Pretty Woman: The Musical (NYC) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (824)
See it if you want to have a thoroughly enjoyable 2+ hours of a terrific musical. I don't understand why its score here is so low!
Don't see it if I can't think of a reason, so I'll say don't see it if you can't imagine "Pretty Woman" without Julia Roberts.
See it if I really enjoyed this show, despite the reviews. I thought Samantha Barks and Andy Karl were amazing!
Don't see it if you don't like the movie and want to see an adapted version of the movie. Read more
See it if you loved the movie. This is very much like it right down to the outfits. Sheer delight!
Don't see it if you hated the movie
See it if you want to see various styles of singing and choreography or love Bryan Adams music
Don't see it if you don’t enjoy romantic comedies
See it if You like the movie. I hated the movie. But loved this show. Way better than the movie.
Don't see it if You want heavy drama and pretentious acting. Read more
See it if A good old fashioned musical. Enjoyable and puts a smile on you face
Don't see it if If you dont want to smile and enjoy yourself
See it if Love the movie. One of mine favs
Don't see it if No reason. The acting was really good
See it if You liked the original movie, you're a fan of fun musicals, or you like stories of overcoming-odds.
Don't see it if You hated the original movie, you don't like musicals, you're expecting something different.
Critic Reviews (51)
"Lawton has changed almost nothing in his screenplay at all, with stage director Jerry Mitchell indulging the stagnancy with literally translated staging to match...Perhaps by clinging to the original material the show hopes to dodge modern scrutiny — or maybe it just hopes to give 'Pretty Woman' purists what they think they want...The overall light-hearted bounciness of the music is at odds with the sometimes earnest content that has been cut and pasted from the film."
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"'Pretty Woman' has at its command a pair of thoroughly capable, even charismatic leads, but the support from their creative team just isn't in place. Without it, they can't make beautiful music together...The biggest problem is the score, which does nothing to advance the relationship of Vivian and Edward...Mitchell has provided a typically slick, good-looking, fast-moving production that makes everything about 'Pretty Woman' -- no matter how dubious -- easier to take."
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"Musically there is enough variety throughout to keep things interesting...But there are at least two misfires...Both Ms. Barks and Mr. Karl are very good in their roles, but neither has the opportunity to win over the audience the way that two of the key supporting players do...'Pretty Woman: The Musical' is not going to set the world on fire, but it is pretty much of a surefire winner that is likely to attract lovers of old-fashioned romantic musicals for a long time to come."
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"A solidly mediocre entertainment...The songs, where off rhymes proliferate like mosquitoes in summer, do remain serviceable. Not surprisingly, two pop ballads given Edward impress as items Adams himself could render Top 40 candidates...At the singing, though, Barks and Karl are no slouches when they need to guarantee that things land...Jerry Mitchell directs and choreographs with expected acumen but doesn’t necessarily outdo the results for his previous productions."
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"While there are more than a few delights on display here, neither the visions of movie star magic nor the urge to hear that song are satisfactorily fulfilled...Overstuffed with splendid sightgags and deliciously wry choreographic touches...What is notable about the score is the professionalism; the songs are crafted for the stage in a manner not apparent in this season’s prior musicals...Standing head and shoulders above all is Karl...the image of Richard Gere is altogether wiped out."
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"Please, can someone rescue Andy Karl from Broadway’s multiplex hell?...Never comes close to attaining the undeniable romantic magic of the movie version...'Pretty Woman' does have some moments of mildly transporting musical pleasure...However, most of the score feels either bland and repetitive...Absent a sufficiently invigorating score, the musical merely feels tedious and pedestrian."
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"A lackluster stage treatment that is dull from start to finish...Adams and Vallance’s pop score is a bland compendium of long-winded ballads, mediocre production numbers, and wan character songs. There are some soaring melodies but the lyrics are uninspired...The book is a leaden reinvention of the material as a Broadway musical. Most of the intended jokes pass by in silence...Thoroughly adequate and lacking sparks on all levels, 'Pretty Woman: The Musical' is a drag."
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“Instead of aiming for a more relevant update to the story the musical sticks close to its inspirational source to be a nostalgic feel-good experience...Blessed to have Mitchell to enliven this less than inventive adaptation and the energetic but more recording hits than story furthering songs...What's genuinely original and fun is the way Mitchell...managed to...to cleverly tap into the Cinderella-Pygmalion plots and visual memories from which ‘Pretty Woman’ always borrowed."
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