Reception
Selena Forever was received very positively by critics. Deborah Martin of the San Antonio Express stated that the show "will appeal to hard-core Selena fans and musical theatre fans who are looking for something new." Ramiro Burr of Billboard magazine commented on the show's musical numbers that they "deliver the hardest punches.". Linda Emmerick of the Chicago Sun-Times noted the performance of the cast. Veronica Vasquez and Margo Reymundo, who played Selena's mother, both were given critical acclaim for their roles. Mario Tarradell of the Dallas Morning News was less positive. He felt that the "legend is lost" in the production and despised the show's musical numbers and that Selena and Broadway don't mix. However he praised the cast's performances.
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