Beaches reviews- Page 4

[CJRochester]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 12:15pm

BroadwayGirl107 said: "ElephantLoveMedley said: "Vosk seems to be singled out for praise in several of these reviews which otherwise trash the production. Could she end up astheir lone Tony nomination?"

I think most people have always been expecting Vosk to get a nomination."

Regardless of how good Vosk is, I think the show is too big of a flop for her to get a nomination. Similar to Cheno in Queen of Versailles. 

 

[helpinghand]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 12:20pm

Chris Jones (Chicago Tribune) really guzzled the "the pandemic has killed the theatre. We must be overly kind to get butts in seats" koolaid and never really stopped. His critical eye is extremely lacking in the Chicago theatre scene, other critics have followed suit, and thus the quality of production has slipped as well. 

I actually think this is an issue across the board in the industry and something I've wanted to chew on. Shows are very often coddled (this show is an outlier, IMO). Fandoms have teeth bared for anything even slightly negative. This whole situation with Sweaty Oracle (remember free speech and this is a free country etc...?). Even with hyperbole which veers on absurd, his takes are usually valid and directed at the powers that be, not the artists. Tamping down critical voices makes it is much easier for lackluster, commercial-heavy, heart-lacking productions to slip into the season. Critique makes art better.

[Seafarer2]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 3:05pm

helpinghand said: "Chris Jones (Chicago Tribune) really guzzled the "the pandemic has killed the theatre. We must be overly kind to get butts in seats" koolaid and never really stopped. His critical eye is extremely lacking in the Chicago theatre scene, other critics have followed suit, and thus the quality of production has slipped as well.

Not to kick a dead horse, but Jones's rave for Pretty Woman in 2018 predated the pandemic. As far as I'm concerned he has zero credibility as a theater critic, especially when it comes to musicals. I seem to recall his main problem with the Harlem Renaissance show "After Midnight" was that it didn't take time to depict and condemn lynching in the South. Only a small-minded Englishman who thinks he's doing American theater a favor would have such a complaint, in addition to having garbage taste when it comes to musicals.

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 4:49pm

For anyone who checks, Beaches was taken down from TDF a few days ago. It's back on now for some dates this week through early May

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 6:12pm

witchoftheeast2 said: "For anyone who checks, Beaches was taken down from TDF a few days ago. It's back on now for some dates this week through early May"

Has anyone gotten Beaches from TDF recently? If so, how were the seats?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 6:16pm

the.hard.part said: "Has anyone gotten Beaches from TDF recently? If so, how were the seats?"

Facing the stage, so not worth it  

 

[KarenValentine'sheadband]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 6:55pm

I feel bad for everyone. Vosk is such a talent. I love her social media. 

Updated On: 4/24/26 at 06:55 PM

[Dan6]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 7:26pm

Jordan Catalano said: "the.hard.part said: "Has anyone gotten Beaches from TDF recently? If so, how were the seats?"

Facing the stage, so not worth it

Jordan, I did a literal spit take on that one. Well done.

 

[Ensemble1698878795]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 7:40pm

I actually think this is an issue across the board in the industry and something I've wanted to chew on. Shows are very oftencoddled (this show is an outlier, IMO). Fandoms have teeth bared for anything even slightly negative. This whole situation with Sweaty Oracle (remember free speech and this is a free country etc...?). Even with hyperbole which veers on absurd, his takes are usually valid and directed at the powers that be, not the artists. Tamping down critical voices makesit is much easier for lackluster, commercial-heavy, heart-lacking productionsto slip into the season. Critique makes art better."

Yes, critique can make art better, but what the Theater “community” fails to understand is that this thing we all love, in the larger context of the world, is quite insular. It’s very expensive to mount and to see. Unlike like movies and TV, the accessibility and recoupment possibilities are much harder. 
 

There’s a way for these “beloved” critics to hold shows accountable, while also acknowledging that though they didn’t love a show people around them might have. Two things can be true. Biting, catty reviews do not help theater business. Constructive criticism does. But we live in a clickbait world where nastiness earns more attention than true dissection. 

The industry is eating itself and though pans maybe fun to gossip about now, 5 years from now producers won’t want to take the expensive risk to put up new shows and these critics may have no new art to review. Who wins then? 
 


 

 

 

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/23/26 at 9:00pm

I commented in the previews thread about how small the cast was, and someone said, "the story really doesn’t need a bigger cast. It’s the vastness of the stage and lack of set that makes it feel so small."

I very much disagreed, so was glad to see Feldman's TimeOut review call it out.

"The actors playing the youngest and the oldest versions play only those characters throughout the show, but the other eight actors are overworked into multiple roles; this is hardest on the two men, one of whom plays 10 parts and the other 15. The smallness of the cast seems less like an artistic strategy than a cost-cutting measure, especially given the rest of this strikingly cheap-looking production"

 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 10:07am

Took us a few hours but we found our pull quote:

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 10:17am

CJRochester said: "Regardless of how good Vosk is, I think the show is too big of a flop for her to get a nomination. Similar to Cheno inQueen of Versailles."

I personally would nominate Cheno over Vosk.

[OhHiii]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 11:05am

The thing is...if Vosk wants to have her breakout moment, she needs to find a vehicle that isn't trash and hasn't been trash for its entire gestation. Taking over roles Shosh either didn't want to continue with or originated for the rest of her career isn't going to get her there. And I fully believe she has the ability to do it. 

Though, Vosk would have been an interesting choice for Lempicka (another role Shoshana moved on from early). And she would've been able to carry the vocal demands better than Eden did, that's for sure.

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 11:15am

OhHiii said: "The thing is...if Vosk wants to have her breakout moment, she needs to find a vehicle that isn't trash and hasn't been trash for its entire gestation. Taking over roles Shosh either didn't want to continue with or originated for the rest of her career isn't going to get her there. And I fully believe she has the ability to do it.

Though, Vosk would have been an interesting choice for Lempicka (another role Shoshana moved on from early). And she would've been able to carry the vocal demands better than Eden did, that's for sure."

Yes in a Joseph revival 

[OhHiii]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 11:19am

A Joseph revival has been "happening" for over a decade. No one wants nor needs a Joseph revival and honestly she shouldn't do it even if it does happen, it's not a role that would elevate her in any way. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 11:26am

As an actor you take what comes your way to make a living. She’s still not at a point where she’s going to be most people’s #1 choice. If she’d been offered CHESS or LOST BOYS I’m sure she would have taken it.

Actors who originate roles are also taking big risks. Look at Solea Pfeiffer: she’s someone who a lot of us thought would have a better career by now, but she stuck with ALMOST FAMOUS (and probably missed other opportunities because of it) and now she’s been attached to WANTED for a while (too early to know how that will go). You don’t always get lucky and book the leads in BEAUTIFUL and WAITRESS back to back.

There are worse things than being the best part of an awful show. And she got to channel Bette, and Lonny Price is one of the first people who hired her for his COMPANY.

Updated On: 4/24/26 at 11:26 AM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 11:29am

Quite honestly and based on how much she harped (and continues to harp) about finally “originating a role ON Broadway”, looks like she just wanted to get that checked off her Bucket List and could care less about how she had to achieve it. Even her telling people on social media to film at BEACHES since “no one can stop you” indicates she’s totally onboard with the reception the show has gotten since they started Broadway previews. She’s just riding it out and I’m curious if she’ll continue with the show post-closure and do its planned tour. I have the feeling she’ll be grabbing another Broadway replacement gig and ditch the tour and resume focusing on getting cast to originate another role. If anything, she can now claim she’s headlined an original Broadway production, so its a win/win however you want to put it. ✔️

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 11:39am

Jordan Catalano said: "the.hard.part said: "Has anyone gotten Beaches from TDF recently? If so, how were the seats?"

Facing the stage, so not worth it

"

One of the best jokes I've ever read ever

[Kad]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 12:09pm

I have a feeling Vosk will be another performer who parleys her Broadway credentials into a very lucrative concert career. 

[broadfan327]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 12:40pm

I saw Vosk sing with the New York Pops a year or two ago and she was very good.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 6:33pm

Hold on, the cover of the latest issue of KELLI BARRETT Magazine is loaded with pull quotes. Wait. What? This isn’t a magazine cover?  Confused now.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 6:36pm

broadfan327 said: "I saw Vosk sing with the New York Pops a year or two ago and she was very good."

She's an incredible singer, and I hope she does many more concerts. She deserved better than this garbage show.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 6:37pm

ROLLING STONE Magazine or… JESSICA VOSK Magazine? Y’all decide. 

[Ensemble1698878795]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 8:25pm

OhHiii said: "The thing is...if Vosk wants to have her breakout moment, she needs to find a vehicle that isn't trash and hasn't been trash for its entire gestation. Taking over roles Shosh either didn't want to continue with or originated for the rest of her career isn't going to get her there. And I fully believe she has the ability to do it.

Though, Vosk would have been an interesting choice for Lempicka (another role Shoshana moved on from early). And she would've been able to carry the vocal demands better than Eden did, that's for sure."

Vosk doesn’t cast herself. She doesn’t choose projects just yet. Hopefully this will kick start more offers. 

[bwayobsessed]

Posted: 4/24/26 at 8:39pm

Sutton Ross said: "broadfan327 said: "I saw Vosk sing with the New York Pops a year or two ago and she was very good."

She's an incredible singer, and I hope she does many more concerts. She deserved better than this garbage show."

I love her Christmas album