Paramour
74

Paramour NYC Reviews and Tickets

74%
(750 Ratings)
Positive
69%
Mixed
21%
Negative
10%
Members say
Entertaining, Great staging, Ambitious, Delightful, Cliched

About the Show

World-renowned circus company Cirque du Soleil makes its Broadway debut with this brand-new musical extravaganza.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (750)

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56 Reviews | 58 Followers
99
Entertaining, Great staging, Fun

See it if You enjoy great costumes, elaborate sets, and acrobatics. Pure over the top entertainment.

Don't see it if You're looking for something edgy or thought provoking.

162 Reviews | 18 Followers
98
Clever, Delightful, Entertaining, Refreshing, Original

See it if Do you like romantic musicals? Do you like acrobatics? This show is like a play with ADHD, need to see it multiple times to catch it all!

Don't see it if Can't think of any reason unless you don't like romantic comedies and acrobatics

470 Reviews | 114 Followers
97
Absorbing, Delightful, Entertaining, Enchanting

See it if You love a spectacular Cirque du Soleil show with amazing acrobatic feats that had the audience enthralled, plus a Broadway storyline

Don't see it if You want a playbill, as a 2-sided card is the only "playbill" you'll receive (no bio for any of the actors, etc).

74 Reviews | 8 Followers
96
Delightful, Entertaining, Enchanting, Absorbing, Great staging

See it if Love amazing dancing

Don't see it if You like a so-so plot

180 Reviews | 54 Followers
95
Delightful, Entertaining, Great singing, Great staging, Must see

See it if you like cirque du solei and musicals. good to see a cirque show presented in English.it was wonderfull

Don't see it if cant think of a reason not to

84 Reviews | 8 Followers
95
Absorbing, Entertaining, Great staging, Must see, Masterful

See it if you enjoy Cirque

Don't see it if you like slow paced entertainment

167 Reviews | 39 Followers
95
Clever, Delightful, Entertaining, Great staging, Refreshing

See it if See this show if you just want to see a spectacle . It is a clever combination of Cirque d Soleil production combined with a musical story

Don't see it if A show for the entire family. Great entertainment. No reason not to see it

102 Reviews | 46 Followers
95
Delightful, Entertaining, Masterful, Dizzying, Exquisite

See it if You can go in understanding that this isn't a "musical". It's a circus with music. It's really incredible.

Don't see it if You are too pretentious to enjoy yourself a little.

Critic Reviews (43)

The Observer
June 2nd, 2016

"'Paramour' ain’t 'My Fair Lady' but the multitude of bodies leaping, jumping, zigzagging and flying through the air like a rocking constellation of awesome Great Santinis are jaw-droppingly great, making the cost justifiable, even when the labored attempt to follow every production number with a feeble story line does not...If your demands are not high and you don’t try to make too much sense of the wobbly so-called 'plot,' there’s a lot of skill on view here that is fun to watch."
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New York Post
May 26th, 2016

“Rather than play up what it does best — eye-popping stunts and trippy visuals tied together by a loose concept — Cirque went for a Franken-show made up of misshapen parts: circus, dance, musical numbers, interactive projections...The first act is tantalizingly close to working, especially if you can blank out the godawful dialogue...The second act devolves into an incoherent mess topped off by an interminable rooftop chase involving trampolines.”
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Entertainment Weekly
May 25th, 2016

"For most of 'Paramour,' you’re treated to a middling melodrama with some strong singing and many feats of stagecraft. What you don’t get, remarkably enough, are very many over-the-top displays of physical derring-do…The story makes no sense, the singing and dancing is delightful, and the acrobats are impressive but rarely amazing…The musical is trying to be many things at once, and it doesn’t fully succeed at any of them."
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AM New York
May 25th, 2016

“A middling, mindless diversion that awkwardly combines circus feats with elements of traditional musical theater...Cheesy dialogue and forgettable new songs are thrown in...All things considered, ‘Paramour’ is a lame, harmless alternative for international tourists who want to see a Broadway show but would prefer something with the Cirque du Soleil imprimatur than a long-running hit like ‘Chicago,’ ‘The Lion King’ or ‘The Phantom of the Opera.’ Frankly, I think they can do better.”
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Theatermania
May 25th, 2016

"Cirque du Soleil delivers a show that is acrobatic, operatic, and completely entertaining. This is musical theater as an extreme sport...This highly stimulating barrage of talent is undeniably entertaining. When it comes to telling a story, however, it's deadly...'Paramour' was written and designed specifically with the intention of using circus performance to tell a new story, and occasionally, it succeeds in doing just that, to thrilling effect."
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Lighting & Sound America
May 31st, 2016

"It's more like the idea of a book, an un-fleshed-out concept with lines that sound like placeholders…The songs often sound like they were translated from another language without a grammar check…When 'Paramour' gets down to what Cirque du Soleil does best, it becomes an entertaining show…It may verge on being a shambles, but the acts are genuinely thrilling…It's certainly possible to have a good time at 'Paramour' -- as long as you know what you're getting into."
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Talkin' Broadway
May 25th, 2016

“A piece that excites only intermittently as a circus attraction and never as a theatre piece...Many second-rate movies or plays goes at least this deep and, sadly, many go deeper...Yes, the show fails where it counts most. But it's gotten everything else right. The music is lush, brassy, and sumptuously evocative of period excess...The show could not look better...Some substance is ultimately required, but there's nothing to be found beneath ‘Paramour's’ bewitching surface.”
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CurtainUp
May 26th, 2016

"While there's a story as well as the acrobatics for which Cirque du Soleil is known and show-enhancing video and film elements, that story falls way short of being captivating. And the dazzling visuals not only upstage that story but often seem more wedged in than smoothly interwoven...Given the money spent to bring 'Paramour' to Broadway and the talent behind the scenes and on stage, one can't help wishing they'd come up with something less derivative and, alas, dull."
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