"‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’ Has Its Ups and Ups: A 'revisal' of a Meredith Willson musical has a strong female lead who doesn’t quit, and her unrelenting energy makes for a static production."
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3/5 Stars "A feminist-forward revisal...Malone...is enchanting...The book scenes often feel sluggish. You wait impatiently for Malone and the talented company to start singing and dancing again. When they do, this new 'Molly Brown' doesn’t just sail, it soars."
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"Lifeboats and Lifelines: Two Musicals Make the Case for Not Giving Up"
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"'The Unsinkable Molly Brown': Females Are Strong as Hell"
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"Beth Malone Grandly Skippers New Progressive-Minded Musical Vaguely Resembling 'THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN'"
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"It is now the most conscientious musical you've ever seen…an enormous amount of effort, some of it effective, has been expended on a show that might not really merit so much loving attention."
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"It pales in comparison with the composer/lyricist's near-perfect 'The Music Man.' Sadly, the 2020 version, which should be called 'Willson and Scanlan's The Unsinkable Molly Brown,' no matter how fervently it persists, does not raise the show in artistic merit."
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4/5 Stars. "The Meredith Willson musical has been completely retooled, but its old-fashioned charms are still very much intact."
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