It Shoulda Been You NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (149)
See it if you love a wedding, you love lots of leading ladies, you love empowering messages.
Don't see it if you are homophobic, sexist, sizist, and otherwise crappy.
See it if very funny, tyne daly is great, music is great
Don't see it if can be a bit offensive, but with good intentions. must see
See it if if you want to see an original musical that is funny, touching, and not based on a movie
Don't see it if you don't like light musical comedy
See it if You love old fashioned musicals with a current twist. Clever story and great staging and acting.
Don't see it if You can't take a joke or can't go with the flow.
See it if you want a show that will leave you smiling when you leave. This is a charming musical that left too soon.
Don't see it if You like a more dense theater and not as light
See it if you're looking for a refreshing soundtrack! The original Broadway production had a great set design and a stellar cast.
Don't see it if you're looking for longer pieces and dramatic storylines.
See it if you like a fun, entertaining theatre experience. Why did it close??
Don't see it if if you don't like clever, funny musicals.
See it if you enjoy a throwback to the zany hijinx musicals of old. This is fun from start to finish.
Don't see it if you hate fun.
Critic Reviews (40)
"There are times when 'It Shoulda Been You' feels as if it belongs to a previous generation of shows with similarly chirpy scores that you thought had choked long ago on the prime rib once served for dinner...The ease of identification, coupled with strikingly lively direction and a veritable plethora of superb farcical performances explains why a great deal of the content in this show lands with its audience."
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"As far as comedy goes, the most rewarding wedding is the one that goes off the rails. And so Broadway’s new musical 'It Shoulda Been You' piles on the mishaps — only the show itself ends up quite the blunder. These talented, hard-working actors are a joy to watch, and almost make up for the drecky writing. Almost."
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"'It Shoulda Been You' is sometimes about as fresh as a week-old danish and the score is largely uninspired. On the flip side, however, you also get to see a bevy of marvelous cut-ups and singers vibrantly giving their all."
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"It's just a shame that the show itself is so dated and unfunny. When the material is this disappointing, no one can save it...The sitcom humor is well-worn and hokey, the music is weak, the characters are one-dimensional stereotypes and the concept is tissue-paper thin. Ironically, having great actors involved doesn't make it any better. Instead, you feel frustrated that they're not in a better show.."
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"If nothing else, the casting is ideal...'It Shoulda Been You' may strike some as ‘been there done that,’ but I bet you have never seen it done with this much talent!"
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"We’re privy to one of the wackiest wedding days in this madcap, fast paced musical comedy...It’s a light, laughable, goofy fun production, with a twist that pushes all the current buttons."
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"It’s a show that panders to people who have in the past been ignored onstage, whether it be gay men and lesbians, overweight people or African Americans. 'It Shoulda Been You' has a twist for each of them, meant to empower but coming off more as the forced hug of a politician awaiting their vote...While there are laughs plenty and a tender moment or two, 'It Shoulda Been You' ends up feeling like being invited to a wedding as someone’s plus one, and wishing you had just stayed home instead."
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"It abruptly swerves in a completely unexpected direction, and yet still manages to be the most predictable show on Broadway...Even if the gags were funnier, or the score more noteworthy, they could not make up for the absence of any authentic-feeling observations about love or commitment or weddings or…anything."
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