Beaches reviews — Page 2

Musigamist said: "When you set yourself up for it: "Despite Jessica Vosk, BEACHES Is Beached – Review" (Theatrely)

Negative on source material, book, set, but does praise the "hard-working cast"

https://www.theatrely.com/post/despite-jessica-vosk-beaches-is-beached-review"

"James Noone’s set (designed to stay out of the way of David Bengali’s hideous projections) is ready to pack up and hit the road. Should anyone in the touring cast fall ill, Mike Stoller’s bland score and Jennifer Rias’ choreography can be performed by most passersby within a mile of your city’s performing arts center. Tracy Christensen’s costumes can be found at Sears right now, J. Jared Janas’ wigs at the Party City next door, and even the shadiest non-union house can quickly rig up Ken Billington’s lighting designs."

That is absolutely scathing lmao

DiscoCrows said: "Musigamist said: "When you set yourself up for it: "Despite Jessica Vosk, BEACHES Is Beached – Review" (Theatrely)

Negative on source material, book, set, but does praise the "hard-working cast"

https://www.theatrely.com/post/despite-jessica-vosk-beaches-is-beached-review"

"James Noone’s set (designed to stay out of the way of David Bengali’s hideous projections) is ready to pack up and hit the road. Should anyone in the touring cast fall ill, Mike Stoller’s bland score and Jennifer Rias’ choreography can be performed by most passersby within a mile of your city’s performing arts center. Tracy Christensen’s costumes can be found at Sears right now, J. Jared Janas’ wigs at the Party City next door, and even the shadiest non-union house can quickly rig up Ken Billington’s lighting designs."

That is absolutely scathing lmao"


Well that is just brutal. Sadly also hilarious. 

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "I personally am not a fan of some of the theatrical vultures in this thread. Some persons seem to revel in a show's potential closure. I've read posts on social media where Jessica Vosk has mentioned the years of hard work to have Beaches on Broadway. Whatever ultimately happens, I'd like to congratulate the creatives, the technical people and all the individuals who have been involved with Beaches. All the best to them."

R, you are such a lovely human. But people are paid to review shows and there will be reactions to them on here. I understand the years of work. I understand how awful it is when a show doesn't work out. I understand how hard everyone is working on that stage, which is why I ended my review stating I was heartbroken for the cast, looking out to empty houses every night. But, there is always a bomb every season, and considering they have been working on this for over a decade, the finished product should have been much, much better. It's almost unbelievable how bad it turned out to be. I do hope they all find new jobs quickly. 

Updated On: 4/23/26 at 11:48 PM