ON YOUR FEET! Reviews
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#1
Posted: 11/5/15 at 5:16pm
I messaged Limelight Mike about this, but I haven't heard anything yet. So in the meantime...
Tonight is the opening night of the new jukebox/bio-musical On Your Feet! Starring Ana Villafane as Gloria Estefan and Josh Segarra as Emilio Estefan. Directed by Two-Time Tony-Winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell with a book by Academy Award-Winning screenwriter Alexander Dinelaris.
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Updated On: 11/5/15 at 05:16 PMJoined: 12/31/69
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#2
Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:15pm
surprisingly, terry enjoyed it a lot! others are saying its whitewashed but the music will get you
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#3
Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:28pm
Isherwood seemed to like it, but has issues with the book, which is no surprise.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#4
Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:31pm
It's astonishing that most of the critics gave this a pass! That was not the response of the audience last night. I actually left the theatre feeling depressed. Oh, well.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#5
Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:45pm
Isherwood's review is rather positive with lots of quotes and even a dig to HAMILTON.
He loved the leading lady too.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#6
Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:52pm
They caught a break when Brantley did not review it
Surprised at the mostly.negative tone of the reviews. They should have enough pull quotes for a campaign plus going after the Latino audience should be their goal now.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#7
Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:54pm
Mr Roxy said: "They caught a break when Brantley did not review it"
This.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#9
Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:07pm
The Brantley who raved over Mamma Mia, Lysistrata Jones, and Melanie Griffith in Chicago? He's not as predictable as some make him out to be.
Updated On: 11/5/15 at 11:07 PMON YOUR FEET! Reviews#10
Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:09pm
I assume they had already finalized the song list a while ago but can someone please post the song list from the Playbill now that the show has opened?
Understudy Joined: 4/6/15
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#11
Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:20pm
Mr Roxy said: "Surprised at the mostly.negative tone of the reviews."
Most of the reviews read rather positive to me. Even Jesse Green gave it a pass. Amazing.
And Isherwood gave them a few quotes to die for. They must be thrilled.
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#12
Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:23pm
I love this show so damn much. I'm happy they got the quotes they need!
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#13
Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:32pm
@VintageSnarker:
They list the songs in alphabetical order in the playbill for some reason, here they are:
Musical Numbers
“1-2-3″
“Anything for You”
“Coming Out of the Dark”
“Con los Años Que Me Quedan”
“Conga”
“Cuando Salí de Cuba”
“Cuba Libre”
“Don’t Wanna Lose You”
“Dr. Beat”
“Famous”
“Get on Your Feet”
“Here We Are”
“I See Your Smile”
“If I Never Got to Tell You”
“Live for Loving You”
“Mi Tierra”
“Oye”
“Oye Mi Canto”
“Party Time”
“Reach”
“Rhythm Is Gonna Get You”
“Tradicíon”
“Turn the Beat Around”
“When Someone Comes Into Your Life”
“Wrapped”
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#14
Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:25am
All of you are foaming at the mouth waiting for all the critics to trash this....and when they don't you'll convince yourselves of some other excuse to make you feel better for hating this show and wanting it to fail. Carry on.
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#15
Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:37am
Surprising and refreshing to see that Murray didn't trash it. He finds much to like about it, although he has some serious reservations.
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#16
Posted: 11/6/15 at 10:15am
Just read all the reviews and for the most part they are pretty positive, yes they say the book is by the numbers but that On Your Feet as a fun night out is a blast, the Times, Post, Washington Post etc all enjoyed the show as did many others. They must be pleased with these reviews
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#17
Posted: 11/6/15 at 11:38am
just read isherwoods review, which seemed overall generally very positive, yet he did not give it "a thumbs up" but gave it the cartoon character on teh bench who looks kinda bored
which seems inconsistent with what he wrote.
The show sounds like its worth seeing (even though im not a huge estafan fan), and I plan to see it on my next trip.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#18
Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:02pm
Roma Torre of NY 1 gave it a qualified rave.
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#19
Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:14pm
I think the reviews are spot-on for this. It has it's problems but it's so likeable and cast is just great. I hope it does well and has a long, healthy run.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#20
Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:21pm
I assume a cast album will be in the offing.
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#21
Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:23pm
I hope there's a cast recording. I'd like to hear Ana Villafane sing "Wrapped" again.
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#22
Posted: 11/6/15 at 1:29pm
I know it's never required and the producers never have to, but I'm still shocked there is no rush or lottery for this.
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#23
Posted: 11/6/15 at 1:50pm
They offer student tickets with a large allotment of seats through Tix4Students https://www.tix4students.com/events/on-your-feet/
Understudy Joined: 4/6/15
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#24
Posted: 11/7/15 at 10:18am
Adam Feldman at Time Out was predictably negative, but it won't matter. The mostly positive reviews from the Times and others was manna from heaven. It remains to be seen, however, whether word-of-mouth will be strong enough to ensure the multi-year run required to recoup its massive capitalization.
ON YOUR FEET! Reviews#25
Posted: 11/7/15 at 11:11am
As of now, it's still doing pretty well financially.
I do think it's safe to say that it'll probably be joining Hamilton as a Tony Nominee for Best Musical next year. As we've seen in the past, nominators do seem to enjoy these kinds of shows (Jersey Boys, Beautiful). It should be interesting to see how it will potentially do in Tony nominations.
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