Viva Forever! (musical) Viva Forever! (musical) Viva Forever! was a jukebox musical written by Jennifer Saunders, produced by Judy Craymer and was directed by Paul Garrington. Based on the songs of the Spice Girls, a British pop girl group formed in 1994, the show began previews at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, on 27 November 2012 and had its Press Night on 11 December 2012 and features some of the group's biggest hit songs including "Wannabe", "Spice Up Your Life" and the eponymous "Viva Forever". The show generated over £2,000,000 in pre-opening ticket sales. "Viva Forever!" was panned by critics, receiving some of the
2 Become 1 the song a "perfect adult contemporary confection". Greg Kot of the "Chicago Tribune" said that their first album "is a compendium of slick secondhand urban pop encompassing [...] G-funk synths on 'Say You'll Be There' [...] and Babyface's guitar and strings balladry on '2 Become 1'". In a review of the group's 2007 compilation album "Greatest Hits", Talia Kraines of BBC Music called it "shimmering" adding that "only a cold heart could fail to love their first festive #1". Digital Spy's Nick Levine said that the group's slower songs were "probably their strongest suit", and thought that "'2 Become 1'