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Austentatious - New York
"Sublimely funny.."- OffOffOnline.com
"Every audience's dream."- TalkinBroadway.com
"A great show from start to finish."- Phillyist.com
"From its title it is obvious this is not your mother's Jane Austen...a bright, bouncy new musical that introduces a talented band of debuting writers." - TheatreScene.net
"Wonderfully funny"- The City Paper
“It certainly has a bid for some kind of success in “Austentatious,” about a community theater group staging its own adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice.” The press release invokes “Waiting for Guffman,” and the musical does partake of the sweet, earnest zaniness of a Christopher Guest film, as channeled through “The Drowsy Chaperone,” another endearing bonbon about the joys of being stagestruck. There’s the stoner high school student, the determined but untalented ingénue, the clueless director (“They’ve made a book out of ‘Pride and Prejudice’?”). From the obligatory I-love-showbiz show-stopping song (by Matt Board and Joe Slabe), to the payoff in the group’s final performance, which culminates in a tap dance contest between the Victorian protagonists, Elizabeth and Lydia Bennett, this piece hits its targets, keeps up its pacing and is very funny.” - Anne Midget, The New York Times
"Funny, well sung...Get there early and sit up front"- Philadelphia Inquirer
“A play about a bad play can be a dicey proposition, but Austentatious is well served by Mary Catherine Burke's speedy direction, and surprisingly accomplished writing. The five-strong team of authors has bolstered the whimsical concept with jazzily attractive songs, oversized characters, and bottomless creativity when it comes to finding jokes… it ends with one of the more hilarious sequences I've seen in a long time. Who knew that Jane Austen's work could inspire so much silly fun?” - Julia Furay, CurtainUp.com
Austentatious - London
"an hilarious musical" - British Theatre Guide
"a slick comic musical that will make you laugh out loud"- The Public Reviews
"This is a new old fashioned musical, where tuneful songs arise naturally from the dialogue and the writing has freshness and wit....the fun never lets up for a second."- RemoteGoat
"one of the most memorable and entertaining shows around""I laughed till the tears ran down my cheeks then laughed some more."- ReviewsGate
"Musical comedies are often lucky to provoke the odd giggle, but this production had the audience in hysterics, with comedy values to surpass many a sitcom; Gone are Austen’s subtle witticisms, but director Dominic’s mixed metaphors, such as “Let’s burn that bridge when we cross it,” would surely meet with author approval. The sharply-written script is complemented by some catchy tunes, full of Sondheim-style, staccato wit and barbed asides. Austentatious certainly succeeds in sending up the increasingly outrageous ideas writers and choreographers come up with to stamp their mark on a classic. As one lyric tells, “Somehow the Austen got lost in translation,” well I, for one, loved being bemused and amused by their novel interpretation."- What's On Stage