See it if Just love Broadway. Clever song and dance. C. Borle!!!
Don't see it if Expecting Shakespeare.
See it if Fun musical show
Don't see it if No reason not to see it
See it if You enjoy talented performers and know something about Shakespeare and musicals
Don't see it if You're not an adult.
See it if You love musical theatre and enjoy catching references to other Broadway shows. You want to laugh uproariously. You like meta humor.
Don't see it if You don't like musicals, you hate fun.
See it if you love big production numbers and are a Broadway fan
Don't see it if you want to see something serious and walk away with a message
See it if You love musicals.
Don't see it if You are hard of hearing. The lines are brilliant.
See it if you enjoy Shakespeare, are a fan of musicals, love humor.
Don't see it if you don't enjoy musicals, expect high level humor or a serious show. Read more
See it if You like the Renaissance and Shakespeare and a rotten good time
Don't see it if You disapprove of implied Puritan homosexuality
"The wacky new Broadway musical has the best opening comedic number of the season — heck, several seasons...To say the show opens with a bang does not do it justice...That level of anarchic comedy is not, alas, fully sustained. That is, perhaps, one of the dangers of starting out with such intensity, rather than pacing yourself."
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"Everything from story to song clicks into place, the actors are firing on all cylinders — and the audience knows it’s watching something special.
Now, that something special is 'Something Rotten!,' a deliriously entertaining new musical comedy that is devilishly clever under its goofy exterior. Yep, this is a blockbuster."
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"This rambunctious, song-stuffed confection details the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of a musical’s creation...“A Musical” is such a showstopper it threatens to render the rest of the show something of a comparative damp squib, and the many subsequent jokes and numbers invoking the lunacy of musicals do become a little repetitive. What carries you through is the evident fun being had by the cast."
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"With all its showmanship and silliness, 'Something Rotten!' begins on an extremely promising note, sustains it throughout act one, and then falters in act two, where attempts are made to resolve the haywire plot. Even so, “Something Rotten!” is a great deal of cartoonish fun."
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"There is absolutely nothing rotten about the new musical 'Something Rotten!' In fact, I smell a hit. Right out of the Mel Brooks school of comedy, nothing is sacred and everything is funny! "Something Rotten” is red meat for theatre lovers – it’s clever, bodaciously funny, ridiculously tuneful; and even if Act II feels a bit overdone, audiences are sure to eat it up."
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"'Something Rotten!' doesn't quite reach the game-changing heights of that blockbuster musical, but it will give you two and a half hours of hearty laughs...that the show is able to maintain its high level of lunacy without falling into a disappointing rut in the second act is a testament to Nicholaw, his cast, and his creative team."
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"Musical theater aficionados will eat up the constant tongue-in-cheek references, not just to Shakespeare's works and characters, but to musicals generally. That said, not every joke is a home run. Those who don't attend the theater as often won't "get" all the insider references. What they will get is a terrific cast performing at the top of their game, peppy direction and choreography, and lots of colorful and varied design work."
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"The trouble with 'Something Rotten!' is that the humor never really advances past references to other musicals and Shakespeare plays. And these references are often just the title of a show or a famous quote. While the audience laughs in recognition, it's just too easy. Also, after such a strong beginning, act two feels muddled and overstuffed. That said, 'Something Rotten!' is entertaining from start to finish. A lot of this is in the performances."
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