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Very disappointing Review by: Legs, May 12, 2011 |
| This sounded like a slam dunk, but even the extraordinary Marc Kudisch couldn't make it work. The sets and costumes are exquisite and the actors are all fine, but this material made operatic without a strong score is a snooze. |
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This Sure Ain't No My Fair Lady! Review by: aseatontheaisle, May 9, 2011 |
| A Minister's Wife provides a pleasant evening’s entertainment but it sure ain’t no My Fair Lady. The book by Pendleton is satisfactory but adds nothing to Shaw’s original work. The score by Schmidt is good, more opera than musical theatre, but the lyrics by Tranen are uninspired and readily forgettable. Both the acting and singing performances are acceptable but far from outstanding and the small orchestra is more of a distraction than an ... read more enhancement. All in all, turning Candida into a musical didn’t really add to the production and I much prefer the original straight play. |
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"A Minister's Wife" and "The Motherf**ker with the Hat" Review by: Tom Bestor, May 1, 2011 |
It would be hard to find two shows more different than this pair. "A Minister's Wife" is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's "Candida" and is set in the study of a proper English minister in 1898. "The Motherf**ker with the Hat" is a play set in present day New York, in three different apartments, none of which is particularly appealing. In "A Minister's Wife" the action -- such as it is -- revolves around whether a young poet can steal the ... read more heart of the minister's wife. But, as with the standard British drawing room drama, very little is spoken of directly. In "The Motherf**ker with the Hat," there is very little that isn't spoken of directly. Infidelity (and there's plenty of it), backsliding addicts, violence of all sorts...it's all there.
But there are a few things the two shows have in common. Both have great sets. Both have solid acting. Both left me entirely cold. |
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| * Review is an opinion of a BroadwayBox user and not that of BroadwayBox.com and BroadwayBox, Inc. |
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