Alicia Keys Broadway play, Stick Fly, starring Mekhi Pfifer and Dule Hill as two successful brothers, one of which surprises his family by bring home a white girlfriend for the holidays, has failed to win over critics...
From Contact Music
Stick Fly, produced and scored by the No One singer, opened at the Cort Theatre on Thursday night (08Dec11), but the show has failed to meet critics' expectations.
Reviewer David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter has dismissed the show as "scattershot entertainment", insisting the production "lacked emotional substance" and "comes up short as both comedy and dysfunctional family drama".
The New York Post's Elisabeth Vincentelli blamed the show's "sluggish" direction by Kenny Leon for its shortfalls, while the New York Daily News' critic Joe Dziemianowicz echoed the same sentiment, stating the nearly three-hour show "could benefit from some tightening".
Keys didn't escape criticism either - Rooney claimed the singer's "transitional music is used too liberally, more often calling attention to itself than serving the dramatic tone".
Stick Fly is due to run until 29 January (12).
