The Carpenters Story Reviews

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Average customer review: 2.0 star rating (1.9 Stars)

Number of reviews: 13

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5.0 star rating Maria Hamilton from Birmingham,

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !

Brilliant show tonight at The Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham. Claire was amazing. Excellent production. Well done everyone !

4.0 star rating Gill Wedgbury from Birmingham,

UNFAIR REVIEWS!

We saw this show last evening and can’t understand the negative reviews posted here! The singer had a good voice and sang a wide selection of carpenters songs very well. The musicians were absolutely excellent and the audience gave a standing ovation at the end of the show. Karen Carpenter had a unique voice, and therefore, you cannot expect anyone else to emulate her completely, so it is unfair to criticise a good singer doing her job well!

3.0 star rating Bronwen Smewing from London, England

GREAT BAND BUT SINGER DIDN’T HAVE THE RIGHT RANGE

The show doesn’t tell the story in any depth, shows video clips (out of sync) the main singer, I’m afraid, sounded like a karaoke attempt, didn’t do Karen’s voice any justice of her incredible voice. This should really be billed as a tribute not their ‘story’

2.0 star rating Tracey from London, England

DISAPPOINTING

I saw the show last night and was very disappointed as there was very little content on the actual story of the carpenters. The show was more of a singalong with a few video clips in the background. I would say if you want the carpenters story you would be better off watching a documentary which I think has been on the tv before. Although the lead singer had a good voice it didn’t do justice to Karen’s velvet tones. This to me was like watching a tribute band that didn’t look or sound like the carpenters.

2.0 star rating Jill from Liverpool,

DISAPPOINTED

There was no carpenters story. The show was more like a tribute band .

2.0 star rating Lisa from London, England

VERY DISAPPOINTING

We saw the show last night and was that disappointed that we left at the interval. The lead singer struggled with a lot notes, and her voice was just not strong enough lacking depth. She sounded nothing like Karen Carpenter, and gave more the impression that we were at a Karaoke sing along. The backing band singers were much better than the lead singer. Really would not recommend this one for Carpenter fans.

1.0 star rating Steven from Plymouth

VERY DISAPPOINTED

Saw this in Plymouh last night 02/04/23, but they do not have a review site. Very disappointed. With the word "Story" in the title, was expecting something similar to Beautiful or Jersey Boys. Instead we endured what in my opinion was a misleading and poor show. The musicians were very good, but the format, backdrop and vocalist left much to be desired. as already mentioned by another reviewer the background video was out of sinc. Some of the supposed happenings in 1971 I suggest never happened in 1971and there was very little actual Carpenters story told. Why were the songs not sung in order of release date? like a story is told. We seriously debated leaving at the interval but decided to stay in case it improved in the second half, both of us decided it did not. Very poor evenings entertainment.

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