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Total Rating: 
***1/4
Previews: 
March 26, 2011
Opened: 
April 27, 2011
Ended: 
September 4, 2011
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Warner Brothers Theater Ventures, American Pop Anthology, Universal Music Group, The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, art dir; CA) in consult w/ Richard Perry & Jonathan Sanger.
Theater Type: 
Broadway
Theater: 
Broadhurst Theater
Theater Address: 
235 West 44th Street
Genre: 
Musical Revue
Author: 
Book: Floyd Mutrux & Colin Escott
Director: 
Sheldon Epps & Floyd Mutrux
Choreographer: 
Birgitte Mutrux
Review: 

Baby It's You! is a cheery, happy rock-and-roll musical about the creation of the four-woman singing group, the Shirelles, by a New Jersey housewife, Florence Greenberg (powerfully acted and beautiful sung by Beth Leavel) in 1958. We follow their subsequent musical adventures and Florence's romantic one with her partner played by strong, handsome Allan Louis. But the show is more than that; it's a history of R & R in the 60's, full of hit songs well-performed by four beautiful young women, each a strong musical personality, costumed to the nines, with lightning-fast changes (by Lizz Wolf), on Anna Louizos' active set, and with Howell Binkley's fine lighting. The theater bounced.

The second act, basically a concert with the plot lines subjugated to the music, is terrific. The joint jumped, and audience faces shone with joy.

Cast: 
Beth Leavel, Allan Louis, Geno Henderson, Erica Ash, Kelli Barrett, Kyra DaCosta, Crystal Starr Knighton, Barry Pearl, Christina Sajous, Brandon Uranowitz, Alison Cimmet, Erica Dorfler, Berlando Drake, Adam Heller, Jahi A. Kearse, Annette Moore, Zachary Prince, Ken Robinson, Chelsea Morgan Stock.
Technical: 
Music Sup/Arr: Rahn Coleman; Orch: Don Sebesky; Music Dir: Shelton Becton; Set: Anna Louizos; Cost: Lizz Wolf; Light: Howell Binkley; Sound: Carl Casella; Hair: David H. Lawrence; Proj: Jason H. Thompson.
Critic: 
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed: 
March 2011