BEACHES Previews- Page 11

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:07pm

Just see it as soon as possible if anyone still wants to.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:28pm

We don't want to.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:30pm

Hahahaaha, oh I know you nor I want to see this (again), but I'm just letting anyone on earth know because it's not long for this world....

[Art Isn’t Easy]

Posted: 4/22/26 at 9:33am

On the way out of the theater my friend I went with turned to me and shrugged: "what is there even to say?" What a confounding experience - the inane script, the vastness of the stage that is not filled, the terrible, picsart scenic design, the constant total blackouts. One really has to wonder what on earth anyone on this creative team was thinking. It feels like a show that would have been called dated back in the 1980's. The best I can say about it is that the first act moved at a clip and that Vosk sounds as good as she always does. When they had the poor Kelli Barrett take a bow in her hospitable garb I actually burst out laughing. WOOF.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/22/26 at 10:26am

I went again last night to see if anything’s changed (it hadn’t) and I’m more shocked than anything that they still don’t let that poor lady change out of her hospice clothes for the curtain call. 

Early previews I said how the book for a good portion of act one is actually pretty funny and campy in parts but damn, last night it was NOT funny anymore. Whether they removed the jokes or were told to tone it down, this show DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGED. The dude next to me was on his phone for a good part of the show and I didn’t even mind because it meant i could always glance over and check the time. 

As much as I hated the score last time, I hated it even more this time. Theres not a single song in this musical I would ever choose to listen to again on a cast recording. None of these songs will be sung by anyone serious at even a cabaret show unless the theme is “Songs You Don’t Want To Hear”. And that nightmare fever dream with all six CeeCee’s and Bertie’s at the wedding is just as jaw dropping as ever.

There’s not a single thing in this show that works. I know in 2026 you have to say “but the cast is amazing” and i mean, they’re all talented of course but they can’t out perform this dire show. Vosk is hilarious sure but this Cee Cee is so unlikable and such a bitch that you really wonder why anyone would be her “Best”. (And who the hell says “she’s my best”? God, that’s awful.)

Still amazing that after an entire decade, this is the final product.