ON YOUR FEET! Reviews

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 5:16pm

I messaged Limelight Mike about this, but I haven't heard anything yet. So in the meantime...

 

Tonight is the opening night of the new jukebox/bio-musical On Your Feet! Starring Ana Villafane as Gloria Estefan and Josh Segarra as Emilio Estefan. Directed by Two-Time Tony-Winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell with a book by Academy Award-Winning screenwriter Alexander Dinelaris.

 

Post the reviews right here!

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/on-your-feet-review-gloria-estefan-s-music-upstages-the-story-1.11059573

Updated On: 11/5/15 at 05:16 PM

Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:15pm

surprisingly, terry enjoyed it a lot! others are saying its whitewashed but the music will get you

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:28pm

Isherwood seemed to like it, but has issues with the book, which is no surprise. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/theater/review-on-your-feet-rides-the-rhythm-of-the-estefans.html?ref=theater&_r=0

[Trish2]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:31pm

It's astonishing that most of the critics gave this a pass! That was not the response of the audience last night. I actually left the theatre feeling depressed. Oh, well.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:45pm

Isherwood's review is rather positive with lots of quotes and even a dig to HAMILTON.

 He loved the leading lady too.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:52pm

They caught a break when Brantley did not review it

 

Surprised at the mostly.negative tone of the reviews. They should have enough pull quotes for a campaign plus going after the Latino audience should be their goal now.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 10:54pm

Mr Roxy said: "They caught a break when Brantley did not review it"

 

This.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:05pm

This . ???????

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:07pm

The Brantley who raved over Mamma Mia, Lysistrata Jones, and Melanie Griffith in Chicago?  He's not as predictable as some make him out to be. 

Updated On: 11/5/15 at 11:07 PM

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:09pm

I assume they had already finalized the song list a while ago but can someone please post the song list from the Playbill now that the show has opened?

[Different Drum]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:20pm

Mr Roxy said: "Surprised at the mostly.negative tone of the reviews."

 

Most of the reviews read rather positive to me. Even Jesse Green gave it a pass. Amazing.

And Isherwood gave them a few quotes to die for. They must be thrilled.

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:23pm

I love this show so damn much. I'm happy they got the quotes they need!

[phan24]

Posted: 11/5/15 at 11:32pm

@VintageSnarker:

They list the songs in alphabetical order in the playbill for some reason, here they are:

Musical Numbers

“1-2-3″

“Anything for You”

“Coming Out of the Dark”

“Con los Años Que Me Quedan”

“Conga”

“Cuando Salí de Cuba”

“Cuba Libre”

“Don’t Wanna Lose You”

“Dr. Beat”

“Famous”

“Get on Your Feet”

“Here We Are”

“I See Your Smile”

“If I Never Got to Tell You”

“Live for Loving You”

“Mi Tierra”

“Oye”

“Oye Mi Canto”

“Party Time”

“Reach”

“Rhythm Is Gonna Get You”

“Tradicíon”

“Turn the Beat Around”

“When Someone Comes Into Your Life”

“Wrapped”

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:25am

All of you are foaming at the mouth waiting for all the critics to trash this....and when they don't you'll convince yourselves of some other excuse to make you feel better for hating this show and wanting it to fail. Carry on.

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:37am

Surprising and refreshing to see that Murray didn't trash it. He finds much to like about it, although he has some serious reservations. 

 

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/OnYourFeet2015.html

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 10:15am

Just read all the reviews and for the most part they are pretty positive, yes they say the book is by the numbers but that On Your Feet as a fun night out is a blast, the Times, Post, Washington Post etc all enjoyed the show as did many others. They must be pleased with these reviews 

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 11:38am

just read isherwoods review, which seemed overall generally very positive, yet he did not give it "a thumbs up" but gave it the cartoon character on teh bench who looks kinda bored

which seems inconsistent with what he wrote.

The show sounds like its worth seeing (even though im not a huge estafan fan), and I plan to see it on my next trip.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:02pm

Roma Torre of NY 1 gave it a qualified rave.

[little_sally]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:14pm

I think the reviews are spot-on for this. It has it's problems but it's so likeable and cast is just great. I hope it does well and has a long, healthy run.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:21pm

I assume a cast album will be in the offing.

[little_sally]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 12:23pm

I hope there's a cast recording. I'd like to  hear Ana Villafane sing "Wrapped" again.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 1:29pm

I know it's never required and the producers never have to, but I'm still shocked there is no rush or lottery for this. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/6/15 at 1:50pm

They offer student tickets with a large allotment of seats through Tix4Students https://www.tix4students.com/events/on-your-feet/

 

[Different Drum]

Posted: 11/7/15 at 10:18am

Adam Feldman at Time Out was predictably negative, but it won't matter. The mostly positive reviews from the Times and others was manna from heaven. It remains to be seen, however, whether word-of-mouth will be strong enough to ensure the multi-year run required to recoup its massive capitalization.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/7/15 at 11:11am

As of now, it's still doing pretty well financially.

 

I do think it's safe to say that it'll probably be joining Hamilton as a Tony Nominee for Best Musical next year. As we've seen in the past, nominators do seem to enjoy these kinds of shows (Jersey Boys, Beautiful). It should be interesting to see how it will potentially do in Tony nominations.