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Songs by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger, with a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
Directed by Mark Brokaw
Synopsis:
Baltimore, 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism, and Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the coolest boy in town. He's a bad boy with a good cause -- truth, justice, and the pursuit of rock 'n roll -- and when he falls for a good girl who wants to be bad, her charm school world of bobby sox and barbershop quartets will never be the same. Wayward youth, juvenile delinquents, sexual repression, cool music, dirty lyrics, bizarre rejects...Finally, the 50's come to life! For real this time!
NEW YORK TIMES:
"When I said “tasteless,” I meant without flavor: sweet, sour, salty, putrid or otherwise. This show in search of an identity has all the saliva-stirring properties of week-old pre-chewed gum. (Not to be tasteless.) "
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NEW YORK POST:
"It's no "Hairspray" - it just doesn't gel as well. "
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:
"Some musicals have high ideals and aspirations. Some even have something profound to say.
"Cry-Baby" isn't one of them.The show, which opened last night at the Marquis Theatre, aims simply to be trashy good fun. It hits the mark about half the time, whenever the show is dancing"
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THEATERMANIA:
"If you're somehow unaware that today's Broadway producers are ravenous to adapt every movie ever made into a musical comedy, you might wonder why any clear-headed person would think John Waters' mediocre 1990 movie musical Cry-Baby had much potential to knock the Great White Way on its Tin-Pan-Alley ear. And while it turns out the reasons are many -- from the success of another Waters-based musical, Hairspray, a plotline reminiscent of another Broadway warhorse, Grease, and the presence of an Elvis Presley-like hero -- those rationales ultimately don't add up to making Cry-Baby a musical truly worth anyone's precious time. "
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VARIETY:
"So it's perhaps not surprising that watered-down Waters has yielded a flavorless Broadway musical that revels in its down-and-dirtiness yet remains stubbornly synthetic. There's a lot of talent, sass and sweat onstage, particularly in the dance department, plus a sprinkling of wit in the show's good-natured vulgarity. But somehow, it never quite ignites. "
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NEWSDAY:
""Cry-Baby," which opened last night at the Marquis Theatre, is pleasantly demented and - deep in the sweet darkness of its loopy heart - more true to the cheerful subversion of a John Waters movie than its sentimental big sister "Hairspray." "
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NEW YORK SUN:
"Giddy, low-frills subversion sits at the squirmy core of John Waters’s oeuvre, and few things would be in as poor taste as a tasteful adaptation of any film by the self-described “trash auteur.” Mediocrity, however, is another matter, one that no amount of whiz-bang choreography or wily supporting performances can mask. "
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AM NY:
"But in spite of its rude sentiment, sharp lyrics and technicolor costuming, "Cry-Baby" remains an undercooked, irritating spoof. It suffers from second-rate direction, forgettable songs, and a terrible book that overflows with exposition. "
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