SHUCKED On Broadway - Reviews Thread- Page 10

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 5:08pm

He's so cute! I love it.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 6:04pm

The first review is in, and we're off to a great start! BroadwaysBestShows.com calls it "a great night at the theater."

https://www.broadwaysbestshows.com/post/capsule-review-shucked/

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 8:51pm

Time Out is positive.

 

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/shucked-broadway-musical-review

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:07pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "The first review is in, and we're off to a great start! BroadwaysBestShows.com calls it "a great night at the theater."

https://www.broadwaysbestshows.com/post/capsule-review-shucked/"

Why on earth is Broadway’s Best Shows writing reviews when it is owned by a Broadway marketing agency (Jim Glaub/Super Awesome Friends) and a Broadway producer (Jeffrey Richards) as a way to promote their own work?? Is this trying to be the old Did He Like It all over again?

Looks like they previously gave a Critics Choice to a play that both those men work on. I hope no actual publications are including this in review roundups.

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:09pm

Theatermania is positive.

 

https://www.theatermania.com/news/review-shucked-pops-with-toe-tappers-and-corny-jokes-aplenty_1695364/

[chanel]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:17pm

Village Voice: Dopey, but also clever and fun. Also, Alex Newell should star as Effie in Dreamgirls.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2023/04/04/review-shucked-brings-the-cornpone-home/

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:21pm

Jesse Green isn't a fan, though he makes the same point about Newell in Dreamgirls 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/theater/shucked-review-broadway.html

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:22pm

https://nypost.com/2023/04/04/shucked-review-broadways-best-new-musical/

‘Shucked’ review: Broadway’s best and funniest new musical

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:22pm

NY Post is very positive. 
“Broadway’s best and funniest new musical”

https://nypost.com/2023/04/04/shucked-review-broadways-best-new-musical/

[BarnabyTucker]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:25pm

Jessie Green: Pardon the pun. 

NYT Readers: What pun?

NYT Editor: Shut up he thinks he's witty.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:29pm

DTLI Consensus: A funny, new, original, and surprisingly moving Broadway musical — we can't imagine a more beautiful thing. 

12 positive, 3 mixed (including the NYT). 

https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/shucked/

[Kad]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:47pm

Not terribly surprised by the review from Green, a man who seems like he would fret over whether he should have a piece of candy, and so the review seems like it has a subtext that he couldn’t bring himself to fully enjoy it. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:52pm

I will say none of the jokes the reviews have highlighted seem very funny. 
 

And Newell’s song is good but it’s the vocals that make it work and make it a showstopper. Would love to see Newell’s cover or someone else to see how that changes things. 

[Kad]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 9:55pm

RippedMan said: "I will say none of the jokes the reviews have highlighted seem very funny."

Yeah, it’s almost like they were written to be delivered aloud instead of read by someone who has a lot of opinions about shows he doesn’t see. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:00pm

RippedMan said: "I will say none of the jokes the reviews have highlighted seem very funny."

That's the thing with this show: there are so many jokes that even if 1/5 of them don't land, there's still plenty of other laughs. But the joke formulas that Green references DO become tedious rather quickly, but this team can't seem to kill their darlings. (And I say this as someone who mostly liked the show for what it is.)

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:08pm

Now the real question: what TONY Nominations does "Shucked" pick up after tonight?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:08pm

The company must be ecstatic tonight. Good for them. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:11pm

ucjrdude902 said: "Now the real question: what TONY Nominations does "Shucked" pick up after tonight?"

My guess is Musical, Score, and perhaps the Featured category Newell is in.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:14pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "ucjrdude902 said: "Now the real question: what TONY Nominations does "Shucked" pick up after tonight?"

My guess is Musical, Score, and perhaps the Featured category Newell is in."

Horn is absolutely getting another Best Book nomination. 

 

[Auggie27]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:16pm

Even the Green review ends on an affectionate near pull quote. All told, surely a nice consensus for a show that seems untethered to the moment. Perhaps that will prove an asset, ultimately. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:17pm

Kad said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "ucjrdude902 said: "Now the real question: what TONY Nominations does "Shucked" pick up after tonight?"

My guess is Musical, Score, and perhaps the Featured category Newell is in."

Horn is absolutely getting another Best Book nomination.

"

Ah — forgot about that. Horn did an adequate-enough job with this.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:20pm

ucjrdude902 said: "Now the real question: what TONY Nominations does "Shucked" pick up after tonight?"

At a minimum: Musical, Book, Score, Featured (whichever category Newell chooses to go in).

Beyond that, it COULD get any combo of the following, in order of likelihood: Direction, Orchestrations, Choreography, Actress, Sound, Lighting, Scenic. I don't really see any of the 3 guys getting into Featured Actor, unless they LOVE the show like with Paradise Sq last year. (edit: I think Durand, Cahoon, and Behlmann are equally good, though I suppose Durand gets the leg up if all are Featured, followed by Cahoon whose role is mostly jokes)

Updated On: 4/4/23 at 10:20 PM

[bwayobsessed]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:25pm

Out of why I’ve seen this season I think it definitely deserves a scenic design nod. I’d like to see Beau get a supporting actor nod

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 10:57pm

Newell and Horn are shoo-in for nominations after tonight, as is the show for Best Musical, I'd think? I'd love to see Durand recognized too.

I wonder how much say the critic at the NYT has in designating the "Critics Picks" because much of this reads like one, with a lot of obnoxious condescension from Green. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 11:15pm

I believe the Critic themself determines if it's a Critic's Pick.