9 to 5 Reviews

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

9 to 5 Reviews#1

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!

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

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

[obsessedjb]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#2

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

darnnnn ittt

Happy Opening!!

[defyingravity07]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#2

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

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

HAPPY OPENING!!

[adamgreer]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#3

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

You've got to be kidding.

[JazzSquare55]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#4

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

YAY!!!!!!

[legally_popular]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#5

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]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#6

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]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#7

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

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

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[emo_geek]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#8

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

The cast deserves RAVES

"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999

[Amaranth9]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#9

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]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#10

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

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

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[CSonBroadway]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#11

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

I'm anxious!

I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&. "Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#12

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

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

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

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

[jonartdesigns]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#13

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!

"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#14

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]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#15

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

Well, the curtain's gone up!

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

[blaxx]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#16

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

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[dramadude]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#17

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

The show hasn't started yet...

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#18

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

That was a fair analysis by Murray.

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[ColorTheHours048]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#19

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

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

[blaxx]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#20

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

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#21

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

dramadude, it started at 6:30.

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

[DCS]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#22

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

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

[blaxx]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#23

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.

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[JazzSquare55]

re: 9 to 5 Reviews#24

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

They are MIXED. Not MIXED TO NEGATIVE.

Blaxx is right, on these.