Falsettos NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (1,021)
See it if You enjoy fgreat writing, acting and singing.
Don't see it if You're a prude or homophobe
See it if You are looking for a wide range of emotions and a commentary on the human experience.
Don't see it if You are avoiding sensitive, emotional material.
See it if you want to see a near-perfect show. The cast is incredible.
Don't see it if you know you don't like Finn or "gay plays."
See it if Wonderful ensemble acting, a touching look at the human condition in the context of the beginning of the AIDS epidemic
Don't see it if If you prefer more conventional musicals
See it if Want to see a wonderfully poignant story set to music with wonderful Actors and Staging!
Don't see it if The subject of Aids is a grim reminder of days past!
See it if You want to see the best in musical theatre with intelligence and relevance
Don't see it if You don't care for musicals that are thought provoking
See it if you like terrific performers at the top of their game singing and telling a story that we all need to hear again and again. Do NOT miss it.
Don't see it if you don't like to hear great singing, and don't like stories that make you laugh and weep.
See it if you want to see great singing and wonderful acting!
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Critic Reviews (49)
"Faithful to the original with some modern sensibilities, notably choreography by Spencer Liff, who invigorates the material with plenty of movement and keeps the ensemble agile within the recitative-heavy score…’Falsettos’ offers juicy material for the seasoned ensemble...As Trina, Block pulls out all the stops with a voice that reaches the rafters and comedic timing that stops the show midway through Act One."
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"Lincoln Center Theater’s beautifully wrought revival of William Finn and James Lapine’s groundbreaking musical about coming out and growing up takes us back to a more turbulent time in recent history without coming across as dated or passé...The strength of Finn’s songs is that they’re tender but not sentimental; his playful and penetrating lyrics keep false emotion at bay, and even love songs are tinged with neurosis...Lapine adroitly balances funny moments with heartfelt ones."
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"How does 'Falsettos' look nearly 25 years on? Just great—with only the merest reservations that certainly don't have anything to do with the several brilliant Finn songs...Today its impact has shifted. It's an unflinching look back. Nevertheless, as it plays, it retains emotional pangs...Last but hardly least in this wholly sincere recommendation are the cast members who understand the Finn and Lapine paean to humanity and bring it movingly to the stage."
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"Melodies and words that are smart and moving, quirky and personal and honest...It is certainly some of the most truthful work you’ll every hear on the Broadway stage...This is a much different role for the actor generally associated with offbeat comic performances, yet Borle shows he has the chops to carry it off...The rest of the cast is equally strong...Only occasionally are there puzzling choices with respect to how a couple of the numbers are staged."
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"'March' is perhaps the more interesting half...The second act is more conventional...But it’s here that the work’s emotional heart beats most muscularly and anyone who leaves without shedding a tear may want to see his or her ophthalmologist...The Broadway revival is not a copy of the original...Neither is it a faultless work...Yet Lapine directs in a style that remains both consciously frolicsome and helplessly shrewd."
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"'Falsettos' shines just as brightly in 2016. It takes the mark of a score that weaves its ways into your soul, a book that knows how to speak with honesty and a director who allows the show to live on its own merits to do that...The one thing that bothered me were the orchestrations and the slowing down of the original tempos...Finn’s score sticks to your soul like embedded thorns of wisdom. Lapine’s direction takes on a new dimension...If you want to be moved, this is the show to see."
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"It’s very unlikely that William Finn will ever get a better production of his groundbreaking musical 'Falsettos'...Top among its assets are leading men Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells...Now for the unfortunate news. If ever Disney made a family movie musical about homosexuals, 'Falsettos' would be the one to start with. This observation is not meant as a compliment. 'Gay' here is gay in the Irving Berlin sense of the word...Finn and Lapine put the 'false' in 'Falsettos.'"
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"A period piece, but because of how well it is staged and acted has a fresh impact...The cast is a thoroughly winsome one, which compensates for the first act becoming at points a bit repetitious once the basic situation is set. The musical, with a score that is perky if often in a similar vein, picks up sharply in the second act...The cast is top-flight, and director Lapine has staged it smartly, with solid input by choreographer Spencer Liff."
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