Peter Filichia

“It’s a very good play, if not a great one.”

“The score is professional; the scenery tries to get by on our pure imagination; the cast is fine except for the child who plays Charlie...Worse still is the show’s basic premise which we must face head-on: Willy Wonka is a serial killer...”

“But no amount of fog can mask the stretches of dullness in the three-hour production.”

“So Miranda has become one of those comparatively rare musical theater writers who follows his first success (In the Heights) with a much greater triumph.”

“Do discover the substantial number of thoughtful touches that Bartlett Sher has brought to a classic which in the process has created a classic of his own.”

“The message that love is love is one that we’ll gladly subject to long-run-itis.”

“Maybe this musical could succeed there, but it won’t on Broadway.”

“What you might not do, however, is see GROUNDHOG DAY: THE MUSICAL ever again.”

“He now takes the story in a different direction and makes a point that is sparkling new – and worth hearing.”

“Well, the show at Studio 54 isn’t remotely that hellish, but it does have so many liabilities that the line does come to mind.”

“PRETTY WOMAN, then, more than once resorts to making characters do what they’d never do, figuring that this unexpected behavior will get the audience to laugh.”

“Most of what's included is mostly terrific, including a dynamic first-act ending and a powerful Act Two beginning.”

“SOMETHING ROTTEN! contains more laughs than all our other current Broadway shows combined.”

“Now his take on Miller’s fifth play – THE CRUCIBLE – is sterile, low-octane slow, badly staged, an assault on eyes and ears as well as horribly misconceived.”

“But for McBurney the playwright, your heart and mind will have you applauding politely and keeping you seated.”

“His worst moment comes when he swallows the play’s best line.”

“More to the point –or Moore to the point? — the tale substantiates the theme of the show: one person can make a difference and a substantial one at that.”

“Too bad that the show doesn’t sparkle nearly as much and it could have, for LuPone has the right flash of authority.”