Washington Post - Somewhat Recommended
"...Calhoun's cast has no trouble belting and power-crooning its way through the score. The R&B artist Deborah Cox brings a sultry, velvety sound to the vocal outpourings of Lucy, the plucky but vulnerable prostitute who slinks about in a corset and garters, captivating Hyde. Far different is Emma, Jekyll's upper-class fiancee, who - in keeping with the musical's obsession with obvious dichotomies - is Madonna to Lucy's whore; saddled with this underdeveloped character, Teal Wicks at least gets to display her lustrous voice in a few poignant songs."
DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended
"...Jekyll and Hyde is simply miraculous, and chilling, sexy, romantic, ironic, dangerous, tragic, jaded, modern, classic, kinky, edgy, and absolutely spectacular. The musical is based on the acclaimed novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, about a London doctor who accidentally unleashes his evil alternate personality in his quest to cure his father's mental illness. Since then, the story has morphed from this version into several other interpretations, but this national touring production, headed for Broadway in April, stays true to the original, classic story."
WeLoveDC - Somewhat Recommended
"...In the end, the role of Jekyll and Hyde requires dramatic transformation, much like any double role. While I've seen some good examples of this (re: Signature's Dying City), Constantine doesn't sell me enough on the switcharoo. To change from a meek-voiced scientist by day, a moral-less fiend at night requires more than simply letting down your hair and taking off your glasses."
Washingtonian - Somewhat Recommended
"...Calhoun's reliance on multimedia effects is less successful. Large hanging tapestries displaying digital images of Jekyll's major foes-hypocritical upper-class members of society who oppose his experiments on humans-don't seem to serve much purpose, particularly when the characters themselves are standing right below them. Special effects also recast "Confrontation," the climactic second-act duet between the title character's dueling natures. In the original staging, this number was problematic, with the main actor tossing his hair back and forth as his two personalities fought, but at least that staging felt like an internal battle. Here, the emotionally crippled Jekyll, as played by Maroulis, instead faces off against a garish, animated image of himself (complete with sinister graphics, such as scowling, floating red eyes), and the staging doesn't leave much room for emotional impact."
The Georgetowner - Recommended
"...This "Jekyll & Hyde", which is taking another shot at Broadway, is as good as it can be,never more and never less than that, given the material. In the theater, that's enough for a worthy night out."
MD Theatre Guide - Somewhat Recommended
"...Now here we are in 2012 with a new pre-Broadway tour of Jekyll and Hyde. It still has the songs, but has been re-imagined not necessarily for the better and, to add insult to injury, does not have two strong leads to carry the show. In fact Constantine Maroulis, as the tormented scientist Henry Jekyll and his evil alter ego Edward Hyde, and Deborah Cox, as the sleazy showgirl Lucy Harris, surprisingly have almost no stage presence or chemistry together."
DCTheatreScene - Recommended
Headlined by Broadway star and American Idol veteran Constantine Maroulis and pop and R&B singing sensation Deborah Cox, Jekyll & Hyde has pumped up the vocals and ramped up the sex appeal for the pre-Broadway national tour, now in brief residence at the Kennedy Center Opera House.
