#4
Posted: 4/20/26 at 10:07pm
#5
Posted: 4/20/26 at 10:08pm
NYTIMES is a CRITIC'S PICK
NY POST ★★☆☆
GUARDIAN ★★★☆☆
Updated On: 4/20/26 at 10:08 PM
#6
Posted: 4/20/26 at 10:10pm
NEW YORK STAGE REVIEW
SCHMIGADOON!: TALENT’S BUSTIN’ OUT ALL OVER
BY BOB VERINI
APRIL 20, 2026
★★★★☆ A townful of creatives, working in easy harmony, fuels a warm hommage to musicals and those who love them
SCHMIGADOON!: DOIN’ NICELY NICELY BY THE CLASSICS
BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
APRIL 20, 2026
★★★★☆ Alex Brightman leads a dandy company through a salute to musicals like they don’t make them anymore
#7
Posted: 4/20/26 at 10:12pm
‘Schmigadoon!’ Review: Oh, What a Beautiful Sendup
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/theater/schmigadoon-review-brightman-broadway.html?unlocked_article_code=1.clA.KvyN.EACepFtQO9fe&smid=nytcore-android-share
#8
Posted: 4/20/26 at 10:13pm
TIME OUT
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/broadway-review-schmigadoon-is-good-old-fashioned-musical-fun-042126
Broadway review: Schmigadoon! (★★★★) is good old-fashioned musical fun
Sara Chase and Alex Brightman lead a top-drawer cast in Cinco Paul's musical.
#10
Posted: 4/20/26 at 10:19pm
TexanAddams18 said: ".....Is Schmigadoon winning best musical?"
Yes.
#11
Posted: 4/20/26 at 10:21pm
It's pretty much the equivalent of a jukebox musical, with all but a few pre-existing songs.
Best musical is most likely going to TWO STRANGERS, and there's a lot of industry love behind it.
“I am furious, but I am sailing.”
#12
Posted: 4/20/26 at 10:41pm
TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) followed by SCHMIGADOON! for Best Musical.
#13
Posted: 4/20/26 at 10:54pm
BWW - 74.2 % SCHMIGADOON! reviews
BWW review analysis percentages:
NEW MUSICAL - 6 : Titanique (74.8, Schmigadoon! (74.2), Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) (73.5), The Queen of Versailles (40.0).
MUSICAL REVIVAL - 5 : Cats - The Jellicle Ball (90.0), Ragtime (82.4), Mamma Mia! (68.0), Chess (62.8
NEW PLAY - 8 : Little Bear Ridge Road (90.0), Liberation (89.3), Giant (77.2), Punch (71.9), Call Me Izzy (65.0), Fear of 13 (58.4), Dog Day Afternoon (51.3).
REVIVAL OF A PLAY - 11 : Marjorie Prime (84.7), Becky Shaw (84.4), Oedipus (84.3), Death Of A Salesman (84.1), Bug (80.6), Every Brilliant Thing (79.1), Fallen Angels (75.3), Proof (71.3), Art (69.0), Waiting For Godot (67.4).
* UPCOMING OPENINGS * - 5
The Balusters (Tu), Beaches (Wed), The Rocky Horror Show (Thus), Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Sat), The Lost Boys (Sun -with the most combined rehearsal/tech/preview time)
Updated On: 4/21/26 at 10:54 PM
#14
Posted: 4/20/26 at 11:05pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "It's pretty much the equivalent of a jukebox musical, with all but a few pre-existing songs.
Best musical is most likely going to TWO STRANGERS, and there's a lot of industry love behind it."
It's not at all the equivalent of a jukebox musical...
I feel somewhat vindicated - when this was announced, people on the board were tripping over themselves to say how badly it was going to bomb, and I said I could see it being a sleeper hit. With these reviews and the positive word of mouth I've been hearing, I wouldn't be surprised if this turns into a hit and takes Best Musical.
#15
Posted: 4/20/26 at 11:05pm
DID THEY LIKE IT?
The likable Golden Age schkewering arrives on Broadway with all its simpler charms intact.
11 positive, 4 mixed, 1 negative.
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/schmigadoon/
Updated On: 4/20/26 at 11:05 PM
#16
Posted: 4/20/26 at 11:12pm
DTLI Consensus: The likable Golden Age schkewering arrives on Broadway with all its simpler charms intact.
11 positive (including the NYT), 4 mixed, 1 negative.
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/schmigadoon/
“I am furious, but I am sailing.”
#17
Posted: 4/21/26 at 12:05am
EDSOSLO858 said: "It's pretty much the equivalent of a jukebox musical, with all but a few pre-existing songs."
People on here already being totally normal at the prospect of their favorite show not winning Best New Musical. What a dumb take.
#18
Posted: 4/21/26 at 12:27am
EDSOSLO858 said: "It's pretty much the equivalent of a jukebox musical, with all but a few pre-existing songs.
Best musical is most likely going to TWO STRANGERS, and there's a lot of industry love behind it."
It’s the same as a show like Once or any Disney stage show: it’s an adaptation of a musical from another medium. Not at all a jukebox musical, and you know that (not that the Tonys have shied away from awarding worthy jukebox musicals, either).
And Schmigadoon also has plenty of “industry love,” too, whatever that really means. It’s a homegrown, big splashy love letter to Broadway with a cast and team full of well-loved people and it seems to be genuinely winning folks over.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#19
Posted: 4/21/26 at 12:27am
Well I was one of those that thought this would crash and burn with awful reviews. I’m happy to say I was wrong.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
#20
Posted: 4/21/26 at 12:30am
Kad said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "It's pretty much the equivalent of a jukebox musical, with all but a few pre-existing songs.
Best musical is most likely going to TWO STRANGERS, and there's a lot of industry love behind it."
It’s the same as a show likeOnce or any Disney stage show: it’s an adaptation of a musical from another medium. Not at all a jukebox musical, andyou know that (not that the Tonys have shied away from awarding worthyjukebox musicals, either).
And Schmigadoon also has plenty of “industry love,” too, whatever that really means. It’s a homegrown, bigsplashy love letter to Broadway with a cast and team full of well-loved people and it seems to be genuinely winning folks over."
I didn't say this was a jukebox musical — it just feels like one, given the pre-existing songs and not enough new material to constitute an original score, by Tony standards.
“I am furious, but I am sailing.”
#21
Posted: 4/21/26 at 1:45am
Since 2000, there have been shows that have won Best Musical, even though they didn't have Tony-eligible original scores: ''Contact,'' ''Jersey Boys'' and ''Moulin Rouge!''
#22
Posted: 4/21/26 at 2:16am
Wayman_Wong said: "Since 2000, there have been shows that have won Best Musical, even though they didn't have Tony-eligible original scores: ''Contact,'' ''Jersey Boys'' and ''Moulin Rouge!''"
It’s been a long time, though. Moulin Rouge! always feels like it doesn’t count because of COVID-19. The strong bias in recent years has been for shows perceived as artistic, with serious themes. (It doesn’t mean everyone liked the winners, but they were viewed as worthy.)
But this is a strange season. And something has to win.
#23
Posted: 4/21/26 at 2:55am
EDSOSLO858 said: "It's pretty much the equivalent of a jukebox musical, with all but a few pre-existing songs.
Best musical is most likely going to TWO STRANGERS, and there's a lot of industry love behind it."
Not from what I hear. The industry love is def not at the box office. Two Strangers is not as witty or smart as Schmigadoon. Lost Boys has far more polarizing buzz than Two Strangers. Meh doth not a best musical win make.
#24
Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:09am
Ensemble1698878795 said: "Meh doth not a best musical win make."
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#25
Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:39am
Wayman_Wong said: "Since 2000, there have been shows that have won Best Musical, even though they didn't have Tony-eligible original scores: ''Contact,'' ''Jersey Boys'' and ''Moulin Rouge!''"
Once as well; Since most of the songs were lifted from the original film, it didn’t have enough new material to qualify for Best Score.
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