Stand-by Joined: 11/30/13
Does anyone know what time tonight’s performance starts?
Embargo lifts at 9, THANK GOD!!!
Featured Actor Joined: 4/13/13
coreman009 said: "Does anyone know what time tonight’s performance starts?"
6:45.
Featured Actor Joined: 4/13/13
coreman009 said: "Does anyone know what time tonight’s performance starts?"
6:45
TaffyDavenport said: "Adam Feldman corrected, and said it's midnight."
Shoot.
Broadway Star Joined: 1/21/20
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
KevinKlawitter said: "Variety is positive
New York Theatre is positive "
For what it's worth, both sites mostly reposted their off-Broadway reviews with the updated location info.
The Wrap's review: https://www.thewrap.com/hells-kitchen-broadway-review-alicia-keys/ also appears to be the same until the final three paragraphs:
"On Broadway, Ali is so excited by her piano lessons that she sings a song not heard in “Hell’s Kitchen” at the Public Theater. The new song is titled “Kaleidoscope,” and I had to look up the lyrics because they are undecipherable when performed in the Shubert Theatre. Here’s a sample: “Kaleido-leido-leido-leido-leido-leidoscope/Everyone looking high and low, oh yet, oh no/You’re movin’, movin’, movin’, movin’ way too slow/I think I got that antidote, oh yea, oh no, huh.”
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
NY Stage Review has Melissa Rose Bernardo, who reviewed it off-Broadway and did write a new review, and Bob Verini, who didn't review the off-Broadway production.
HELL’S KITCHEN: WELCOME TO ALICIA KEYS’ NEW YORK
By Melissa Rose Bernardo
★★★☆☆ The 16-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter brings her music and her vision to Broadway
https://nystagereview.com/2024/04/20/hells-kitchen-welcome-to-alicia-keys-new-york/
HELL’S KITCHEN: ALICIA KEYS’ LIFE INSPIRES A SWELL MUSICAL
By Bob Verini
★★★☆☆ A tender coming-of-age extravaganza, with characters to root for and music to die for
https://nystagereview.com/2024/04/20/hells-kitchen-alicia-keys-life-inspires-a-swell-musical/
Broadway Star Joined: 1/21/20
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
NYT: Critic's Pick from Vincentelli
‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Review: Alicia Keys’s Musical Finds Its Groove on Broadway
The retooled jukebox musical, with its top-notch performances and exciting choreography, “stands out as one of the rare must-sees” in a crowded season.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/theater/hells-kitchen-review-alicia-keys.html
"Having seen the first version last fall, I had jitters. But “Hell’s Kitchen” has earned its place on Broadway: The revised show is thrilling from beginning to end, and easily stands out as one of the rare must-sees in a crowded season.
All this happened without a major overhaul to Michael Greif’s production, which has a book by Kristoffer Diaz. The cast and creative teams are essentially the same, and there have been judicious tweaks and trims rather than radical changes. The main differences are further refined technical elements and, most important, a subtle but crucial change in focus."
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
B+ from Entertainment Weekly
Hell's Kitchen review: The Alicia Keys Broadway musical is a rousing delight
Lively choreography and powerhouse vocal performances of familiar Keys favorites overcome a so-so story.
https://ew.com/hells-kitchen-review-broadway-alicia-keys-8635661
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
NY Daily News/Chicago Tribune is positive:
BROADWAY REVIEW: ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ is a vibrant, romantic tale inspired by Alicia Keys
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/20/broadway-review-hells-kitchen/
"There’s a great deal to enjoy here including the phenomenal performance by Lewis, not to mention how director Michael Greif adds his signature steely edge to what is otherwise deeply sentimental material.
Better yet, choreographer Camille A. Brown adds a high-energy movement suite that manages to be performatively exciting without feeling overly removed from how real teenagers swagger around 10th Avenue after school. The show is a visual blast even though there’s nothing excessive about Robert Brill’s set. It’s just so vibrant in its zest and energy."
F-ing Critics Pick from Vincentelli? I do not understand what spell this show is casting over some of these people.
Updated On: 4/21/24 at 12:05 AMBroadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
Jackson McHenry for Vulture is mixed(-to-negative?) (Holdren reviewed it off-Broadway)
Hell’s Kitchen Is the WE❤NYC of Musicals
https://www.vulture.com/article/theater-review-alicia-keys-hells-kitchen-broadway.html
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
Deadline is mostly positive, for the cast most of all
https://deadline.com/feature/broadway-show-reviews-spring-2024-1235866317/
"Being privileged to witness the birth of a star is one of the many pleasures to be had in Hell’s Kitchen, the semi-autobiographical Alicia Keys musical opening on Broadway tonight after a successful Off Broadway run last year. Twenty-one-year old newcomer Maleah Joi Moon, who plays the 17-year-old Ali – the Keys character – seems to have arrived on stage as a fully formed Broadway presence, a marvelous singer, dancer and actress who is sure to leave every New York theatergoer hoping that Hollywood doesn’t swoop in too fast, and that Hell’s Kitchen is just the beginning of a long career in musical theater."
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
Theatermania is positive. (Same reviewer, new review.)
Review: In Alicia Keys’s Hell’s Kitchen, the Concrete Jungle Teems with Life
Following a sold-out run downtown, the new musical opens on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre.
https://www.theatermania.com/news/review-in-alicia-keyss-hells-kitchen-the-concrete-jungle-teems-with-life_1737614/
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/04
Positive from Michael Musto, with raves for the cast.
https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/20/review-hells-kitchen-is-a-coming-of-age-musical-thats-in-all-the-right-alicia-keys/
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
Theatrely reposted their off-Broadway review with a note at the top that they were doing so, but haven't yet updated the info at the bottom so it still says through January 14 at the Public Theatre. https://www.theatrely.com/post/alicia-keys-charts-broadway-beginnings-in-hells-kitchen-review
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
NY Sun:
The Alicia Keys Musical, ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ Makes Its Way Uptown to Broadway
In some ways, the Public Theater was a more natural home for ‘Kitchen,’ the story of a scrappy teenage girl’s early coming of age as a woman and an artist, but for the most part the transition feels seamless as it arrives at the Shubert Theatre.
https://www.nysun.com/article/the-alicia-keys-musical-hells-kitchen-makes-its-way-uptown-to-broadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Hell’s Kitchen, welcome to the Best Musical race.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
3 stars from NY Post:
‘Hell’s Kitchen’ review: Alicia Keys’ musical fires up on Broadway
https://nypost.com/2024/04/21/entertainment/hells-kitchen-review-alicia-keys-musical-fires-up-on-broadway/
"The Alicia Keys musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” which opened Saturday night on Broadway following a rocky run last fall at the Public Theater, has greatly improved now that it’s only blocks away from its title neighborhood.
The springtime spring in its step comes, in part, because at home in a much bigger theater — the Shubert — the vocal powerhouses of the cast can really let it rip.
And, damn, do they ever. It’s the best singing you’ll find on Broadway."
I really hope Kecia Lewis can get herself a featured actress nomination for this.
MemorableUserName said: "KevinKlawitter said: "Variety is positive
New York Theatre is positive "
For what it's worth, both sites mostlyreposted their off-Broadway reviews with the updated location info.
The Wrap's review:https://www.thewrap.com/hells-kitchen-broadway-review-alicia-keys/also appears to be the same until the final three paragraphs:
"On Broadway, Ali is so excited by her piano lessons that she sings a song not heard in “Hell’s Kitchen” at the Public Theater. The new song is titled “Kaleidoscope,” and I had to look up the lyrics because they are undecipherable when performed in the Shubert Theatre. Here’s a sample: “Kaleido-leido-leido-leido-leido-leidoscope/Everyone looking high and low, oh yet, oh no/You’re movin’, movin’, movin’, movin’ way too slow/I think I got that antidote, oh yea, oh no, huh.”"
That’s weird. I’m 99.99% sure Kaleidoscope was in the show at The Public…
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