THE LAST FIVE YEARS Reviews- Page 2

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 4/6/25 at 11:46pm

IdinaBellFoster said: "It’s honestly impressive how they managed to mess this one up."

Did you see it?

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:02am

just brutal reviews

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:23am

DTLI Consensus: Uneven and poorly executed if well-sung enough? You could do better than that for a beloved title's highly anticipated Broadway debut. 

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

https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/the-last-five-years-2/

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:28am

Curious what these reviews mean for any possibility of the extension they’re looking into, since this isn’t exactly selling great to begin with. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:29am

Play Esq. said: "Listen, I loved this production but I thought Green’s review was fair and better than I had expected. Lots of pull quotes for the show and Warren. I’m still hoping she has the momentum for a second Tony."

Stuck like a dope with this thing called hope…

Warren would’ve probably had to unilaterally clear the board with outstanding reviews to stand a fighting chance. This is the first time in my lifetime that I recall such a critical drubbing of a a JRB show….

[Kad]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:39am

quizking101 said: "Play Esq. said: "Listen, I loved this production but I thought Green’s review was fair and better than I had expected. Lots of pull quotes for the show and Warren. I’m still hoping she has the momentum for a second Tony."

Stuck like a dope with thisthing called hope…

Warren would’ve probably had to unilaterally clear the board with outstanding reviews to stand a fighting chance. This is the first time in my lifetime that I recall such a critical drubbing of a a JRB show…."

Honeymoon in Vegas. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:49am

"Not since Beanie Feldstein in the 2022 revival of Funny Girl has the advance skepticism that greeted a Broadway casting announcement proved so apt" 

HAHAHAAAAAA! Now THAT'S a pull quote 😂

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:57am

Kad said: "quizking101 said: "Play Esq. said: "Listen, I loved this production but I thought Green’s review was fair and better than I had expected. Lots of pull quotes for the show and Warren. I’m still hoping she has the momentum for a second Tony."

Stuck like a dope with thisthing called hope…

Warren would’ve probably had to unilaterally clear the board with outstanding reviews to stand a fighting chance. This is the first time in my lifetime that I recall such a critical drubbing of a a JRB show…."

Honeymoon in Vegas."

Did it? I seem to recall that HONEYMOON was somewhat well-received from some major publications, and Brantley gave it a Critic's Pick too.

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 2:22am

Im still hoping to get easy tickets when Keiserman and Nasia are on. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 7:40am

Play Esq. said: "Listen, I loved this production but I thought Green’s review was fair and better than I had expected. Lots of pull quotes for the show and Warren. I’m still hoping she has the momentum for a second Tony."

Nicole would like to have a word. 

[Auggie27]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 10:29am

This was some of the announced star casting of the season. But - an honest question - is it? Warren should be/will be a star, but not yet. And Jonas's celebrity belongs to another era. Hasn't popped up on TDF yet, but the spring is crowded. I have always liked the score, and would love to hear Warren tear into it. But per all the reviews, the still shots of the show make it look - what's a fair term - cheesy. Leaning toward tacky, as in The Wedding Singer kitsch, not the world the piece conjures.

[yyys]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 10:32am

Auggie, it was on TDF last week for about 4 dates. I got one for this Wednesday.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 10:36am

PipingHotPiccolo said: "Im still hoping to get easy tickets when Keiserman and Nasia are on."

I suspect tickets will be cheap when either Nick or Warren are out. But people want to see both standbys in this, so the box office might get slammed when it happens at first.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 10:38am

The Jonas Brothers mayor be of “another era” but they are playing stadiums on tour this summer, a feat I’m not entirely sure they reached at their actual peak. 
 

Nostalglia is at an all time high for entertainment appeal for Zillenials—Nick Jonas is a pretty big draw. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:48am

Considering the soft ticket sales for this, no he really isn't. And just like Funny Girl, people are waiting to see the understudy who is far superior in terms of musical theater and everything that involves. 

They really screwed this up. This show didn't need a celebrity, the material is strong on its own. So, they should have come to Broadway in 2013 with Betsy and Adam. They had great chemistry and actually like each other in real life. It would have been successful. What a waste. 

[ij319]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:58pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Broadway Reddit is saying JRB made some unusual comments about the director during curtain call. Anyone have more info or a link to any video of the speech?"

Came here just to see if anyone was talking about this. It was WILD. He called Whitney White a DEI hire. 

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 1:06pm

ij319 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Broadway Reddit is saying JRB made some unusual comments about the director during curtain call. Anyone have more info or a link to any video of the speech?"

Came here just to see if anyone was talking about this. It was WILD. He called Whitney White a DEI hire."

Ok. WHAT?

[ij319]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 1:19pm

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "ij319 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Broadway Reddit is saying JRB made some unusual comments about the director during curtain call. Anyone have more info or a link to any video of the speech?"

Came here just to see if anyone was talking about this. It was WILD. He called Whitney White a DEI hire."

Ok. WHAT?"

Yeahhhh. He started it by saying "I'll probably get in trouble for this, but I LOVE DEI!" and then went on about the benefits of DEI. But then doubled down hard in such a misguided way and said something to the effect of "and without DEI we wouldn't have artists like our director." It was incredibly uncomfortable and she looked incredibly uncomfortable. 

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 1:29pm

BroadwayGirl107 said: "The Jonas Brothers mayor be of “another era” but they are playing stadiums on tour this summer, a feat I’m not entirely sure they reached at their actual peak.


Nostalglia is at an all time high for entertainment appeal for Zillenials—Nick Jonas is a pretty big draw."

 

After reading your comment, I looked at ticket sales for some of the venues they are playing and most here in the US don't appear to be anywhere near sold out at this point. 

 

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 1:34pm

ij319 said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said: "ij319 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Broadway Reddit is saying JRB made some unusual comments about the director during curtain call. Anyone have more info or a link to any video of the speech?"

Came here just to see if anyone was talking about this. It was WILD. He called Whitney White a DEI hire."

Ok. WHAT?"

Yeahhhh. He started it by saying "I'll probably get in trouble for this, but I LOVE DEI!" and then went on about the benefits of DEI. But then doubled down hard in such a misguided way and said something to the effect of "and without DEI we wouldn't have artists like our director." It was incredibly uncomfortable and she looked incredibly uncomfortable."

Someone has to have footage of this...

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 1:52pm

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "ij319 said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said: "ij319 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Broadway Reddit is saying JRB made some unusual comments about the director during curtain call. Anyone have more info or a link to any video of the speech?"

Came here just to see if anyone was talking about this. It was WILD. He called Whitney White a DEI hire."

Ok. WHAT?"

Yeahhhh. He started it by saying "I'll probably get in trouble for this, but I LOVE DEI!" and then went on about the benefits of DEI. But then doubled down hard in such a misguided way and said something to the effect of "and without DEI we wouldn't have artists like our director." It was incredibly uncomfortable and she looked incredibly uncomfortable."

Someonehas to have footage of this..."

I've been looking all morning, and nothing on TikTok, YouTube, Twitter or Instagram so far

[JSquared2]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 3:53pm

BroadwayGirl107 said: "The Jonas Brothers mayor be of “another era” but they are playing stadiums on tour this summer, a feat I’m not entirely sure they reached at their actual peak.


Nostalglia is at an all time high for entertainment appeal for Zillenials—Nick Jonas is a pretty big draw."

 

If you look at availability for seats for most of their stadium shows -- many dates are barely 1/3rd sold.  They way overestimated their drawing power. 

 

[BETTY22]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 5:17pm

I an not sure it will make any difference to sales. 

[Werkkkkkkk888]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 6:22pm

ij319 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Broadway Reddit is saying JRB made some unusual comments about the director during curtain call. Anyone have more info or a link to any video of the speech?"

Came here just to see if anyone was talking about this. It was WILD. He called Whitney White a DEI hire."

 

but where is this on Reddit? I’ve been looking since last night and can’t find anyone saying anything about JRB’s comments  

 

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 6:29pm

I hope this link works, otherwise you can search under the Broadway subreddit for “JRB curtain call speech at L5Y”

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/s/7yqV5G8Ude