Matthew White directs this revival of the musical She Loves Me, featuring music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. It runs at the Menier Chocolate Factory until 5 March 2017. What have critics been saying about it?
The Guardian: ★★★★ “It’s a show that gains from the intimacy of the Menier setting and the skilfulness of White’s staging.”
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The Independent: ★★★★★ “Matthew White’s revival at the Menier delectably establishes that She Loves Me has its own distinctive virtues.”
British Theatre.com: ★★★ “it’s all rather pretty and well-behaved and won’t do you any harm. Nothing to be ashamed of, just don’t expect the earth to move.”
The Stage: ★★★★★ “Bock and Harnick’s musical masterpiece is a fragrant delight in every sense, and not just because the shop it is set in trades in perfume, and it is given the sweetest-looking and sounding production in town.”
The Times: ★★★★ “At first this production seems like the perfect chocolate box musical.”
Broadway World: ★★★★ “A swoon-worthy seasonal treat that captures the wonder and absurdity of love.”
The Financial Times: ★★★★ “All in all, the show comes up smelling of roses.”
The Telegraph: ★★★★ “Director Matthew White (with much ingenious choreographic input crammed into a confined space from Rebecca Howell) clearly adores the material – and there’s not a weak link in the cast.”
West End Whingers: “Matthew White’s production is a charmer from start to finish.”
Gay Times: “Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s creation, bursting to the brim with humour, joy and festive cheer, marks the Menier once again at bagging a cherishable hit!”
Time Out: ★★★ “Matthew White’s gorgeously giftwrapped production.”
Musical Theatre Review: ★★★★★ “It possesses rare qualities of skill, taste (an old-fashioned virtue but apt in this instance) and humour, all of them honoured in this very touching treat.”
Evening Standard: ★★★★★ “This is surely bound for a West End transfer. Until then, it’s an early Christmas present of the best sort imaginable.”
West End Wilma: ★★★★ “The best way to describe it is a Christmas present-musical – shimmery on the outside, bowed up nicely but not quite sure what’s inside at first. Once opened, you can’t helped but be charmed and heart warmed by the sweetness inside.”
