rd row of the Orchestra and they were worth it! We thoroughly enjoyed the production. Max and Laura are fantastic. The other cast members are terrific, each one perfectly cast and outstanding in the particular role. The sets are amazing.

For us, Kathleen Marshall's version is a winner!

The venue is smaller than we expected, but that made the compact sets all the more creative and ingenious. For example, before the curtain went up, we wondered where the band was going to be. We thought the band location is a very creative solution.

Our thanks to everyone involved, and best wishes for a long, successful run.

Signed, Two PhDs (college professors who were in high school during the 60s and have kids older than the cast members)

gramps3 · Senior Member

NY Times individual reviews from those attending previews. Scroll down to "Shows openng" click on Grease to find reviews.

http://theater.nytimes.com/pages/theater/index.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1186509957-RYQI5Ydh2CGr57v8YxFyyg

Stan/gramps

TUKEE GAL · Veteran Member

I'm bumping this topic up. Folks have started to put review comments in the "Not Good" topic, which is misleading, because some of the comments were positive +++. It would be nice to have the preview review comments in one place--whatever the opinion.

cpathens · Veteran Member

A little comment. I met someone at work yesterday who went to the show last weekend with his wife. The wife was a fan of the TV show, but not him. He said they both enjoyed the show very much and thought Laura and Max did an excellent job.

Hello799 · Senior Member

I was expecting only the best and thats exactly what I got. I can't say specifically why, but I paid top dollar for these tickets and I would do it again.

As someone stated before, the orchestra was fun to watch. Each and every performer had a specific job and each one delivered perfectly.
Besides Max and Laura, the two that stands out the most was Jenny (Rizzo) and Daniel (Roger). Jenny was good but the one performer that I was most entertained by was Daniel as Roger.

I could only imagine that their contracts for a year would be extended.

If I had any complaints, it would have been such a small theatre and the cigarette smoke. I realize that they are only herbs and not REAL cigs, but they smelled just as bad or if not worse. I haven't smoked in years, but these were horrible. I guess it is the price I paid for having front row seats. Oh yeah and lets not forget, New Yorkers drive crazy and a 3-egg omlette cost $18.
If thats all I can complain about, it was a pretty good trip.

Not sure if I can pull it off, but I am planning on returning as soon as I can.

nytix · Newbie

Preview review as posted on the nytix.com blog at:
http://nytix.com/Blog/2007/08/grease-is-word.html

Friday, August 3, 2007
Grease Is the Word!

nytix was at the very first performance of the new Broadway revival of Grease, and fans of Max Crumm and Laura Osnes, the winners of NBC's reality TV show Grease - You're the One That I Want, will be happy to know that the young Broadway debutantes acquitted themselves nicely. With a naturally sweet demeanor and a lovely voice, Laura makes an ideal Sandy. Max still strikes one as ever-so-slightly miscast as leather-clad leader-of-the-pack Danny, but the kid is so confident and talented that he's a joy to watch perform.

As it opens with the guys and gals of Rydell High School crooning the seductively hip "Grease is the Word," this Kathleen Marshall-directed production of the perennial American favorite looks like it might finally put the "cool" back in Grease. But it doesn't take long before the show's inherent bubble gumminess starts to ooze out, and the fact that the storyline isn't always coherent doesn't help. However, in addition to Max and Laura, Marshall has assembled a strong cast that -- even in their first performance -- were full of energy and assurance and had no problem whatsoever revving up the audience. When these kids break into classics like "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin'," and "We Go Together," you can't help but get caught up in the fun.

To hear the audience, which undoubtedly was full of fans of the TV show, you would have thought it was a Beatles concert. The hooting, wild applause, and at times even screams (yes, screams!) made the show more than just another performance of a Broadway musical -- this show is an event. The official opening of Grease is not until August 19, so what kinks the production has will likely be ironed out. The fact remains that the show itself is far from the strongest in the musical theatre canon, but this production still makes it a silly good time.
Labels: Broadway musical, Grease

posted by nytix at 6:55 PM