ON YOUR FEET-the next big hit? — Page 3

I've been following this board for over six years and after last night's performance of OYF felt compelled to join and weigh in. I had to scroll down five pages to find anything on it, which tells how little interest there is from the community. I cannot believe a group of blue chip Broadway veterans put up such a flimsy, trite and undeserving show. The set - three panels. The choreography - uninspired. The story - uneventful. Wanted to like the show but it fell completely flat except for Ana Villafane who did as well as she could with the material. This makes Baby It's You look like Jersey Boys.

Caught On Your Feet this week. With all the praise on this board, I was expecting something more than the banal vanity project on display at the Marquis. The house was packed, but the audience was subdued until the end when the company compelled us to get on our feet. Granted, most jukebox musicals are lame vanity projects built around great songs. But this was the first one that left me asking Why? Why is this story worthy of a bio-musical treatment? What about this catalog is deserving of a theatrical score? Notwithstanding the initial turnout from Estefan fans, it's difficult to see this show - with its enormous capitalization and weekly running costs - having a successful run.

Ask after seeing the show a couple of weeks ago, and relaying my blistering review of the book, I ended up going back on Friday. Maybe because I knew what to expect, I ended up enjoying it a lot more this time. I think it also helped that while the book didn't seem any more edited, they picked up the timing and the energy, so those barely-Lifetime movie quality family moments were palatable, particularly in the once painfully slow first half.

I do agree with the poster who said there were so many other songs from those years that could've been more dramatically effective. Wrapped is my absolute favorite moment in the show and worth the return, the potential for the show to be transcendent was right there But they they the audience wants the big fat hits, and the audience was ratifying it up

They also thankfully un-Englished most of Mi Tierra, which is now so much more effective. They should just completely reverted it back to Spanish - but it looks like it was a critics' night Friday, so I think we're stuck with it. I'm saw Jesse Green of New York Magazine and Elisabeth Vincentelli of The Post were there, and I'm really not expecting raves from particularly Vincentelli.

My favorite moment of th show was the old couple behind us having the discuss what was just said. When Wrapped came one of them said, "I think this is the afterlife." I wanted to turn around and say "Spoiler alert - I think they're both in the mezzanine, it's gonna be okay."

I think the Vaseline comment describes Mr Green to a t. To think anyone actually pays attention to this egotistical bag of hot air is mind boggling.

Wondering if Isherwood or Brantley will be reviewing this…...

It is quite good and well worth your time.

I do not know of anyone who would not see anything for free. A few shows I have seen I would take a pass on seeing them again even if the tickets were for free. I will not name them for fear of being taken to task for unfairly beating up on a show.

Petralicious said: "Is Gloria Estefan on the same level as Four Seasons, Carol King, Motown, Abba? These are legends who are popular in United States and abroad, I do not get that from Miami Sound Machine. I dont think so. She is like Soccer, popular in parts of the population and world, but not really in mainstream United States. No desire to see this and I will see anything especially for fre

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You were clearly not alive during the height of her success, because she was massively popular in the US.

..and the younger demographic now weighs in for this show…...

This is how I would rank the musicals I've seen this year:

1. Fun Home

2. Hamilton

3. On Your Feet

4. The Visit

5. On the Twentieth Century

6. Kinky Boots

7. Wicked

8. Chicago

9. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

obviously this does not rank the plays I've seen. THE AUDIENCE is my favorite play of the year

Updated On: 11/3/15 at 10:58 AM

I saw this last night and found it very enjoyable. A definite crowd-pleaser. The music is great (obviously) and the cast is fantatstic (Ana Villafane and Josh Segarra are very, very good). A few bits do tend to drag, the book is far from perfect, and I wish there were less ballads (especially in the second act) and more big production numbers. Many of Estefan's bigger, uptempo numbers are really just snippets strewn about the show, or done in the megamix at curtain call. It's fun, and I enjoyed it more than Mamma Mia and Jersey Boys (haven't seen Beautiful so I can't compare.) I hope it does well.

Caught "On Your Feet" today and enjoyed it. The book is thin but who cares if you like Gloria and the MSM.

The drama works best when Villafane, Burns and Cuervo are on stage... all excellent.

Segarra struggled and his songs were rough. The ensemble are working at 150% and that's what makes this show so much fun. I loved the energy in all the dance numbers and would return for that alone. I had a hard time taking my eyes off Liz Ramos in the ensemble. She was simply on fire the entire show.

Everyone around me thoroughly enjoyed the show. It's definitely a crowd pleaser and will make big bucks.

I saw the show tonight as well, and without going into detail I'll just agree with golden boy's very astute review above, with just a few additions.

It's a drag of a show. I was sitting 10th row center and the packed audience pretty much sat there in either disbelief or were digesting their dinners. Bad book aside, the quiet scenes are quiet, VERY quiet, with enough beats between dialogue to sing 16 bars of your audition song. Perhaps a more inventive Director other than Mitchell could have at least picked up the pace and also given that poor Mr. Segarra a kick "in the balls" to get his words out, let alone teach him to carry a tune. What a disappointment. To think that the producers brought this guy in from Chicago is mind-boggling.

Villafañe, Burns, Cuervo and the ensemble are the talented ones carrying this polished, over-stuffed turkey.

The only "crowd-pleasing" aspect of the show tonight was the 10 minute mega-mix finale that had those terrific dancers giving it all they got. If only the previous two hours were that much fun.