Good Vibrations 1st Preview Review

Hello Everyone:
I attended the first preview of Good Vibrations at the Eugene O'Neil Theatre tonight and here is my review.
Good Vibrations is amazing. The Cast filled with fresh young vibrant faces who give an amazing performance. The score is awesome featuring songs like Help me Rhonda and Fun Fun Fun and Surfin U.S.A. to name a few. Great story and alot of fun. I would strongly recommend everyone to check it out as this show is going to be a hit for many years to come.

Wow! This is amazing. It sounds just like a press release!

The guy who beat me to Sweeney Todd in my college's production of it is in it, so I hope it sucks! (j/k...sort of)

haha.. this is too funny..
Can we please get a real review??

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Amen to being sick of the jukebox shows. I posted a long, intelligent response about this in one of the All SHook Up threads, so ill just say ditto to all the jukebox comments for now.

I find it hard to believe that Good Vibrations is "AMAZING." Can someone give us a full review?

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I saw a run through and I wasn't going to post anything till after it opened and I saw it again. But let me say that this poster sounds like a "Shill".

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I'm just curious how things like Jerome Robbins' Broadway and the like were any better than "jukebox" musicals? Weren't they mostly revues of choreography and song? Admittedly, I never saw that particularly show, but from what I understand, it was mostly scenes from the more popular numbers in previously existing musicals. And as far as I know, shows like this were fairly popular for awhile, and this wasn't the only one. Maybe I'm making myself sound really dumb here, but how are "jukebox" musicals any less creative or original than those?

Could we get a REAL review? Jeez, the shills don't even attempt subtlety anmore.

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JEROME ROBBINS' BROADWAY was so extravagantly produced that it really was a one-off, just something that had never quite been seen before, and will never be seen again. A cast of over 60 dancers, a full sized Broadway orchestra, and recreations of every original set and costume design (except for Peter Pan, which had a new design by Robin Wagner, I think?). And seeing Robbins' work in all of its variety, from knockabout comedy (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, High Button Shoes, Billion Dollar Baby) to Broadway ballet (On the Town, the "Mr. Monotony" Ballet) to recreations of all of his great classic dances (Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, The King & I) was emotionally overwhelming, especially as Broadway was in the dark midst of its 1980s musical funk, where NOTHING was working.

FOSSE, by comparison, was a theadbare little melange, that only succeeded in making Fosse's work look monotonous.

As for MAMMA MIA, it was created as a lark, a diversion. No one in London expected it to be much of anything, but it charmed its critics and audiences. Now, it has turned into a global monster, and I've always heard that no other production has been as fun as the London company, but the original impulse was just to create a fun little show wrapped around the ABBA songbook. Now, it has spawned this whole generation of songbook shows, but as I mentioned earlier in this thread, it's really no different than the children of Ain't Misbehavin'. This too shall pass.

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Updated On: 12/21/04 at 10:08 AM

mamma mia may have a weak storyline and book, but i DO like Mamma Mia's production (as I have said before, there is a HUGE difference between a show and the production).

Yes, well, he'll have good company.

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Simpsons reference!

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