It Shoulda Been You
It Shoulda Been You - 2015 Broadway History , Info & More
Brooks Atkinson Theatre (Broadway)
256 W. 47th St. New York, NY
It Shoulda Been You, is a musical comedy for anyone with parents. The bride is Jewish. The groom is Catholic. Her mother is a force of nature, his mother is a tempest in a cocktail shaker. And when the bride's ex-boyfriend shows up, the perfect wedding starts to unravel faster than you can whistle "Here Comes the Bride!"
The cast of It Shoulda Been You includes Tony Award-winner Tyne Daly, Tony Award-winner Harriet Harris, Sierra Boggess, Lisa Howard, David Burtka, Tony Award nominee Montego Glover, Chip Zien, Josh Grisetti, Adam Heller, Michael X. Martin, Anne L. Nathan, Nick Spangler, and Edward Hibbert, along with Farah Alvin, Gina Farrell, Aaron Finley, Mitch Greenberg, and Jillian Louis.
It Shoulda Been You - 2015 - Broadway Cast
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'It Shoulda Been You': Theater Review
7 / 10
...It Shoulda Been You, which plays like vintage dinner theater infused with a Borscht Belt sensibility. That it nonetheless manages to be truly amusing is a testament to the talent both on and offstage: such comic pros as Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris and Edward Hibbert manage to make the hoariest of jokes uproarious, while director David Hyde Pierce has staged the proceedings with a brisk expertise that makes the 100 intermissionless minutes fly by. It's the sort of show that practically redefines the term 'guilty pleasure'...The score by composer Barbara Anselmi...and book writer-lyricist Brian Hargrove (Hyde Pierce's real-life husband) is utterly negligible, and the show would probably have worked just fine without it...The characters and situations are hopelessly contrived and formulaic...and the plot twist late in the show will only seem shocking to Middle Americans...But for all its obvious deficiencies, It Shoulda Been You...is the sort of shamelessly lowbrow comedy too often missing from Broadway these days, Larry David's Fish in the Dark notwithstanding.
'It Shoulda Been You' theater review
4 / 10
It's frequently said that 90% of a director's job lies in the casting, and David Hyde Pierce indisputably nailed that part of the job as director of the new wedding-themed musical comedy 'It Shoulda Been You'...It's just a shame that the show itself is so dated and unfunny. When the material is this disappointing, no one can save it...Under better circumstances, this might have been a fun, feel-good trifle. Unfortunately, the sitcom humor is well-worn and hokey, the music is weak, the characters are one-dimensional stereotypes and the concept is tissue-paper thin. Ironically, having great actors involved doesn't make it any better. Instead, you feel frustrated that they're not in a better show...Pierce, who emphasizes the over-the-top, lighthearted tone in a clean and efficient production, might have a future as a director, but he needs to be more careful when choosing his material.
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It Shoulda Been You FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I Never Wanted This
This Day (Opening)
Perfect
It Shoulda Been You
Who
Back in the Day
Nice
Albert's Turn
Where Did I Go Wrong?
Beautiful
A Perfect Ending
Love You Till the Day
Jenny's Blues
Whatever
A Little Bit Less Than
What They Never Tell You
That's Family
Finale
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It Shoulda Been You - 2015 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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| 2015 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Sierra Boggess |
| 2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Lisa Howard |
| 2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Josh Grisetti |
| 2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Tyne Daly |
| 2015 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Tyne Daly |
| 2015 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Lisa Howard |
| 2015 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | It Shoulda Been You |
| 2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Tyne Daly |
| 2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | It Shoulda Been You |
| 2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | David Hyde Pierce |
| 2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Josh Grisetti |
| 2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | It Shoulda Been You |
| 2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Score | It Shoulda Been You |
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