On The Town NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (381)
See it if Cute show. Some good performances. Sweet story.
Don't see it if expect Gene Kelly's style of masculine looking dancing. This choreography is more ballet than Broadway.
See it if You enjoy tap dancing and old fashioned musicals
Don't see it if you don't like classic family shows.
See it if you love singin' and dancin'. I went 3 times to this terrific revival. Great talent on stage, well directed. It's a helluva show!
Don't see it if you don't like period pieces. Parts went slowly; room for cutting. I didn't enjoy Hoffman, tho others did. High production values.
See it if you like great revivals of solid shows. First time I saw Yazbeck on stage and he was hard to take your eyes off. Great fun.
Don't see it if you missed this old production, but if you have never seen it on stage, it is a fun show to watch for if it is presented again.
See it if love being entertained!
Don't see it if Gene-Kelly type shows are not your thing.
See it if You really love classic, golden age musicals.
Don't see it if You can't stand dated romantic musicals.
See it if you love the show and/or love classic musicals. As always on Broadway the singing and dancing is excellent.
Don't see it if you don't like fluffy musicals with simple storylines.
See it if you'd like a phenomenal production (great singing, dancing, sets, costumes, choreography) of a tremendously outdated show.
Don't see it if the trope of women existing simply as objects of men's attentions is too much pill to swallow in 2015. Well done but I don't know WHY done.
Critic Reviews (19)
"And now, a show about sex that you can take the whole family to: the kids, the grandparents, even your sister the nun. That idea may sound kind of creepy, or (worse) dreary. But I assure you that the jubilant revival of “On the Town,” which opened Thursday night at the Lyric Theater, is anything but."
Read more
"Her Ivy was terrific...Ms. Copeland’s singing voice may be flat, but this is a dancing role, and her Ivy has vulnerability and moxie. She lit up the stage of the Lyric Theater — enough to make you wonder: Is Ms. Copeland’s home on Broadway? Here, she finally looked like a star, more fresh and free than she’s appeared in ages."
Read more
"Although it occasionally pushes too hard, John Rando’s production inspires considerable affection...I suspect there will be people who love the torch-carrying spirit of this On the Town, and I wish them, and it, the best. To me, however, it seems a bit like a well-mounted exhibit at some Natural History Museum of Broadway: a stuffed lark."
Read more
"On the Town is a heartbreakingly youthful work: both about youth and by youth. Watching its three sailors pursue a lifetime of adventure while on 24-hour shore leave in New York, New York, you can’t help sensing the shadows of the three giddy pals who knocked the show together in 1944."
Read more
"Although Copeland's acting is stilted and her singing ability very modest, she acquits herself nicely in the role. She has a natural star quality accentuated by her striking beauty and all-American sex appeal, and her dancing, not surprisingly, is sublime. The part is small enough that her lack of acting experience doesn't weigh too heavily, and her lithe physicality is gorgeously illustrated in several dance numbers."
Read more
"A glorious 28-piece orchestra playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in front of a giant American flag safety curtain has the audience on its feet before On the Town gets started. But it’s the jagged blasts of brass, the languorously bluesy romantic ballads and the exuberant comedy numbers of Leonard Bernstein’s jazzy score that make this vibrant Broadway revival such transporting entertainment."
Read more
"“On the Town” is back on Broadway, and whaddya know, it’s still a helluva show...and although the young and vital cast is light on acting chops, the dancing is sensational."
Read more
"When did you last see a big-budget musical that made you want to shout with joy? If you’ve been feeling anxious about the lukewarm state of American musical comedy, get ready to get hot again: The new Broadway revival of “On the Town” is everything a great show should be."
Read more