NEW YORK, NEW YORK On Broadway - Reviews Thread — Page 23

I’m impressed that no reviews have come out yet where usually there are several by this time. Could it be an embargo issued by the producers to respect the artists on their opening night and wait until later in the eve?

Seems like it's rare for many news organizations to even wait until the show is over. I remember in early days of the internet when a lot of reviews would post at midnight eastern time. These days I've sometimes seen reviews posted shortly after the opening night performance has started.

Time Out says

3 out of 5 stars

The big city takes center stage in a new show with songs by Kander and Ebb.

Broadway review by Adam Feldman



https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/new-york-new-york-broadway-musical-review-kander-ebb

New York, New York’ review: Broadway musical can’t make it here, anywhere
Post Pan
It’s tired, sappy and deathly dull.
https://nypost.com/2023/04/26/new-york-new-york-review-broadway-musical-cant-make-it-here/

Updated On: 4/26/23 at 10:05 PM

NY TIMES

New York, New York’ Review: The Big Apple, Without Bite

Based loosely on the 1977 film, a show about performers making it in the big city comes to St. James Theater with the sharper edges of its source material sanded off.

Sprawling, unwieldy, surprisingly dull show
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/theater/new-york-new-york-review-broadway.html

Updated On: 4/26/23 at 10:13 PM

Elisabeth Vincentelli is a great writer. "friction feeds fiction"

"The show follows the triumphant template set by Frank Sinatra rather than the more ambiguous one imparted by Minnelli. In this rose-colored vision, trials are temporary, everybody gets along, and nobody runs up against New York’s bad side."

Updated On: 4/26/23 at 10:17 PM

I usually despise Johnny Oleksinski's reviews, but I thought he was fairly spot on here.

Also, thanks to those that answered my question about Sorry I Asked. It just seemed like such a specific sentiment that it felt like it had to be from a show, but I guess Kander and Ebb really are that good!

BETTY22 said: "Elisabeth Vincentelliis a great writer. "friction feeds fiction"

Well, she nailed it.

(There are overall more forgiving than I expected them to be, and yet much harsher on the cast. Uzele's vocals arent "sophisticated" enough for Variety? Wow.)

akhoya87 said: "Peter Marks of the Washington Post is, well, uh:

"My critical blues,

Never melted away,

They need a brand new start with it, this meh “New York”!""

This reminds me of Jackie Hoffman's standup about how harsh the critics were on The Addams Family. Peter Marks boredom at NY NY made him go stark raving insane.

These reviews are exactly why Lin backed out of the Tony awards...how can you lead an awards show when your name is attached to a VERY mixed show...?

This may not be the WORST reviewed new musical of the season (@Bad Cinderella), this is sure as hell close.

TaffyDavenport said: "I'm not normally a person who revels in bad reviews for shows I didn't like, but these are oddly satisfying to me. During the first act, I had a real desire to take out my phone and start aimlessly scrolling, and that's never happened to me before at a show. It's just a big pile of nothin'."

I'm hopeful there are enough pull-quotes in these to help them stay open a while, but given the deranged response from this show's fans because people were so insulted by the book, the unanimous consensus here is welcome predictability.

So now, the hypothetical 5th slot for Best Musical is wide open. Who, realistically, would join & Juliet, Shucked, Some Like It Hot, and Kimberly Akimbo?