"Stick Fly" reviews

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 6:45pm

"Stick Fly" opens this evening at the Cort Theater. Best to all of the cast and crew on their opening night.

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Updated On: 12/8/11 at 06:45 PM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 7:08pm

Backstage is mixed to positive:

I can't call Lydia R. Diamond's "Stick Fly" a good play, not with its penchant for overripe secrets, melodramatic revelations, and lazy plotting. On the other hand, I have to admit that I found it entertaining, thanks to the rarely explored milieu (an old-moneyed African-American family), spiky discussions of race and class, and first-rate acting from a top-notch cast. Whatever its shortcomings, it's an exuberant work that will likely prove an audience pleaser.

http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-ny-theatre-broadway/ny-review-stick-fly-1005644652.story

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 7:58pm

Word of Mouth is 2/3 positive.

The one guy who didn't really love it only had good things to say about "Mekhi Phifer in his Broadway debut." Mind you, I thought Mekhi was the worst part about the show.

http://www.broadway.com/shows/stick-fly/video/153818/word-of-mouth-review-stick-fly/

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 9:40pm

Any more reviews?

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 9:58pm

amNY is mixed-to-negative: http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/theater-review-stick-fly-2-stars-1.3377241

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 10:00pm

Hollywood Reporter is mixed: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/stick-fly-review-dule-hill-mekhi-phifer-alicia-keys-271508

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 10:01pm

Newsday seems pretty mixed. Seems to like the cast but wishes the play were drastically shorter... http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/stick-fly-offers-characters-to-ponder-1.3373639

Interesting to see how this all plays out tonight....

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 10:15pm

The Times (Isherwood) is mixed:

http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/theater/reviews/stick-fly-at-the-cort-theater-review.html

[RippedMan]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 10:19pm

I'm surprised the NY TImes didn't even mention Alice Keys at all.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 10:28pm

its a super short run anyways even if they got slammed they will stick through closing....

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 11:35pm

Alicia Keys actually wrote the music used in the play and no mention of that in the Times.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/9/11 at 12:07am

Her musical contributuin is discussed in this review:

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/index.html

[CAX]

Posted: 12/9/11 at 3:07am

pretty uneventful. Seems the critics sorta chewed it over and let it be.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/10/11 at 12:39am

Roma Torre from NY1 calls it mediocre theatre:

http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/theater_reviews/152204/ny1-theater-review---stick-fly-