The Curious Case of Benjamin Button musical opens, drawing reviews from WSJ and NY Post
The Wall Street Journal and NY Post both published reviews of the new musical 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' on October 22, 2026. Both reviews describe the show warmly, with the WSJ calling it a 'warmly imagined musical' and the NY Post calling it 'sweet and folksy' and Broadway-aspirational. The NY Post notes the show starts off rough before becoming beautiful.
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2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 1 bias group.
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Both outlets land on warm praise for the musical, differing only in emphasis: the WSJ frames it as warmly imagined, the Post as sweet and folksy with Broadway ambitions.
How each outlet covered it
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“'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Review: A Warmly Imagined Musical - WSJ”
“'Curious Case of Benjamin Button' review: A sweet and folksy musical that wants to go to Broadway”
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The musical aspires to a Broadway run
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