Charles Isherwood: “[Rock of Ages and Bachelorette] both had me wincing more often than I laughed. The dispiriting part is trying to keep intact in your memory file the delight you took in the material onstage when it has been so thoroughly flattened onscreen – to say nothing of trying to explain its allure to people who saw only the movie version. How many ways can you say, ‘You kind of had to be there’?”