JUST IN TIME Reviews — Page 2

Is the show limited run or open-ended run?

Unless I'm reading it incorrectly, the website makes it look like tickets are only on sale through the end of July.

bear88 said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Open.. and close right after the Tony’s"

Based on what? The musical is sold out every night, at healthy prices. The reviews were better than expected too. I didn’t see it during my recent trip to New York City, so I have no opinion on the show itself, but it’s doing well."

Oh I don’t know? Check Ticketmaster… they seem to have an abundance of overpriced tickets

bear88 said: "I just glanced at the Tuesday and Wednesday shows. Total of tickets available on Tuesday: 2. There are more on Wednesday, but not many.

There are shows that have box office concerns. This isn’t one of them."

Ok! You’re right, and I am wrong. This show is a hit and it’s gonna run and run and run… there’s limited tickets available… hurry and buy tickets before it’s sold out for

eternity

It's extended through the end of November, so doesn't look like it's closing anytime soon!

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "bear88 said: "I just glanced at the Tuesday and Wednesday shows. Total of tickets available on Tuesday: 2. There are more on Wednesday, but not many.

There are shows that have box office concerns. This isn’t one of them."

Ok! You’re right, and I am wrong. This show is a hit and it’s gonna run and run and run…there’s limited tickets available… hurry and buy tickets before it’s sold out for

eternity"



If only box office numbers were, I dunno, made public on a regular basis- like, say, every week or something- and we could see, in real time, how productions were doing.

I’m just a little disappointed DrMonicaMoneco didn’t take me up on my bet.

I think Glee and Hamilton have contributed too.Everyone knows him for something because he’s made some diverse choices. My colleague who’s a straight guy that doesn’t do theater lived Mindhunter. And he has random ones like The Matrix sequel on his resume. My theater kids love him in Hamilton. It’s all solid reach to lots of different fanbases.

''I'm so curious to see how this fairs on thursday, but I'm not expecting to see a lot of love for it beyond a nom for Groff.''

Generally speaking, critics and awards nominators don't tend to treat jukebox shows with the same regard or respect as original musicals, so ''Just in Time'' will have an uphill climb to snag a Best Musical slot, especially in such a competitive and crowded field. For the record, according to the DidTheyLikeIt.com site, ''Just in Time'' got a better set of reviews than some of the original musicals.

Awards can be odd. The Outer Critics Circle just gave 3 nominations to ''Just in Time'' for Michelle Pawk's Featured Actress performance, Shannon Lewis' Choreography and Andrew Renick and Michael Thurber's Orchestrations, but NOT to the show's raison d'etre: Jonathan Groff. Alas, he was a victim of the critics' group's nongendered acting categories that really cut down the number of nominees.

Updated On: 4/28/25 at 10:39 PM

Has thus show ever been available through Audience Rewards?

Review of the review:

So, apparently Rex Reed is still around and still unbelievably, unbearably bitter. Many of y’all probably weren’t around when he was a staple of the talk show circuit in the late 60’s and 70’s, so let me tell you, his act hasn’t changed and it’s defied the laws of physics: aging more than he has.

Let’s see… his only assessment for Erika Henningsen is “vapid,” Gracie Lawrence is “grating” and “ratchety-voiced,” and despite not actually being IN the show, Reed wants to make sure everyone knows he thinks Connie Francis was “whiny” and “overrated.”

Oh, and Bobby Darin was a “second-rate jingle writer.”

But he loves the show, singularly due to Jonathan Groff, whose performance he describes in the most self-revealing and creepy review since Rich Lowry assessed Sarah Palin’s debate performance in 2008. According to Reed, Groff is handsome, versatile and multi-talented… all true, albeit redundant (show me anyone described as versatile but not good at many things). But he’s not done, folks. He goes on to tell us of Groff’s “athletic prowess” (okayyy), “libidinous body language” (ummm), “slinging his gym-ready torso” (it’s enough, Rex) and his “undulating thighs” (waiter…check please). It leaves me uncertain if Reed’s referencing of the performance of “This Could Be the Start of Something Big” wasn’t intended as a double entendre.

My immediate thoughts while reading this was: 1- I was ready to do my best Estelle Reiner and say, “I’ll have what he’s having” and 2- If I’d described, say, Caroline Bowman in “Smash” this way, New York’s Finest would be knocking at my door, if only to deliver the order to stay 100 ft. away from the Imperial.

Jonathan Groff couldn’t make Rex Reed wetter if he’d sat at one of the front tables for a performance.

Everything else in the show, Reed either dislikes or didn’t notice. The heavy competition in the technical categories this year may make “Just In Time” an also-ran, but to have nothing to say about any of it, the show’s lighting, sound, choreography and, especially, the set design, is obtuse. Reducing Henningsen’s performance to a dismissive one word adjective isn’t criticism; it’s cruelty, a Reed hallmark.

It’s not like Reed has lost his observant eye for the arts. I, other posters and several reviewers have echoed many of his concerns about the lapses in Leight and Oliver’s book. But he can’t get out of his own way in his criticism. Reading a Rex Reed review frequently reminds me of Stan’s laconic rebuke of the self-absorbed Buddy Young, Jr., in “Mr. Saturday Night”: “you coulda been nicer.”

There have been multiple so-so, even bad reviews of the show. One reviewer even called Gracie Lawrence “shrill.” I’m assuming that person spends their free time on TikTok, but even that didn’t make me want to respond with anything but a shrug.

Sorry, but I’ve been grimacing at Rex Reed’s schtick for decades. Reading his review made me realize I’m more-than over his unearned pomposity, factual errors, general nastiness, and, finally, truly only the good die young. This is a man whose contribution to the arts apexed with unleashing himself upon hapless “The Gong Show” contestants nearly a half century ago and whose dramatic performances were typically him portraying himself…unconvincingly. And much like his remarkably unironic criticism of the ego of others, he is hardly the one who should denigrate anyone’s voice. I don’t care if it’s a review of Burt Bacharach singing torch songs. If I was like Rex Reed, I’d point out Reed is a man who went from sounding like Charles Nelson Reilly with a nasal infection, to sounding like Charles Nelson Reilly with a nasal infection and a two-pack a day smoking habit, usually in the act of spewing bile the way Groff spews saliva.

Fortunately, for all of us, we’re not him. So I’m not saying it.

Thinking it? Sure. But not saying it.

Updated On: 4/29/25 at 12:31 PM

Groff & Co. perform on "Colbert" tonight.

''Any idea why Wednesday tickets, both matinees and evening performances, have higher prices than performances on all other days?''

On cursory glance, I imagine that's dynamic pricing at work. Wednesdays are their most in-demand shows, so they charge more. I just looked and tomorrow (Wed., April 30 ), both the matinee and evening shows are soldout. The next Wed. matinees (May 7 and 14) are also soldout, and there's one ticket left for the May 21 Wed. matinee. And there are scattered seats for the Wed. evenings.

Anyone who thought ''Just in Time'' was closing after the Tonys needs to get his head examined. They were selling through July and now they've extended through Nov. 30.

Below: The opening night video from ''Just in Time''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XLd9WYlfI0

Updated On: 4/30/25 at 12:29 AM