“First Wives” Not First-Rate?
The tuner adaptation of “First Wives’ Club” opened its out-of-town tryout run at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater on Friday, with initial reviews ranging from mixed to unenthusiastic, signaling that some creative retooling may be in order before the new musical lands in Gotham for its planned Broadway run. Last season’s tuner about three women, “9 to 5,” pretty much flopped in NY; “First Wives,” which is also about a femme trio (Karen Ziemba, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Barbara Walsh, all pictured) should be cautious.
