The new Broadway musical 'Lempicka,' centered on the life of the artist Tamara de Lempicka, has received mixed reviews. Critics have described the show as failing to adequately focus on the visionary artist, with some calling it an 'epic wreck' and others noting it as a 'messy portrait' of the scandalous Art Deco painter. Despite its attempt to celebrate a radical bisexual painter who lived in Paris between the wars, the production has been criticized for being tonally jumbled and somewhat boring. The musical, now playing at the Longacre Theatre, has been noted for trying to add modern Broadway pizzazz, which may have detracted from its overall impact.
Lempicka, the Broadway musical about the life of the artist Tamara de Lempicka, somehow turns a radical bisexual painter, living and loving in Paris between the wars, a little bit boring. https://t.co/v0pA98Ksss
Review by Philip Kennicott: On Broadway, “Lempicka” resurrects Madonna’s favorite Polish Art Deco master as a contemporary icon of liberation. https://t.co/oo5dgqGp9Y
"A perceived need to glob on enough sexy-modern Broadway pizzazz to appeal to a broader public might well be what torpedoed 'Lempicka,' now at the Longacre Theatre," writes Chris Jones. https://t.co/lnvLqAEtTq
‘Lempicka’ Review: Broadway Musical Leaves a Visionary Artist Out of Focus https://t.co/WWdAi9uukB via @variety
Lempicka Review: A Tonally Jumbled Celebration of the Undervalued “Baroness with a Brush” https://t.co/cV9j2FU9jr
Review: It’s No Sunday in the Park With ‘Lempicka’ https://t.co/qKm9Cw3z5d
‘Lempicka’ Broadway Review: Lesbians Get Their Big Musical Moment, Finally https://t.co/tE7mWQbi4P
REVIEW: The new Broadway musical Lempicka is a messy portrait of the scandalous Art Deco painter. https://t.co/nE7acpHRZR
Lempicka, the Broadway musical about the life of the artist Tamara de Lempicka, somehow turns a radical bisexual painter, living and loving in Paris between the wars, a little bit boring. https://t.co/HHksxHDioA
‘Lempicka’ Broadway review: Painter musical is an epic wreck https://t.co/QLWnMSmsC2 https://t.co/ASgpoVQyAM
'Lempicka' Broadway Review: Lesbians Get Their Big Musical Moment, Finally https://t.co/zqY8H0jnMn
'Lempicka' Review: Broadway Musical Leaves a Visionary Artist Out of Focus https://t.co/KoJyT54mc8
Eden Espinosa, star of ‘Lempicka,’ on bringing the Art Deco darling to Broadway. https://t.co/hfks2hgfi8