Harmony (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (293)
See it if You love great musicals with incredible singing and Broadway royalty. Such amazing voices and such a relevant story right now
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See it if You want to see a musical with exceptional music and singing but is also provocative and is going to strike a chord (no pun intended).
Don't see it if You want a feel good show that has you grinning ear to ear. There will be those moments, but it’s going to challenge your comfort level.
See it if Wonderful young talent and the mature guy is also a gem. Uplifting and sad at the same time. If you think it can't happen here, wake & C it.
Don't see it if Obtuse and blind to historical tragedies that again may be at our doorstep.
See it if you want to see a great show that is sadly relevant, especially now. Great music, great cast, entertaining. Loved it!
Don't see it if you are triggered by antisemitism and the holocaust, if you want a feel good show or a comedy
See it if you like yet another story about Nazis and prosecution of Jews in Europe. The vocals are amazing. Julie Benko and Sierra Boggess are gems.
Don't see it if you expect Copacabana and Barry Manilow standards
See it if You love a moving and powerful story that forces you to confront the wrongs of the past
Don't see it if You are looking for a happy show
See it if You want to see a great story about real people who should definitely be better known
Don't see it if You are disinterested in stories centered around the Holocaust.
See it if This show captures the history of how the Nazi party changed the joys of entertainment in Europe. Filled wonderful music and singing.
Don't see it if I can’t think of a reason not to see it unless you are a part of the Nazi party.
Critic Reviews (27)
“Like a lot of current theater that hitches a ride on the Holocaust for dramatic propulsion, ‘Harmony’ makes guilt and anguish its through line, unintentionally suggesting that survival and the solace of music are somehow undeserved. Luckily, after a rough ride of an evening, the finale — offers exquisite evidence to the contrary.”
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“The problem with the train story is that, like other plot points, it is underdeveloped: It seems to have been added for extra weight. And that reflects the fundamental problem that Harmony struggles to overcome...As enjoyable and affecting as ‘Harmony’is—and as timely, with antisemitism on the rise worldwide—it doesn’t make the case that, among all that we must never forget, the Comedian Harmonists merit quite this degree of remembrance.”
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“Lines in ‘Harmony’ about the recurrence of hate against Jews and state oppression in general, fashioned as generalities, are suddenly much more charged. The show — basically a fable — doesn’t meet the moment as much as the moment crashes over it.”
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“Despite its caveats, ‘Harmony’ is a powerful musical that, by its conclusion, makes one's heart break for the Comedian Harmonists and all those who were lost to time because of hatred and cruelty, the echoes of which are still ringing out to this day...’Harmony’ will continue to sing out in the minds of audiences long after they leave the theater, too.”
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“Most of characters come off as fairly hackneyed — the rabbi, the doctor, the whorehouse piano player — but all the voices are beautiful. Manilow can write a good love song, and there are a few.”
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“The superabundance of characters, narratives and context combine to make for the show’s Achilles’ heel. What is unfortunately missing from ‘Harmony’ is a lyrical melding of the varied elements that should be smoothly combined to create a captivating, and harmonizing, whole.”
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“A story this compelling could have made a good musical—with less narration, more character development, and a finale that milked the nostalgia less. Needless to say, a tale of innocent people caught in a nauseating wave of antisemitism hits harder in our present moment...You might leave humming the title tune, but also unsatisfied. “
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“...’Harmony’ is nonetheless steadily compelling and not infrequently stirring, attributes that speak as much to the Manilow-Sussman craftsmanship as to an intriguing tale long-lost to history.”
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