I completely understand why people didn't like Good Vibrations. I completely understand why it got the reviews it did. I completely understand why it closed when it did.
However, I'm not ashamed to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Good Vibrations. I wouldn't put it in my list of Top 100 Favorite Musicals or anything, but I definitely loved seeing it. What did I love most about it? The amazingly talented cast singing those wonderful songs... so I really don't understand when people say, "Pick up a Beach Boys album". I have 6 or 7 Beach Boys albums, including tracks of most of the songs in Good Vibrations. It's not the same. I, and many others, very much enjoyed, for example, Kate Reinder's rendition of "Your Imagination" or the incredible showstopper, "Sail on Sailor" by Tituss Burgess, David Reiser, and the Ensemble. I have no hope for a recording at this point. But I am certainly not appeased by Beach Boys CDs.
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.