SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread- Page 25

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 9:07pm

amBroadway | Many ought to ‘Like It Hot

“Some Like It Hot” is a fresh, splashy and fast-paced delight. The book, by Matthew Lopez (“The Inheritance&rdquo and comedian Amber Ruffin, carefully reconceives the original characters and make cross-dressing into something more than just a joke.

The cast is dynamite, including an upbeat Christian Borle as Joe/Josephine (the Tony Curtis role), a sensitive and fabulous J. Harrison Ghee as Jerry/Daphne (the Jack Lemmon role), and a glowing Adrianna Hicks as Sugar (the Marilyn Monroe role).

https://www.amny.com/entertainment/broadway-some-like-it-hot/

Updated On: 12/11/22 at 09:07 PM

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 9:12pm

VARIETY ‘Some Like It Hot’ Review: New Perspectives Bring Sizzle to This Bright Broadway Musical

A musical filled with fun, energy and heart.

This stage production boasts swell performances, dandy twists and turns, razzmatazz dancing and a whole lotta energy (under the savvy, playful direction and choreography of Casey Nicholaw) — all of which should please new audiences without alienating fans of the original. If the songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (“Hairspray,” “Smash&rdquo don’t always score high marks, well: Nobody’s perfect.

Borle’s comic timing and singing is impeccable; he makes his character’s latent empathy quite touching and well-earned.
But it's Ghee’s Daphne who’s a stunner in every sense of the word. Their personal growth and appreciation of their feminine side gives this adaptation its heart without losing its humor. It is the duality of Ghee’s performance that is a revelation, a continual delight and whose self-actualizing number, “You Coulda Knocked Me Over With a Feather,” is the show’s highlight.

https://variety.com/2022/legit/reviews/some-like-it-hot-review-broadway-musical-1235457002/

 

Updated On: 12/11/22 at 09:12 PM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 9:12pm

Are reviews just slow coming in?

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 9:42pm

‘Some Like It Hot’ Review: Broadway Musical Sizzles With New POV

https://www.reportdoor.com/some-like-it-hot-review-broadway-musical-sizzles-with-new-pov/

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 9:57pm

Four Stars From Time Out

[JSquared2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:06pm

Looks like the (few) haters are going to be VERY unhappy tomorrow! 

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:07pm

‘Some Like It Hot’ Review: Broadway Sizzles With A Musical Scorcher

https://deadline.com/2022/12/some-like-it-hot-broadway-review-1235195724/

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:10pm

SOME LIKE IT HOT’ HITS THE SPOT

Some Like it Hot beats everything out there in the shining moments it wears its heart on its sleeve as a valentine to the musical theatre nerd in all of us.

https://www.theaterpizzazz.com/some-like-it-hot-hits-the-spot/

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:11pm

NYT Critics pick

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/11/theater/some-like-it-hot-review.html

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:11pm

Review: In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ an Invitation to Liberation

NYT Critic’s Pick

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:15pm

Cititour.com Review

Giving musical theater audiences what they want has proved to be an increasingly tricky task. Giving them what they “need” is even harder. So, let’s give a round of pre-show applause to “Some Like It Hot,” now at the Shubert Theater, for succeeding on both counts as well as it does. Indeed, this reworking of Billy Wilder’s beloved 1959 film of the same name, set during the madcap days of Prohibition, is likely to have many audience members drinking up every drop.

It’s 1933 Chicago when we meet struggling musicians Joe (Tony Award winner Christian Borle, who proves to be both predictably hilarious as well as a remarkably impressive song-and-dance man) and Jerry (the extraordinary J. Harrison Ghee in a star-making turn). They’re a slightly improbable pair, due both to their contrasting races and personalities, but, as we’re quickly informed, they’re bound together for having been raised together.

Indeed, acceptance is the key to just sitting back in your seat and embracing all the great stuff onstage in “Some Like It Hot” -- even if this overstuffed show sometimes feels that it should have been renamed “Some Like A Lot.”

https://cititour.com/NYC_Broadway/Some-Like-It-Hot/1117

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:16pm

Bill Snibson said: "JaglinSays said: "I think the reviews will not be kind."

I think the reviews will be right down the middle. No raves, no pans, just mediocre/middling notices. The show is safe. It isn’t a revelation. The score is meh, the jokes are meh, the performances, for the most part are very good. Direction…fine, choreography…so so"

 

You were saying...?

 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:19pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Bill Snibson said: "JaglinSays said: "I think the reviews will not be kind."

I think the reviews will be right down the middle. No raves, no pans, just mediocre/middling notices. The show is safe. It isn’t a revelation. The score is meh, the jokes are meh, the performances, for the most part are very good. Direction…fine, choreography…so so"



You were saying...?

"

That's right Jordan, you tell him!

 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:21pm

VILLAGE VOICE Review: Updating—and Upgrading—the Movie, Broadway’s ‘Some Like It Hot’ Hits All the Right Notes

The new musical won’t make you forget the movie stars of the original romp, but you’ll see something new in all of their characters.  

by MICHAEL MUSTO

This delectable show looks to be a big, spangled hit anyway.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2022/12/11/review-updating-and-upgrading-the-movie-broadways-some-like-it-hot-hits-all-the-right-notes/

Updated On: 12/11/22 at 10:21 PM

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:27pm

A rave from Theatermania.

 

https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/review-some-like-it-hot-broadway_94668.html

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:33pm

“Some Like It Hot” is glitzy, excessive, frenetic and funny, with hyperactive choreography, a game, talented cast, and a jazzy score with multiple 11 o’clock numbers.

https://newyorktheater.me/2022/12/11/some-like-it-hot-broadway-review/

[chanel]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:35pm

Thumbs way up from Village Voice.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2022/12/11/review-updating-and-upgrading-the-movie-broadways-some-like-it-hot-hits-all-the-right-notes/

Updated On: 12/11/22 at 10:35 PM

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:36pm

Review: Broadway’s ‘Some Like It Hot’ blazes righteous path

The musical that opened Sunday at the Shubert Theatre captures the anarchic spirit and humor of the Tony Curtis-Jack Lemmon movie but takes it to a better place, somewhere previous men-in-dress shows like “Tootsie” and “Mrs. Doubtfire” were unable or unwilling to go.

 

https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/celebrities/article269891067.html

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:39pm

DAILY NEWS

Broadway Review: Zesty ‘Some Like it Hot’ races to a whole new conclusion

The new musical version of “Some Like It Hot” roars along like the 20th Century Limited, racing from rumba to samba and jive to paso doble, its book unfurling with breakneck zestiness and its fleet-footed dancers and singers speeding so fast from one transition to another that if feels as if someone has lit a fuse and the Shubert Theatre is set to burst into flames every night at 10:30. Imperative for everyone to get out alive!

https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/broadway/ny-broadway-review-some-like-it-hot-20221212-c4tqnqvtsfebhfajvl2paclije-story.html

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:49pm

DidTheyLikeIt Aggregate:

9 positive

5 mixed

1 negative

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:53pm

DTLI Consensus: Some Like It Hot, and that ain’t bad.

9 positive (including the NYT), 5 mixed, 1 negative.

https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/some-like-it-hot/

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 10:53pm

Wow! I really thought Jesse Green wouldn't like this show. Hoping these reviews are enough to save this show!

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 11:06pm

these are uniformly strong reviews-- even the critical voices seem to be conceding they had a good time. congrats all around.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 11:09pm

Now if we can get a cast album... lol.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/11/22 at 11:16pm

THEATERMANIA Review: Some Like It Hot Serves Old-Fashioned Broadway with a Twist The new musical adaptation of the Tony Curtis-Jack Lemmon comedy exemplifies everything I love about Broadway.

Sometimes you just want a brassy, sassy, unapologetically fun musical — and that's exactly what's on the bill at the Shubert Theatre with Some Like It Hot. It's a guaranteed good night on Broadway, a glorious throwback that also manages to retrofit a well-known story for today.
All of this amounts to a thrilling new musical with an old-school vibe. Some Like It Hot is a sizzling example of everything that Broadway does best, and it is not to be missed.
https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/review-some-like-it-hot-broadway_94668.html

Updated On: 12/11/22 at 11:16 PM