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LUCKY GUY: Reviews

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#2LUCKY GUY: Reviews
Posted: 5/19/11 at 10:16pm

Mixed to positive:
Backstage


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#2LUCKY GUY: Reviews
Posted: 5/19/11 at 10:40pm

Back Stage is a critic's pick, but... he switches the credits for Kyle Dean Massey and Jim Newman in the last graf.


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egghumor
#3LUCKY GUY: Reviews
Posted: 5/20/11 at 12:17am

From The New York Times, 1999:
LUCKY GUY in 1999

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#4LUCKY GUY: Reviews
Posted: 5/20/11 at 12:21am

LUCKY GUY: Reviews

One Star from Bloomberg
‘Lucky Guy’ is Cowboy Camp: Stage Reviews

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#5LUCKY GUY: Reviews
Posted: 5/20/11 at 1:56pm

I saw the show Tuesday night. I agree with those who say the book is lacking or just plain silly, and even those who say the score is redundant. And no the acting isn't great. (Sitting in the front row, I wanted to grab Mr. Jordan and say, "for God's sake look at another actor when you're speaking to him.") But this show is wonderful fluff, and anyone who sees it and doesn't have a ball must really lack a sense of fun. Sometimes silly is just what the doctor ordered.
And let's not ignore the costumes -- some of William Ivey Long's best work!

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newintown
#7LUCKY GUY: Reviews
Posted: 5/20/11 at 2:56pm

The commercial certainly looks fun.

Trish2
#8LUCKY GUY: Reviews
Posted: 5/20/11 at 10:29pm

LUCKY GUY: Reviews

Well this looks fun too, but don't go to the show expecting to see THAT costume !

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#9LUCKY GUY: Reviews
Posted: 5/21/11 at 1:27am

The actual Times review for this production is heavily mixed, but leaning towards positive, with good notes for Leslie Jordan and Varla Jean Merman and nothing good to say about the book.

http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/theater/reviews/varla-jean-merman-and-leslie-jordan-in-lucky-guy.html?ref=theater


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Eris0303
#10LUCKY GUY: Reviews
Posted: 5/23/11 at 12:25pm

Saw the show last night and it is total camp but it's also a fun two and a half hours. Loved the costumes - especially the Hawaiian ones for the Buckaroos. Those were just hysterical with the artfully placed flora.

I had a good time and felt like I was able to forget the outside world for awhile and I would definitely recommend it.


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