Lucky Guy Reviews

Lucky Guy, the play by Nora Ephron marking the Broadway debut of Tom Hanks, has opened tonight at the Broadhurst and is scheduled to run through June 16th.

My review (linked below) begins:
“Journalists aren’t nearly as interesting as they think they are,” David Eisenhower once said, a quote that Nora Ephron cited favorably in her final media column for Esquire in 1977. This was before Ephron became a movie director and screenwriter, and long before she wrote “Lucky Guy,” her play about the late tabloid columnist Mike McAlary....

Lucky Guy Review: Tom Hanks' Broadway Favor to Nora Ephron

Associated Press: Likes Hanks, not the show so much

"the play leaves little lasting impression, like a day-old tabloid."
Associated Press review

Villagevoice.com is quite appreciative.


http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2013/04/tom_hanks_in_no.php

Just another reminder that Michael Musto does blog related theater chat, Michael Feingold is the Voice's theater critic.

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"Brantley doesn't love it"

Did you read the review? It sure sounds like he did. Not quite a rave, but I would hardly sum up that he 'doesn't love it.'

Feels like Tom Hanks is all but assured a Tony nomination while a win is not out of the question though unlikely. (Believe me, I know Tracy Letts is many leagues above but his show closed and he isn't telling DeNiro and Carrey to do Broadway). Certainly a contender for Best Play in a seemingly weaker field.

I think it will get a nomination, but right now it seems that Vanya is the front-runner. I think this production would be much more interested in winning Best Actor than Best Play...