Ain't Misbehavin' Reviews
The New York Times- Highly Recommended
"...You wouldn't think a show that trades in virtuosic swing could drop so deep and keep its balance, but then an ambivalence about appropriation is clearly part of Waller's blueprint. (The tricky piano runs aren't running from nothing.) Yet Page never goes so far as to strip the songs of their ticklish pleasures while stripping them of their varnish. More varnish might actually help; opening after just three days of previews, the production needs more shine. The sound is still muddy and the lighting still awkward. The performers, at first, are a bit of both, acting the lyrics too insistently, with a gesture for every word."
The New England Theatre Geek- Highly Recommended
"...Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a show that builds and builds until the energy and the intensity seem unsustainable. Then it builds some more. The musical opens with the titular song and spans the great career of Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller. There is little dialogue but a lot of impressive dancing."
Broadway World- Highly Recommended
"...To be clear, there is absolutely nothing about this production that is dull, dated, or dusty. The joint is most certainly jumpin' for an evening full of rowdy, raunchy and humorous songs that capture the love longing and zest for life in the 1920's/'30s. Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is a musical celebration of the irrepressible songwriter-performer Fats Waller, and features such songs as "Honeysuckle Rose, " "This Joint is Jumpin'," and "Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do." Fats Waller's music delights and energizes the audience, and I can't imagine there were any toes that were not tapping during the high spirited and high-quality presentation."