9 to 5 Reviews

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:51pm

I wanted to be the first to start the thread for this show :]


Best of luck to this extremely talented cast and creative team, I hope you get all the great reviews you deserve.

Happy opening!

Updated On: 4/29/09 at 11:51 PM

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:54pm

darnnnn ittt

Happy Opening!!

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:55pm

This is going to throw Mike's schedule completely off.

HAPPY OPENING!!

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:56pm

You've got to be kidding.

[JazzSquare55]

Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:56pm

YAY!!!!!!

[legally_popular]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 12:20am

Happy opening 9 to 5!

I have a feeling that even if it doesn't get great reviews, it will still do well financially. I wish it the best of luck. We need a new, fun musical on Broadway!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 12:21am

A little early and ten bucks says Limelight starts his own threat anyway, but I wish 9 TO 5 nothing but the best with their reviews, their opening night, and their run on Broadway!

The producers have a hit on their hands, that's for sure.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 12:22am

I wish both shows opening tonight good reviews. I'm sure they'll be positively received, mostly.

[emo_geek]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 3:31am

The cast deserves RAVES

[Amaranth9]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 1:24pm

This brief review has jumped the gun but the author loved the show. It won't matter as much as the NY and national names, but could help with trans-Atlantic travelers and a lot people read UK news sources.

The show has it's flaws but here's hoping that more reviews follow in this vein!
The guardian on 9 to 5

[DAME]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 1:56pm

The show will do well good reviews or not. It has a brilliant producer behind it.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 2:54pm

I'm anxious!

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 3:55pm

Curtain goes up in a little over two hours and still no reviews, wow.

Updated On: 4/30/09 at 03:55 PM

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 4:12pm

my magic crystal ball is telling me that the reviews will be almost entirely positive with Talkin' Broadway being mixed or mixed to negative

Break a leg everyone!

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:05pm

I think they will all be a bit Mixed to Positive. The show has some very visible flaws.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:24pm

Well, the curtain's gone up!

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:24pm

Matthew (my love) is Mixed


The trick of making musicals used to be to retain works? original natures, not overturn them; in even today?s more serious efforts (such as Billy Elliot, which opened earlier this season), it seems like most people onstage, offstage, and in the audience, can?t tell the difference between the approaches. 9 to 5, at least, is better than most. But given the experience of everyone involved, it bumps its head too often on quality?s glass ceiling.

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/index.html

[dramadude]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:36pm

The show hasn't started yet...

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:47pm

That was a fair analysis by Murray.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:50pm

One of his most considerate reviews I've read. Maybe it's a good omen?

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:53pm

Variety is Mixed

The principal asset in "9 to 5: The Musical" is unquestionably the beloved screen property on which this eager-to-please adaptation is based. The popular 1980 fem-powerment farce about three renegade secretaries who turn the tables on their chauvinistic boss was driven by three iconic performances, and the women who step into those heels here do dandy work re-creating those characters with enough freshness to rise above mere imitation. If the material showcasing the trio is an uneven cut-and-paste job that struggles to recapture the movie's giddy estrogen rush, plenty of folks will nonetheless find this a nostalgic crowd-pleaser.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940163.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:53pm

dramadude, it started at 6:30.

[DCS]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:58pm

I would say both VARIETY and Talkin Broadway are MIXED TO NEGATIVE, not simply MIXED

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 7:00pm

They both say it serves its purpose as a crowd pleaser - they both seem to put it in a "at least it's fun" light.

[JazzSquare55]

Posted: 4/30/09 at 7:02pm

They are MIXED. Not MIXED TO NEGATIVE.

Blaxx is right, on these.