Michael Schulman

“The amalgam is so brazen as to be immediately disarming: it would take a truly bad sport not to get on board with ersatz Elizabethan verse (“Please ventilate the belfry of thy mind”) side by side with eighties earworms like “Are Sealed,” delivered with equal gusto by a game cast.”

“"Mean Girls" is far from the only film comedy from the aughts to reach Broadway—we've had "Legally Blonde," "School of Rock," "Bring It On," and "Elf," to name a few—but it's one of the sturdiest.”

“So why does the play have such trouble finding its angle on the enraging political scene?”

“'The Band's Visit' doesn't quite shake its cinematic roots—you can still sense the understated quirkiness of an indie film—but it succeeds on the strength of its cast and creators, who know exactly what, and when, to hold back.”

“The show is pure comedic eye candy, and technically flawless.”