Los Angeles Times - Somewhat Recommended
"...These tireless touring actors nearly con us into thinking we’re seeing a show worthy of what they’re doing, and that’s not a bad way to be grifted."
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Variety - Not Recommended
"...What grounded the tuner in Gotham remains on painful display with this touring show: a mismatch of story and song."
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LA Weekly - Not Recommended
"...In this two-year-old Broadway production making a tour stop at the Pantages, what’s especially disappointing are the songs, which in Hairspray were a memorable mix of character progression and early rock energy."
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Backstage - Recommended
"...
What drives Frank Jr. more than anything is the desire to raise enough cash to help his failure of a dad reassemble a family broken beyond repair, the dark truth of a brightly packaged story."
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Edge - Somewhat Recommended
"...Making its L.A. debut in the first national touring edition, the show comes across as above-average in terms of tour-edition production standards, but the material itself proves only intermittently satisfying."
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The Hollywood Reporter - Somewhat Recommended
"...Catch Me If You Can gets caught out doing club impressions of better musicals, from How to Succeed… to Shaiman and O’Brien’s own Hairspray."
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LA Splash - Recommended
"...I enjoyed it so much that I was clapping and tapping my feet along with many of the audience."
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StageHappenings.com - Recommended
"...I thoroughly enjoyed it."
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Examiner - Recommended
"...“Catch Me if You Can” is new and refreshing and filled with both a compelling story and great music. It is simply so energetic it is impossible not to get swept away in the moment."
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Neon Tommy - Not Recommended
"...Unfortunately, there’s nothing about “Catch Me If You Can” that inspires a repeat visit. While the cast is working hard, the material they’re working with is too flawed to make the show an enjoyable experience."
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Frontiers - Recommended
"...
All in all, Catch Me if You Can is an adorable charmer, but it won’t go down as classic musical theater. Stephen Anthony, however—he’s a true star, and we haven’t heard the last of him."
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Grigware Blogspot - Recommended
"...A simply marvelous cast under Jack O’Brien’s pulsating clockwork direction!"
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