Review: Waitress on Broadway (Brooks Atkinson Theater)

Summary

A pregnant waitress with an abusive husband tries to bake her way out of her problems while having an affair with her doctor.

Musical Numbers

Act I "What's Inside" – Jenna and Company "Opening Up" – Jenna, Becky, Dawn, Cal, and Company "The Negative" – Jenna, Becky, and Dawn "Door Number Three" – Jenna "Waiting Room" – Patients "When He Sees Me" – Dawn and Company "It Only Takes a Taste" – Dr. Pomatter and Jenna "A Soft Place to Land" – Jenna, Becky, and Dawn "You Will Still Be Mine" – Earl and Jenna "Never Ever Getting Rid of Me" – Ogie and Company "Bad Idea" – Jenna, Dr. Pomatter and Company Act II "Bad Idea" (Reprise) – Company "I Love You Like a Table" – Ogie and Company "I Didn't Plan It" – Becky Take It From an Old Man" – Joe and Company "She Used to Be Mine" – Jenna "You Matter to Me" – Dr. Pomatter and Jenna "Everything Changes" – Jenna and Company "Lulu's Pie Song" – Lulu and Jenna "Opening Up" (Reprise) – Company Waitress Report Card Overall: 1 out of 5 pies Positives It could have been a lot worse Negatives The songs by Sara Bareilles were not very engaging, and most of the lyrics did not rhyme. The music sounded uninspired The story is dull, full of regular stereotypes