Reviews: What Do the Critics Think of Sufjan Stevens Dance Musical Illinoise on Broadway?
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Playbill— Directed and choreographed by Justin Peck, the show previously played an Off-Broadway premiere at Park Avenue Armory.
TheWrap—Sufjan Stevens' ‘Illinoise’ Broadway Review: What Teens & Moths Share. For those theatergoers of a certain age, watching how the New York Times covers the theater is almost as interesting as going to the theater...
Los Angeles Times—Review: 'Illinoise,' based on Sufjan Stevens' concept album, clears a fresh Broadway path. “Illinoise,” a hallucinatory dance musical based on Sufjan Stevens' 2005 concept album “Illinois,” offers a fitting end to a Broadway season that seemed happiest when operating beyond conventional assumptions and practices. Whether the piece — I hesitate to call this delicate hybrid a show — is more dance than musical is not all that important. Let the theater award categories stretch to accommodate new forms and visions. The production, which was at the Park Avenue Armory earlier this season,...
Pitchfork—Sufjan Stevens Musical Illinoise Nominated for Best Musical at 2024 Tony Awards. The nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards have been announced. The nominees for this year’s ceremony, which takes place June 16, include Illinoise, the dance-musical by Justin Peck based on Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 album, Illinois, which is up for Best Musical, as well as Best Lighting Design, Best Choreography, and Best Orchestrations. Despite heavily featuring his music, Illinoise’s nominations do not extend to Stevens himself. David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s Broadway musical Here Lies Love, about...