Did any shows with bad reviews win Tony's? — Page 2

I would so love to kill you right now, Sean Martin. Spider and bronxbound, PASSION did open to mix-negative reviews. Doesn't mean it wasn't good, I personally haven't seen it. But as you said, it's a very controversial piece and sorta needs to sink in.

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Wicked reviews did receive some bad reviews. But it also received some raves. One of the only non-dramatized facts stated in the Broadwya: The American Musical Documentary stated was that the reviews for Wicked were divided.

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Some pretty creative posts in this thread.

La Cage got better reviews overall than Sunday in the Park with George, though Sunday got a Frank Rich rave. Rich's review of La Cage was good, but qualified.

Passion had deadly buzz during previews, but I remember it opening to pretty enthusiastic reviews. Not wild money notices, but not mixed-negative either.

Robbie is right too, about Frank Rich's notice for Lez Miz. I remember him equating "One Day More" with the "Tonight" quintet from West Side Story...high praise indeed.

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