Sherlock Holmes Tickets

This was so awful we had a hard time staying until intermission. The couple sitting in front of us left 5 minutes into the play. The acting was horrible. I'm not sure if David Arquette was drinking heavily before the curtain went up or he just had no interest in learning his lines before hand. Some of the actors were speaking so softly you couldn't hear them, while other actors were screaming their lines. Also, I've seen many plays about Sherlock Holmes and at no time was he laughing hysterically and making stupid, silly jokes. It was just awful.

Very good performances by all the performers. Enjoyed the story and the comedic relief throughout the presentation.

The play was hard to follow and I couldn't understand what was happening most of the time. I was a little disappointed!

Very disappointing show. It was difficult to hear the actors; staging was over done -- too much scenery and lots of movement detracting from show. No real plot.

Weird, poor production values, choppy storyline; the play could have used more clever lines and even a little suspense believe it or not for Sherlock Holmes. David Arquette's acting was fine as was the entire cast but the play itself left a lot to be desired in that it didn't tell a story but was a compilation of several of the Holmes stories. Yes, we get the whole cocaine, morphine thing but seriously spinning lights A very big waste of money.

I received the Complete Sherlock Holmes in the 8th grade and have read the whole cannon at least 10 times across 40 years and followed tv series and movies, so I know my Sherlock. The technique of mixing elements from different Holmes stories (used in the excellent BBC series Sherlock), was attempted with this play, but definitely failed. Holmes was miscast, mis-costumed (his coat was beige, thick, and nothing like the Sherlock Holmes classic!) and spoke in arch affected tones that made him hard to comprehend. Instead of the beloved lean, intense, piercingly intelligent and idiosyncratic Holmes, this Holmes seemed foppish, giggly, was shorter than Watson, and rather plump. The device of casting Moriarty as a kind of Mephistopheles was cute, but ultimately meaningless. The staging was brilliant and interesting, but the comedy was weak and full of tiresome puns, the plot was convoluted, and "un-mysterious"-- there was nothing that made me even care who was murdered, or why. My companion and I said we were sorry for the children in the audience for whom the play must have been bewildering, as there would have been nothing similar to the Sherlock Holmes they might have read or seen...the play might have been mildly entertaining to a person who knew nothing about Sherlock Holmes....

The settings were clever and the costumes were great. However the sound was not clear to me and the accents made it difficult to follow the story and enjoy the dialogue. Plus there is a dark element with the drug use that is true to the original AC Doyle stories but off putting to this audience member with my spouse and adult children. Something else didn't click that I can'tput my finger on. The audience clapped politely at the end but did not stand. Sadly, just an average performance.

I've NEVER walked out on a show. This show was my first. The "star" was "acting in complete monotone. Dropping the ends of his sentences. With little to no enthusiasm as if he was trying to rush through the lines in order to go home. Yes, it was THAT bad. A complete waste of $140 for two. Do yourself a favor in whatever city it goes to next... Stay home and save your money!

Didn't realize it was a farce. The acting was terrible. They tried to copy "39 steps" and did so poorly. Arquette flubbed his lines at least a half dozen times. Avoid it!

The camp factor was high for this show; much more than expected for the usually witty repartee of a Sherlock tale. The actors failed to hit their comic timing, often more concerned with keeping their accents in check or remembering lines than actually delivering the message to the audience. What was fantastic was the staging and technical efforts here -- from lighting to costumes to choreography, it was a feast for the eyes, making up somewhat for the mess of a script.