& Juliet — Page 2

I thought Jamie was excellent- you cannot go wrong if you love this type of music and subject matter- similar, I assume to Juliet- which I am seeing in March. I would say that since Juliet is new- that might be more fun to see.

SouthernCakes said: "Everyone always comes for the book... "

Sorry, a book might not matter to you but it does to me. I'm not saying I didn't like it, it's good mindless fun, for sure aimed at teens.

Jordan Catalano said: "I caught this in London last night and will add this to the list of shows that just shocked the hell out of me in the best possible way. I walk into any jukebox musical with the same skepticism but this one did it right and they knocked it out of the park in basically every single way.

The songs fit so perfectly into the story they were telling that there was (at least in my memory right now) no instance where I felt a song didn’t fit and was being forced in there.It really was almost as if the music was written for this show. I think since they had such a broad catalog to work with of Martin’s music it was a real advantage instead of a set list of songs from a certain album that they had to make sure fit.

And yes, I knew that it was a show the tweens are loving and I was told it was a “woke” show but this one did it RIGHT. Even the bits that reminded me of “Head Over Heels” was done so much better and without having to hit you over the head while screaming “YOU MUST ACCEPT ALL OF THESE THINGS!!!” and in any other show, I would roll my eyes at a lot of it. But they actually seemed to take the time to craft truly well written characters and dialogue and, to the extent it can be said for a show like this, believable situations.

I also must say that the cast is uniformly perfect. From Miriam-Teak Lee’s powerhouse vocals and lovely turn as Juliet (I think she can absolutely be the next big thing) to Jordan Luke Gage’s hilariously douchy Romeo, Oliver Tompsett’s hilarious Shakespeare, Cassidy Janson as Anne (it takes a hell of a voice to kill a Celine song and she did just that) to honestly everyone else. I just can’t think of anything I didn’t like in this show.

And what a great and rare surprise that is."

So I’m in London and my performance of Ghost Quartet got cancelled so I had a free night. I was avoiding this because I read it was a jukebox musical and I saw the songs. But your review and a few professional ones I read changed my mind and I’m so glad I went.

this was pretty great. It was so much fun. And I feel like this is what Moulin Rouge should have been. It was so so good

I'll be in London next summer and plan on seeing Sunday in the Park With George, City of Angels, Six, &Juliet and probably Jamie. Not sure how much else I'll be able to cram into the trip, but it's definitely shaping up to be a summer of hits.