Farinelli and the King
Closed 2h 30m
Farinelli and the King
82

Farinelli and the King NYC Reviews and Tickets

82%
(540 Ratings)
Positive
89%
Mixed
8%
Negative
3%
Members say
Great acting, Great singing, Absorbing, Great staging, Entertaining

About the Show

Oscar and three-time Tony winner Mark Rylance returns to Broadway in this new drama about Spain's King Phillippe V's bond with a legendary castrato. 

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Show-Score Member Reviews (540)

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52 Reviews | 30 Followers
85
Clever, Delightful, Entertaining, Funny

See it if the childlike innocence of a crazy king more sane than the sane sounds like angels through the murk.

Don't see it if You are craving a Bway musical or a crushing drama.

89 Reviews | 9 Followers
85
Great acting, Great singing, Great staging

See it if enjoy being enveloped by the action on a stage.

Don't see it if you don't like period pieces. Read more

177 Reviews | 34 Followers
85
Enchanting, Great singing, Candlelit, Delicate, Absorbing

See it if You are ready to see and hear something you haven't seen or heard before

Don't see it if You don't like countertenor singing, or plots with limited action

583 Reviews | 738 Followers
85
Great acting, Great singing, Great staging, Clever, Great costumes

See it if you enjoy period costume dramas, “high art,” or high-brow drama. This is an intelligent work, but not without laughs. Rylance is endearing.

Don't see it if fart jokes are more your speed. :) (Then again, I like a good fart joke.)

136 Reviews | 40 Followers
85
Enchanting, Exquisite, Great acting, Great singing, Masterful

See it if You love historical dramas

Don't see it if You do not like opera

75 Reviews | 18 Followers
85
Entertaining, Great acting, Disappointing, Funny, Slow

See it if If you love Mark Rylance and interesting stories. The singing is wonderful and worth seeing the show for.

Don't see it if If you like fast paced plays and not a fan of opera than this is not the show for you. Read more

247 Reviews | 41 Followers
85
Clever, Great acting, Great staging, Great singing, Intelligent

See it if you are looking for fantastic acting from one of the great actors now playing. The sining is also first rate

Don't see it if I can't think of any reason not to see this

113 Reviews | 18 Followers
85
Clever, Funny, Intelligent, Great writing, Great acting

See it if you want to see Mark Rylance deliver another master class, this time in a beautifully staged smart play that often breaks the fourth wall.

Don't see it if you think all historically based period plays must be dramas; this play references some modern anachronisms to make its humor relevant.

Critic Reviews (56)