A Bronx Tale (Broadway)
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A Bronx Tale (Broadway)
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A Bronx Tale (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets

81%
(1305 Ratings)
Positive
86%
Mixed
12%
Negative
2%
Members say
Entertaining, Great singing, Great acting, Delightful, Funny

About the Show

Based on Chazz Palminteri's solo show which inspired the 1993 film, this new musical is co-directed by two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro and four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks, with songs by Alan Menken.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (1,305)

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82 Reviews | 25 Followers
96
Clever, Entertaining, Great singing

See it if Has a Jersey Boys opening to it-interesting story line, great singing & fun dancing! A cast of humorous actors with a serious side of life.

Don't see it if You are not interested in a story that involves a family and a "wise guy" from the neighborhood plot.

71 Reviews | 41 Followers
96
Great staging, Absorbing, Entertaining

See it if If you want to see one of the best new musicals of the past few seasons.

Don't see it if There is some adult language and violence.

86 Reviews | 16 Followers
95
Great singing, Great acting, Thought-provoking

See it if you like the movie and want to have a feeling of the Bronx in the 1960's.

Don't see it if you want the two parts be the same quality. The first one was better than the second.

134 Reviews | 22 Followers
95
Clever, Great singing, Entertaining, Delightful, Must see

See it if Very entertaining. Great singing

Don't see it if if you dont like musical

75 Reviews | 91 Followers
95
Must see, Great singing, Entertaining, Funny, Masterful

See it if You want entertainment, a full Broadway production with great staging, singing and dancing, and you appreciate great voices.

Don't see it if You are not a musical fan.

350 Reviews | 163 Followers
95
Poignant, Must see, Entertaining, Great singing, Fun

See it if You want to enjoy a doo-wop score and/or a great story line.

Don't see it if Can't think of a reason not to see it. Maybe if you are bringing young children to the theater? Some language and violence. Read more

180 Reviews | 54 Followers
95
Entertaining, Great acting, Great singing, Great staging, Must see

See it if you like musicals. story of Italian mobsters, racial tension between 2 groups and the attempt of love

Don't see it if if you do not have an open mind

88 Reviews | 19 Followers
94
Entertaining, Riveting, Masterful, Wonerful music

See it if wanting a musical that is thoroughly entertaining, captures a time and place, has great music and deals with relevant themes. A gem!

Don't see it if don't think you can be charmed by great music, an absorbing but a little clichéd plot and great performances.

Critic Reviews (52)

CurtainUp
December 1st, 2016

"Cordero's sinister yet charismatic gangster-in-chief contributes mightily toward making this singing and dancing 'A Bronx Tale' an enjoyable musical entertainment...While the show has been given a sugary Disney gloss, the score is easy on the ears and the lyrics advance the story and include showstoppers...Slick, colorful and tuneful as it is, the overall feel and those echoes of 'West Side Story' do place this into pleasing but standard Broadway musical territory."
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TheaterScene.net
December 14th, 2016

“‘A Bronx Tale’ at the Longacre Theatre has its pleasures and delights, particularly if you have never seen Chazz Palminteri's original insightful monologue. Adding songs by Alan Menken (music) and Glenn Slater (lyrics) to Palminteri's book doesn't expand on the original but merely buff the rough diamond that was the original into a glitzier version. The original depended on Palminteri's brilliant acting and the imagination of the listener to picture the Bronx in the sixties.”
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Theater Pizzazz
December 10th, 2016

"'A Bronx Tale' does exactly what it sets out to do: paint a loving picture of a bygone era with bittersweet hues...Palminteri’s pastiche of seemingly outsized characters, which anyone who witnessed the era would tell you are, amazingly, completely accurate; and catchy numbers which evolve with the times, combine to make 'A Bronx Tale' an immersive, realistic trip down memory lane."
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Front Row Center
December 13th, 2016

"A winningly performed but losing-ly scripted musical…Murders are forgotten about and accusations pivot for no apparent reason...This is a production that attempts to serve many masters, and the outcome is more jarring than it is synchronistic…Fortunately, the cast shines, with Mr. Cordero being the brightest of the stars."
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Stage Buddy
December 15th, 2016

"The new musical is sure to please fans of the movie…An unabashed love letter to the eponymous borough…Menken returns to his 'Little Shop of Horrors' roots with a fun doo-wop score...The energetic choreography, by Sergio Trujillo, is some of the best on Broadway right now...The best commendation of 'A Bronx Tale' is its refusal to take a side with either Sonny or Lorenzo and, by that design, it is neither a scathing takedown of organized crime nor a glamorization of it."
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Front Mezz Junkies
December 1st, 2016

"All these actors are great, singing and dancing up a storm, and giving us a totally solid show. This solidness is maybe the only complaint I have with this show. It is so well done, a total professional piece of musical theatre, but somewhere along the way it fails to be something special. I can’t say that I didn’t enjoy myself at any given moment, but I was never swept away...There doesn’t seem to be any stand out numbers."
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Exeunt Magazine
December 5th, 2016

"A crowd-pleasing, nostalgic coming-of-age story with a welcome dose of racial tolerance just right for our times...The direction plays it fairly safe but confidently establishes a warm retro approach...The promising a cappella song from the opening is cut short but there’s plenty of other music to enjoy, with early rock 'n’ roll and Motown influences...The Longacre’s stage seems to confine the action. The dance numbers in particular need more space to breathe."
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Theatre Reviews Limited
December 1st, 2016

"A stunning new musical that combines realism with just the right amount of moral ambiguity and rich enduring questions to make a delicious theatrical event worth seeing once if not twice...Mr. De Niro and Mr. Zaks provide rich direction to the ensemble cast and keep the action moving forward at an appropriate pace. The realistic conflicts of each character drive a believable plot full of wonderful dramatic surprises that give the story interesting twists and turns."
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