Finding Neverland (Broadway)
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Finding Neverland (Broadway)
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Finding Neverland (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets

86%
(3019 Ratings)
Positive
89%
Mixed
8%
Negative
3%
Members say
Enchanting, Entertaining, Delightful, Great staging, Great acting

About the Show

This new musical based on the 2004 film tells the fascinating story of how Peter became Pan.

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98 Reviews | 18 Followers
100
Entertaining, Exquisite, Delightful, Enchanting, Absorbing

See it if You want to laugh, cry, laugh and cry!! This show is beautiful. It's a love story. I have seen it 10 times and it gets better and better.

Don't see it if Everyone should see this!! Great for all ages!! Great for families and good for a date night!!

54 Reviews | 22 Followers
100
Enchanting, Entertaining, Great staging, Masterful, Original

See it if GO!!!!! i've seen it 3 times already and it's totally fuckin awesome!!!!!!

Don't see it if you don't like kids in the audience

52 Reviews | 10 Followers
98
Enchanting, Entertaining, Great acting, Must see, Great singing

See it if You like peter pan and want to see an amazing musical of how peter became peter pan the show is spectacular

Don't see it if You don't like peter pan or love stories and if you don't like musicals or amazing shows

52 Reviews | 18 Followers
98
Delightful, Enchanting, Exquisite, Great staging, Must see

See it if You are a fan of Peter Pan! You like beautiful shows wonderful sets and costumes and brilliant voices. Damn the critics. ALFIE BOE Fabulous!

Don't see it if You hate Peter Pan. You don't get excited about Sentimental shows. This is a Tear Jerker.

67 Reviews | 7 Followers
97
Enchanting, Clever, Thought-provoking, Original, Riveting

See it if you love Peter Pan and if you are looking to reawaken your inner child

Don't see it if looking for something edgy

60 Reviews | 9 Followers
97
Delightful, Must see, Clever, Enchanting, Great writing

See it if You want to lose yourself for two and a half hours in a spectacular world of wonder and emotion!

Don't see it if You hate written, clever magical musicals!

73 Reviews | 34 Followers
97
Enchanting, Great staging, Original, Must see, Entertaining

See it if You want a crowd pleasing wonderful story about Peter Pan and its author and want to watch an entire pirate ship appear before your eyes.

Don't see it if You're a member of the idiotic Tony committee which entirely overlooked this beautiful show and score a year ago.

104 Reviews | 27 Followers
97
Absorbing, Clever, Delightful, Enchanting, Exquisite

See it if you want to smile for a week. Absolutely enchanting story and still humming When your feet don't touch the ground.

Don't see it if You don't like to be thoroughly entertained.

Critic Reviews (33)

The Wrap
April 15th, 2015

"“Finding Neverland” is a thoroughly enchanting new musical. Diane Paulus, the show’s current director, has kept this musical tale about J. M. Barrie’s creation of “Peter Pan” magnificently low tech...she creates magic not by being literal but recalling stage machinery that’s appropriate to the year of Barrie’s classic play, 1904...The rousing ensemble numbers could be lifted from a 1950’s musical...This production may not be total perfection, but it works real magic with its child’s play."
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USA Today
April 15th, 2015

"Paulus is saddled with a lackluster score, mostly syrupy ballads and vaguely peppy production numbers. The book, by rising playwright James Graham, is better — hokey at points, but offering enough playful wit and compassion to make this story about the creation of Peter Pan fly."
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Newsday
April 15th, 2015

"For a show about releasing the imagination, the musical is surprisingly conventional -- a down-the-middle family entertainment with excellent actors, as well as sturdy storytelling that recreates the movie with dogged fidelity. Directed by Diane Paulus, the production has a low-wattage wow factor that, though admirably true to the Edwardian period, mostly misses the chance to transform the fantasies in Barrie's mind with 21st century magic."
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WNBC
April 16th, 2015

"The end result is both rousing and erratic, with bits of thrilling stage magic that are signature Diane Paulus, and dialogue that sometimes feels as if it’s been focus group-sanitized to within an inch of its life...The melodies are pop-song good, if not likely to linger long with you. “Finding Neverland” is best in its scenes with surrogate father Barrie and the four boys...I think they’re the ones who deserve a lot of the credit for getting “Finding Neverland” to fly."
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The Associated Press
April 15th, 2015

"Exuberant, quirky and somewhat conflicted about what it wants to be...It's a celebration of imagination that labors hard for a consistent tone and often leaves you feeling manipulated...Part Edwardian melodrama, part love story, part origin story, part valentine to invention and part send-up of the theater itself. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just that each has its own tone. Sometimes Graham is deadly earnest, sometimes he's sly and often he's just trying too hard at both."
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StageZine
April 15th, 2015

"'Finding Neverland' is a fairy tale steeped in magic. The magic stems not from the special effects, but from the delightful score by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy; at times one would call it enchanting. The book by James Graham is a bit fussy and relies a lot on the obvious jokes...Director Diane Paulus does an admirable job of bringing the show together. Although not as exciting as her previous effort in 'Pippin,' she does get the job done."
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Financial Times (UK)
April 16th, 2015

"Swift-moving, playful, and appealing to children...This is not to say that "Finding Neverland" remains consistently airborne. The music and lyrics are redolent of pop-chart uplift and fail to contribute to character development. No matter how many emotionally effective touches the actors and their director, Diane Paulus, provide, the evening keeps returning to those mostly forgettable tunes. The lapses are especially apparent because this is, at heart, a show about artistic inspiration."
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Showbiz 411
April 15th, 2015

"Loaded for Tony nominations and overflowing with charm...Paulus is expert at whimsy, and so her London shivers with confetti blasts, and delights in oversized bicycles, red balloons, and a hallucinatory clock sequence that I want to see again as soon as possible."
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