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Hollywood Reporter is Very Positive:

Smells like a hit, a very palpable hit

"The Shakespearean references come thick and fast, along with the winking nods to a whole plethora of modern musicals, in Something Rotten! But the laughs in this rambunctious comedy by Broadway newcomers Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick, written with British humorist John O'Farrell and buoyed by a top-drawer cast, don't require comprehensive recall of classical theater or a particular receptiveness for arcane Broadway in-jokes. This is a big, brash meta-musical studiously fashioned in the mold of Monty Python's Spamalot, The Producers and The Book of Mormon, loaded with crowd-pleasing showstoppers, deliciously puerile gags and an infectious love of the form it so playfully skewers."

Deadline is up and it's Very Positive, with love for James & Borle:

‘Something Rotten!’ Plays The Bard Card In Broadway Merriment – Review

"It’s entirely possible that I would have had a different reaction had not the show given us the exuberant D’Arcy James in his best role ever, a relief from the stolidness ofNext To Normal and the dour cuckold he played on NBC’s Smash. Ditto Borle, also aSmash grad= and beloved of some, though not me, in Peter and the Starcatcher."

"I may be in the minority for being such a sucker for such base humor but I will say this: One  surefire combination in the art of producing for Broadway is the ability to make audiences feel smart — but not outsmarted — and giddy at the same time. It’s as true for Tom Stoppard as it is for the folks behind The Book Of Mormon and Avenue Q. Anyone who can pull off jabs at Cats and Les Miz at this late hour has tapped into something, you know, not rotten — and the best tonic I can imagine for this endless winter season."

NBC NY is up and it's Very Positive, especially for the performers:

It's the Bottoms on Top in Easygoing Comedy "Something Rotten!"

"“Rotten!” paints musical theater culture in the same broad strokes that the “The Book of Mormon” used to satirize religion—everyone gets to be in on the joke. This new musical makes us do just enough work that we feel satisfied for picking up on them. Go for the production numbers and the big-hearted turns from the leads, whose enthusiasm ultimately proves even more infectious than the plague."

TimeOut is up and it's a rave

Something Rotten TONY Review - 5/5 Stars

"And what a cast. If you didn’t already know what a smashing actor and singer Brian D’Arcy James is (he briefly stole the show earlier this year in Hamilton), here is a chance to see him carry a show with wit, fire and some impressive tap moves. Of course with an ensemble this good, the carrying is shared: Cariani squirms adorably; Blickenstaff’s radiant as Nick’s sensible wife; Brooks Ashmanskas as a flouncing, closeted puritan; and Borle as the cocky, narcissistic, plagiarizing Shakespeare. You can bet the Swan of Avon is rolling in his grave—with laughter."