# Beaches The Musical (Majestic Theatre, Broadway) - ★★ REVIEW Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/beaches-the-musical-majestic-theatre-broadway-review Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/beaches-the-musical-majestic-theatre-broadway-review.md Podcast: [MickeyJoTheatre](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341) Published: 2026-04-27T16:01:27+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/mickeyjotheatre/episodes/69ef88577cc011b3f64a25b1 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6859c85ac95a56eb6a774829/e/69ef88577cc011b3f64a25b1/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/episodes/beaches-the-musical-majestic-theatre-broadway-review Duration seconds: 1744 ## Resource One of Broadway's newest openings is the musical adaptation of BEACHES, based on the book that inspired the iconic film. The musical stars Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barratt and opened earlier this week to largely negative reviews. Check out what Mickey-Jo thought the show's biggest, unexpected problem was in this full review... check out Mickey-Jo’s brand new substack newsletter: www.mickeyjotheatre.substack.com • 00:00 | introduction 02:19 | material 10:21 | creative problems 20:05 | performances 28:11 | conclusion  About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MickeyJoTheatre⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 95,000 subscribers. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows in New York, London, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Toronto, Sao Pãolo, and Paris. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK, Musicals Magazine and LondonTheatre.co.uk. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/episodes/beaches-the-musical-majestic-theatre-broadway-review/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/beaches-the-musical-majestic-theatre-broadway-review.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.