I'll Say She Is NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (27)
See it if You are a fan of the Marx Bros. It was uncanny how alike he actors looked like the original brothers.
Don't see it if You don't like anything from the past.
See it if You enjoy old fashioned comedy of the Marx brothers and are looking for a non-complicated plot with songs used sometimes as scene changes.
Don't see it if Don't like over the top humor, old fashioned musicals, look for intense plots or songs that advance the plot
See it if you like the Marx Brothers or funny, zany, slapstick, vaudevillian, shows performed by talented singers, actors, and dancsrs
Don't see it if you dis-lke the Marx Brothers or broad, repetitive, vaudeville-like skits
See it if you appreciate all things Marx brothers performed by a company that loves all things Marx brothers & its throwback to vaudeville stylings
Don't see it if you find the corn of early musical theatre & vaudeville below your pay level
See it if As I, if you have an interest in the Marx brothers
Don't see it if If you don't know who the Marx brothers were. Once the musical numbers begin, the show falls apart
See it if you like Marx brothers, like wacky humor
Don't see it if you would get upset at seeing portrayal of mass nightclub shooting
See it if you enjoy watching people making funny faces while pulling things out of their pants.
Don't see it if you understand that comedy relies on timing.
See it if you enjoy cabaret style productions with nice music. I appreciate the attempt at recreating the past.
Don't see it if you enjoy theatre above a high school level. Slow, awkward and lacking in true dedication from the cast. Don't walk in expecting much!
Critic Reviews (15)
"It’s instantly obvious that Noah has thrown himself into the project because he loves the four sophisticated nitwits and believes himself a sufficient Groucho lookalike...If we can’t have the originals, this quartet more than suffices. Certainly, Shelden on the harp and Roper at the piano fare exceedingly well. A bevy of dancing lovelies abound. Okay, under Amanda Sisk’s direction, an aura of the amateur prevails, but somehow that makes the sort-of-revival all the more entertaining."
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"Fans of Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and even Zeppo Marx may be tickled by the cheerfully amateurish production of 'I'll Say She Is'…Non-devotees, though, will struggle to enjoy the wisp of a Jazz Age storyline…More of a showbiz footnote than a lost gem worth resurrecting. (A slicker production might at least have made for more sheer fun.) The musical accompaniment thumps, the chorines leadenly stomp, and the leading players at best merely approximate their archetypical characters."
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"'I'll Say She Is' is the most successful project The Marx Brothers ever did on stage and has been given a new life thanks to the efforts of Noah Diamond and to the talents of an extraordinary group of performers. Sure the book could use a little more tweaking and the transitions between scenes made a bit smoother but none of that matters. The spirit of the original revue has been revived and Marx Brothers fans the world over will now have the opportunity to see this lost musical."
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"There are so many things to enjoy about 'I’ll Say She Is' that it’s easy to overlook those aspects of the show that don’t quite work...The show has a lot of DIY charm...A zany and delightful reminder of the anarchic spirit the Marx Brothers brought to American entertainment and their deeper subversion of staid bourgeois society…Even with its rough spots, 'I’ll Say She Is' is an exceptionally entertaining show, and a testament to the wild energy and joy the Marx Brothers brought all of us."
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"The excellent cast does superb work as an ensemble, and there's the delightful and unapologetic inclusion of various hidden talents of the cast members in the sketches and numbers...That's a lot to pack into two acts of just over an hour each but the cast keeps it moving…An example of Broadway archaeology, performed by a committed and talented cast, 'I'll Say She' Is is a wonderful way to spend a few hours lost in an idealised bygone era."
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"The overall effort rings a loud bell for authenticity. 'I’ll Say She Is' harmonizes deliciously with the look, sound, and feel of the films we all know and love. The original material resounds with the Marx Brothers at their very best...No amount of praise is too great for the ensemble. Led by Diamond’s spot-on Groucho, the Brothers easily made one forget that the actors playing them are in character and not the real thing."
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"A delightful romp back to the days of vaudeville…Noah Diamond obviously has studied Groucho Marx extensively, as his impersonation and interpretation of his character is quite good and well-developed…All throughout, we have the typical chaotic hustle and bustle, Marx Brothers' patter, and hectic scattering of characters as they run from scene to scene (complete with comedic asides and pleas to the audience for mercy from Groucho)."
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