LEAP OF FAITH Reviews

[egghumor]

"My guess is Brantley -- he usually loves Raul."

Well that's certainly about to be tested...

[srg129]

Time Out New York is negative:

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/leap-of-faith

[BroadwayBen]

AP is NEGATIVE:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120426/us-theater-review-leap-of-faith/

[egghumor]

Wow, if that nasty review from Time Out New York merited two stars, what does a one-star review read like?

[srg129]

Yeah was wondering the same thing egg! Don't Dress For Dinner also got the two star treatment.

[mschwager]

Here is my review I posted on my blog after seeing a preview. http://upstage-left.blogspot.com/2012/04/review-alan-menkens-leap-of-faith.html

[bk]

I believe this thread is for real reviews? Not blogs?

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

bk: I gather when a person sees a show, he is apt to reveal his opinions on said show..hence a review. Whether it's a blog review, a personal review or a theatre critic review...it's still a review. Just saying...from RC in Austin, Texas

[tmbyru]

bk, You're right. This is a list of critic reviews.

[dramamama611]

But THESE threads are specifically for official reviews, the other existing threads are for our opinions.

(It's an understandable mistake, however.)

[taboo123]

my popcorn just got yummier.

[srg129]

The Hollywood Reporter is mixed:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/leap-faith-theater-review-317119

[BroadwayBen]

I'd say that " Ultimately, it’s hard to shake the feeling that despite all its singing to the Lord, Leap of Faith was never meant to be a musical" is hardly mixed.

[srg129]

Variety is negative-to-mixed:

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947451?refCatId=33

[srg129]

Entertainment Weekly is mixed: Grade B-

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20364394_20589865,00.html

[srg129]

Newsday is negative:

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/leap-of-faith-requires-a-major-one-1.3682060

[rjm516]

EW's and Hollywood Reporter's really aren't that bad, considering.

[srg129]

The Faster Times is negative-to-mixed:

http://www.thefastertimes.com/newyorktheater/2012/04/26/leap-of-faith-review/

[Blockhead24]

Chicago Trib http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/theaterloop/sc-ent-0426-leap-faith-broadway-review-20120426-7,0,6392679.column

[ABB2357]

Matthew Murray is pretty negative:
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/LeapofFaith.html

[srg129]

The NY Times (Brantly) is negative:

http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/theater/reviews/leap-of-faith-with-raul-esparza-at-st-james-theater.html

[srg129]

NY Mag (Vulture) is negative-to-mixed

http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/how-leap-of-faith-falls-short.html

[ABB2357]

Yikes. I don't think Brantley has slammed a major show this harshly since THE ADDAMS FAMILY.

[dramamama611]

Lord, I loved this phrase:

Jessica Phillips, who looks and acts as if she has just been dry-cleaned

[bjh2114]

THE QUOTE OF MY LIFE!!!!!

"Yet here Mr. Esparza seems to keep a chilly distance from his character, and you realize the degree to which self-consciousness has always been a part of his performances. " - Ben Brantley

He is my new favorite person ever.

[bjh2114]

OOF! "Gospel is not Mr. Esparza’s strong suit. When he belts out raise-your-hands invocations to divinity, he sounds like a second-tier Tina Turner impersonator."

So, yah... that happened. For those of you saying Brantley's Nice Work review was a pan, meet the Leap of Faith review. THAT was a pan.