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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Les Mis/Miss Saigon creators fall short . . ., Mar 28, 2007

reviewer: Musical fan from new york, ny & chicago, IL

I saw the show on 3.27.2007 (tues night) hoping to see a great combination of celtic dancing/singing blended into a new musical. However, this musical was more cheese than substance lacking the quality of the writers' past musicals (les mis and miss saigon).

The dancing was awesome when it was there and even the elder woman singing celtic (gaelic?) solos was fabulous when she did come on. The Grace O'Malley lead was played by an understudy who couldn't hit the high notes that came across as squawking as others around me noted, too. As the show progressed at myself and watched others cringe and wince when she belted those notes. The male lead was powerful and outdid her. I assume had the original lead been there she'd have been much much better. The set was great though w/ some pretty cool costumes.

Still, I would hope the musical will only get better considering this was more of a dress rehearsal performance with opening night just over a week away.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Last Minute Ticket!, Apr 13, 2007

reviewer: Scottish Tourist from Edinburgh, Scotland

We were a party of three from Scotland who bought last minute tickets to see Pirate Queen. First time show goers in Broadway. Loved the show. Great music and cast. Only problem we had was with seats. Way too little leg room and cold inside theatre. Air con on in March!

Would go again. Good experience.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Sail on oh Pirate Queen, Apr 20, 2007

reviewer: NDR from Rochester, NY

While I do agree that The Pirate Queen could use some additional work (more context i.e. pirating by the pirate queen and more relationship based songs vs. plot songs), I found the show to be beautiful and truly enjoyable. The singing was incredible and the dancing was very cool (although I would have liked to see more of it!).

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Yes !, May 28, 2007

reviewer: Florian Sigmund from Rumeln / Duisburg / Nordrhein - Westfalen / Germany

I`m from Germany and I can`t belive this singing/dancig/acting ! Stafanie J. Block is the star of the night . The music is soooo great . I have other tickets and I will see this fantastic show at the 30th May . :-) And I hope thet Stefanie plays once more !