ROCK OF AGES BROADWAY REVIEWS
Opening Night: April 7, 2009
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Synopsis: Hair band devotees rejoice: The anthems of the '80s are back. The new musical features the hits of Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar and many more.
Broadway Reviews
AM NEW YORK REVIEW:
"When was the last time you were encouraged to drink beer during a Broadway show? Or, for that matter, wave (fake) lighters during power ballads and occasionally sing along?"
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USA TODAY REVIEW:
"What do Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, U2, Bruce Springsteen, the Police and Dire Straits have in common? They're just a few of the artists who had enormous hits between 1980 and 1989, and whose tunes apparently lacked sufficient camp value to qualify for the jukebox musical Rock of Ages."
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VARIETY REVIEW:
"If the 1980s were a bad-fashion blur you'd rather forget, "Rock of Ages" may not be for you. But if tortured mullets, unwaxed chests, studded leather, acid-wash denim and wailing guitars make you yearn for the Reagan years, this unapologetically silly hair-metal jukebox musical will probably have you gulping tequila shots and singing along. Every bit as brazen as the yardstick for the genre, "Mamma Mia!," in wedging hit songs into a purpose-built, featherweight plot, the show has an abiding affection for its inglorious era that goes some way toward selling its brash charms."
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NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW:
"Sooner or later it had to happen. The immortal hair bands of the 1980s finally receive their due in the brash jukebox musical “Rock of Ages” at New World Stages."
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NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW:
"When it comes to hair — long beautiful hair or gleaming streaming hair or flaxen waxen hair — I am afraid that sweet nostalgia trip about flower children and free love has already become an also-ran on Broadway."
Click here to read the full "Rock Of Ages" review.
NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW:
"When it comes to hair — long beautiful hair or gleaming streaming hair or flaxen waxen hair — I am afraid that sweet nostalgia trip about flower children and free love has already become an also-ran on Broadway."
Click here to read the full "Rock Of Ages" review.
AM NEW YORK REVIEW:
"When was the last time you were encouraged to drink beer during a Broadway show? Or, for that matter, wave (fake) lighters during power ballads and occasionally sing along?"
Click here to read the full "Rock Of Ages" review.
USA TODAY REVIEW:
"What do Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, U2, Bruce Springsteen, the Police and Dire Straits have in common? They're just a few of the artists who had enormous hits between 1980 and 1989, and whose tunes apparently lacked sufficient camp value to qualify for the jukebox musical Rock of Ages."
Click here to read the full "Rock Of Ages" review.
VARIETY REVIEW:
"If the 1980s were a bad-fashion blur you'd rather forget, "Rock of Ages" may not be for you. But if tortured mullets, unwaxed chests, studded leather, acid-wash denim and wailing guitars make you yearn for the Reagan years, this unapologetically silly hair-metal jukebox musical will probably have you gulping tequila shots and singing along. Every bit as brazen as the yardstick for the genre, "Mamma Mia!," in wedging hit songs into a purpose-built, featherweight plot, the show has an abiding affection for its inglorious era that goes some way toward selling its brash charms."
Click here to read the full "Rock Of Ages" review.
BROADWAYSPACE.COM REVIEW:
"I hope, from the bottom of my heart, that this was not your first time seeing a Broadway musical. If so, I am gravely worried about the impressions you have formed and how it will influence the way you view the medium in the future."
Click here to read the full "Rock Of Ages" review.
BROADWAYSPACE.COM REVIEW:
"I hope, from the bottom of my heart, that this was not your first time seeing a Broadway musical. If so, I am gravely worried about the impressions you have formed and how it will influence the way you view the medium in the future."
Click here to read the full "Rock Of Ages" review.
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