& JULIET On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 3

That felt like trying to get the MonekyPox vaccine all over again.

Finally got a ticket for the first preview. 

I don't plan in being back in NYC until next March for Encores' Dear World...prices for thiat week seem high now. WIll wait & see if this discounts after X-mas 

 

Updated On: 7/7/22 at 12:13 PM

Tonight is the opening in Toronto. Hoping we get a few reviews!

I loved this in London......and for a rush tix of 25 pounds in front mezzanine.

EDSOSLO858 said: "I feel the same way about this show the way Jordan Catalano doesJagged Little Pill. If & Julietbrings more attention to Max Martin, his other songs not featured in the show, and the fact that he is still churning out top 10 hits to this day, I will be happy."

You think “& Juliet” is a steaming pile of crap?

Some merch from the show. Cute. 

https://www.broadwaymerchandiseshop.com/collections/juliet

EDSOSLO858 said: "3.5 / 4 from theToronto Star: "Max Martin's latest guaranteed hit"

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/review/2022/07/07/-juliet-is-pop-king-max-martins-latest-guaranteed-hit.html

The Globe and Mail: "The jukebox musical is back from the dead"

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/reviews/article-broadway-bound-juliet-brings-a-shakespearean-heroine-and-the-jukebox/"

I find it amusing that the Globe and Mail review is the more critical, but gets the more favorable summary in the Broadway World update, whilst the highlight positive Toronto Star review is reduced to its main complaint (which is more to do with the Max Martin style in general). & Juliet has always struck me as a production that doesn't need to care about the critics, but their insights can still be very useful...

In a normal year, I would have already bought 2 or more tickets front & center for & JULIET— as well as tickets for ALMOST FAMOUS & BEAUTIFUL NOISE. I’m sure these are going to be wonderful, light musicals that I’d love to see with a date or bring my family. But I can’t justify risking my health now that the mask mandate is gone and COVID on the rise. I suspect we’ll be back to masking again in the fall so will have to wait & see

That's odd ... it says the "exclusive presale" is through July 13th.

Must have been a weird glitch.  Works again for me now too.

Wayman_Wong said: "Did ''& Juliet'' ever consider bringing Miriam Teak-Lee to Broadway? After all, she won the Olivier Award for it. Or was it just assumed the show would be recast for NYC? I also would've liked to see Jordan Luke Gage reprise his Romeo role."

Not sure, but I think that a different cast is a good thing for the production - it shows that & Juliet has something going for it beyond its stars and soundtrack. When you're taking a West End hit to international audiences, I think it IS a good idea to try and look for someone new to play the leads...

Wayman_Wong said: "I disagree. I like British performers to get a chance to play Broadway, and American ones to get a chance to play the West End. Sharon D. Clarke got to reprise her Olivier Award-winning performance in ''Caroline, or Change,'' and Sutton Foster got to reprise her Tony-winning role in ''Anything Goes'' in London. ...

And while we're on the topic, Olly Dobson created the role of Marty McFly in ''Back to the Future: The Musical'' and got an Olivier nomination for it. But for the Broadway production, I'm disappointed they plan to recast it with an American.

It's an honor for actors to originate a role, and they deserve credit and kudos."

Fair enough, but I think it's not the best idea to compare revivals to new musicals. With revivals, the familiarity of the material makes it easier to use "star turns" as the main selling point. With new musicals - even commercially minded ones like & Juliet and BTAF that are based on well-established music and films - the focus is on ensuring a degree of longevity. Sadly, that means the leads often tend to be the most expandable element - After all, you will probably be aiming to replace them after a year or so...

Both Teak-Lee and Dobson are excellent, but it would be great if they were able to enjoy success outside the musicals they are currently in, and I wonder if doing them on Broadway would make this harder...

East Village said: "I suspect we’ll be back to masking again in the fall so will have to wait & see"

You'd be wrong. The mask mandate isn't coming back no matter how much people want it to unless there's a new variant that drastically shifts the calculus. That is, a variant that causes hospitalizations and deaths to spike dramatically. The West End hasn't had a mask mandate in place for months and months and months and despite several spikes in case numbers, it's never gone into place. The genie is out of the bottle, there's no getting it back in.