The Verdict: Critics Review New Broadway Musical If/Then, Starring Idina Menzel | Playbill

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The Verdict The Verdict: Critics Review New Broadway Musical If/Then, Starring Idina Menzel If/Then, the new musical by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal writers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, which stars Tony winner Idina Menzel as a woman starting over in New York City, officially opened on Broadway March 30 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
Idina Menzel and James Snyder in If/Then. Photo by Joan Marcus

Next to Normal and Rent director Michael Greif helms the production that played an out-of-town tryout at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. last fall. Produced by David Stone (Wicked, Next to Normal), If/Then began Broadway previews March 5.

If/Then has music by Kitt, with book and lyrics by Yorkey. The writers earned the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for penning Next to Normal.

The cast boasts Menzel (Wicked, Rent, "Frozen"), Tony Award winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Once on This Island), Anthony Rapp (Rent), James Snyder (Cry-Baby), Jerry Dixon (tick, tick…Boom!, Once on This Island), Jenn Colella (Chaplin, High Fidelity), Jason Tam (A Chorus Line, Lysistrata Jones), Tamika Lawrence (Matilda), Joe Cassidy (Working), Miguel Cervantes (American Idiot, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Curtis Holbrook (West Side Story, Xanadu), Stephanie Klemons (In The Heights), Tyler McGee (Ghost), Ryann Redmond (Bring It On), Joe Aaron Reid (Catch Me If You Can), Ann Sanders (Leap of Faith), Jackie Burns (Hair, Wicked), Marc de la Cruz (Allegiance), Charles Hagerty (Wicked), Janet Krupin (Hands on a Hardbody) and Pearl Sun (Next to Normal).

The critics have filed their reviews and Playbill.com has collected them for our readers. Playbill.com will continue to update our list as the reviews come in.

Read the Playbill On Opening Night coverage of If/Then, with reports from the performance and opening night party. AMNY

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The Richard Rodgers Theatre is located at 226 West 46th Street. Visit ifthenthemusical.com.

 

PHOTO RECAP: If/Then Stars Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp, LaChanze, Jason Tam and More Offer Free Concert for Fans and Press

 
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