He was acquitted in 2005 of child molestation and kidnapping. As a journalist who covered him, IРІР‚в„ўd be all over it. If Michael were alive, of course, he couldnРІР‚в„ўt get away with this. Do you want to see that in a musical? Or do you want to see his insanely good, still very popular hits woven into a story? This is not РІР‚СљSweeney ToddРІР‚Сњ and it doesnРІР‚в„ўt have to be. It stops there because after that MichaelРІР‚в„ўs life became overwhelmed with accusations of child molestation, pay offs and settlements, general weirdness, and a tragic end. The show covers JacksonРІР‚в„ўs life from the Jackson 5 through the 1992 rehearsals for his Dangerous tour. Top to bottom, РІР‚СљMJРІР‚Сњ is a high end jukebox musical with terrific songs, dancing, performers who deserve better than to be dismissed for snark. The Michael Jackson musical, РІР‚СљMJ,РІР‚Сњ opened on Broadway last night to standing ovations and cheering during the show, an extremely enthusiastic, and cranky critics looking for a reason to pan it.

Aside from a few clanging scenes, it's a gorgeously executed celebration of a pained subject's artistry.Р”В«roadway: РІР‚СљMJРІР‚Сњ Michael Jackson Musical Opens to 3 Standing Ovations, Happy Audiences, and Cranky CriticsРІР‚вЂ№ Thanks in no small part to the gorgeous palate created by Derek McLane, Natasha Katz, Paul Tazewell and Peter Nigrini, the show is genuinely beautiful to experience throughout, which one almost never can say about jukebox musicals. But the show has all kinds of artistic beauties to offer the artist's global fans. It's a renouncement worthy enough of a smooth criminal.Р”В¬hris Jones, The New York Daily News: COVID means a lack of tourists, short-term. But if there was darkness behind the angelic falsetto, a mix of light and shadow that made Michael Jackson a singular artist, 'MJ' enacts a sleight of hand, insisting it didn't belong to him. Naveen Kumar, Variety: The demons that Jackson battles in 'MJ,' his father and the media, are figured as monstrous. Featuring over 25 of Michael Jackson's biggest hits, MJ allows us to rediscover the man in the mirror - with an explosion of music, choreography and theatricality as unforgettable as the artist himself. MJ is the new Broadway musical that takes audiences inside the creative process of one of the greatest entertainers in history.

Tony Award winner Christopher Wheeldon will direct and choreograph. MJ features a book by two-time Pulitzer PrizeР’В® winner Lynn Nottage and a score made up of some of the best-loved, top-selling songs in recording history. Tonight's the night! Inspired by the life and art of Michael Jackson, MJ officially opens on Broadway tonight, Februat the newly refurbished Neil Simon Theatre (250 W 52nd Street). Review Roundup: MJ Opens on Broadway- See What the Critics Are Saying!РІР‚вЂ№ MJ is the new Broadway musical that takes audiences inside the creative process of one of the greatest entertainers in history.РІР‚вЂ№ by Review Roundups Feb.

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