Romy & Michele: The Musical opened its premiere Off-Broadway bow at Stage 42 October 28 after beginning previews October 14, and the reviews are in. See what critics are saying below.

Kristin Hanggi (Rock of Ages) is directing, and Karla Puno Garcia is choreographing. In development for more than a decade and adapted from the cult classic 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, the project features a book by the film's screenwriter, Robin Schiff, and music and lyrics by Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay. Orchestrations, music supervision, and arrangements are by Keith Harrison Dworkin.

Laura Bell Bundy and Kara Lindsay lead the cast as Romy White and Michele Weinberger, respectively, alongside Jordan Kai Burnett as Heather Mooney, Erica Dorfler as Kelly Possenger, Michael Thomas Grant as Sandy Frink, Je'Shaun Jackson as Toby Walters, Pascal Pastrana as Billy Christianson, Lauren Ashley Zakrin as Christie Masters, DeMarius R. Copes as DJ, and Ninako Donville as Lisa. Swing Hannah Florence rounds out the company. Casting is by ARC's Mark Brandon and Patrick Maravilla.

The musical follows two Valley girls who, eager to impress their former classmates, return to their old stomping grounds a decade later with a lie involving (among other things) Post-Its. Mira Sorvino (currently starring on Broadway in Chicago) and Lisa Kudrow starred in the 1997 film version.

Read the reviews below.

1 Minute Critic (Lindsay B. Davis)

CitiTour NYC (Brian Scott Lipton)

Culture Sauce (Thom Geier)

Daily Beast (Tim Teeman)

The Independent (Caitlin Hornik)

New York Daily News/Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)*

New York Notebook (Sandy MacDonald)

New York Post (Johnny Oleksinski)

New York Theatre Guide (Joe Dziemianowicz)

The New York Times (Elisabeth Vincentelli)*

PureWow (Philip Mutz)

TheaterMania (Pete Hempstead)

The Wrap (Robert Hofler)*

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.

The production features scenic design by Jason Sherwood, costume design by Tina McCartney, lighting design by Jason Lyons, sound design by Connor Wang, projection design by Caite Hevner, and hair and wig and make-up design by Tommy Kurzman. Sheela Ramesh is music directing, and Amanda M. Stuart serves as production stage manager.

This musical premiered in 2017 at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre (also directed by Hanggi), and has since held several developmental workshops in the U.S. and U.K. Barry Kemp, Stephen Soucy, Peter Schneider, and Laurence Mark are producing, with Showtown Productions serving as executive producer.

Visit RomyandMicheleTheMusical.com.

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