NEWSIES Reviews

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 6:52pm

Today is Thursday, March 29, marking the official opening night performance of NEWSIES! Let's welcome 'the boys' to The Graet White Way! Post reviews here!

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 6:53pm

I've been waiting for this thread! Break legs to all the cast and crew.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 6:54pm

Let's also welcome them to the GREAT White Way as well!

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 6:58pm

And let's also hope that Disney will extend this to an open-ended run.

[The Pud]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 7:15pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-NEWSIES-Leaps-Onto-Broadway-Updating-LIVE-20120329

So far so good, great for Jeremy Jordan!

[shomeika]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 7:32pm

This has "open ended run" written all over it.

[The Pud]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 7:39pm

http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/newsies/buzz/160855/did-our-word-of-mouth-panelists-rally-for-newsies

Word of mouth.

[thespian geek]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 8:23pm

Chicago Tribune is up...

[The Pud]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 8:30pm

http://www.wgnradio.com/news/chi-newsies-broadway-review-20120329,0,240450.column

Chicago Tribune

[NYTheatre01]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 8:31pm

Duplicate Post ^


Updated On: 3/29/12 at 08:31 PM

[CukorLover]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 8:37pm

That was a very polite review from Chris Jones. VERY polite.

[NYTheatre01]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 8:38pm

Hollywood Reporter:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/newsies-review-theater-305971

[CukorLover]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 8:44pm

Matthew Murray weighs in....

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/Newsies.html
Updated On: 3/29/12 at 08:44 PM

[The Pud]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 8:46pm

"You can call the show brashly formulaic, sentimental or simplistic, but Newsies adheres to a time-honored Disney tradition of inspirational storytelling in the best possible sense. It woiks."

Well, you might as well have a daisy and start picking off the petals, they love it, they love it not, they love it, they love it not.......



Updated On: 3/29/12 at 08:46 PM

[Jonwo]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 8:49pm

The reviews are mostly positive so far and even the not so positive reviews admit that this will be a hit.

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:01pm

Matthew, if anyone had a question you are a bitter bitter man, I will bring up this:

A theatre critic knows when he's beat. Nothing is going to stop Newsies, Disney's new adaptation of its 1992 film musical, which just opened at the Nederlander, from becoming a monster hit. So why belabor the point? It's going to be the adolescent male's version of Annie, an Oliver! for a new generation, a staple of community and regional theaters for decades to come, and so on. Does that cover all the necessary bases? Hopefully it does, because then we can get to the least important, and undoubtedly the least remarked-upon, part of this phenomenon in the making: Newsies isn't good.

Or "I would love for my review to destroy the show. Sadly, I can't. But I will still let you know why it sucks."

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:03pm

I'm on my phone and won't have access to a comp. till tmrw. Can you guys post what they are like usual (Rave, Mixed, etc). Thanks.

[thespian geek]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:11pm

Associated Press - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120329/us-theater-review-newsies/

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:22pm

AmNY is mostly positive, 3.5 stars.

http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/theater-review-newsies-3-5-stars-1.3632371

[thespian geek]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:24pm

Newsday ... http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/newsies-cheerful-disney-on-broadway-1.3628588

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:28pm

The Faster Times is mixed...

http://www.thefastertimes.com/newyorktheater/2012/03/29/newsies-review/

"“Newsies The Musical” is under no obligation to do anything but entertain. But one wonders what a musical theater composer like Adam Guettel (“Floyd Collins”) or Stephen Sondheim might have done with this story."

"And dance. The choreography by Christopher Gattelli is dazzling. The acrobatic moves – leaps and kicks, back flips and mid-air somersaults – put “Newsies” up there with “Memphis” and “Anything Goes” for the most thrilling dancing currently on Broadway."

[The Pud]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:38pm

"Jeremy Jordan, who made his first impression this season in the short-lived "Bonnie and Clyde," is the heart -- even the heartthrob -- of the action as Jack Kelly, leader of the homeless urchins. With his big jaw and his bad-boy glint, Jordan suggests the seriously comic appeal of Donald Duck's handsome nephew." WHAT?

[thespian geek]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:40pm

"WHAT?" was my exact reaction, too. Weirdest backhanded compliment I've ever read..

[The Pud]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:47pm

I'm not sure it was a compliment.

[thespian geek]

Posted: 3/29/12 at 9:48pm

Entertainment Weekly - http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20364394_20582165,00.html

Variety - http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947318