School of Rock - The Musical (NYC) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (3,150)
See it if You want to have a great time at a show with tons of heart, energy, joy, and fun, accompanied by a masterful Andrew Lloyd Webber score.
Don't see it if You don't like children, or you are The Man.
See it if there is a need to rock in your life! Talented kids (cast), great staging and something new and GOOD from Mr. Lloyd Weber. A fun show!
Don't see it if you've seen it before or you are looking for a typical stuffy and boring Lloyd Weber show.
See it if You loved the movie!
Don't see it if You have no soul
See it if you can
Don't see it if n/a
See it if wonderful and great children playing great music - very talented and the lead is terrific
Don't see it if you don't like rock music
See it if you love the movie- it is so true to it! The kids are phenomenal, too!
Don't see it if you don't like children, rock and roll, or a fun time.
See it if you love a musical with a good story
Don't see it if you don't want to be entertained
See it if If you still have the music in you
Don't see it if I don't know why you would not see it.
Critic Reviews (62)
"Andrew Lloyd Webber has chosen to adapt a movie with a plot that could hardly be sillier, and supplies a new score that could hardly be more addictive. 'School of Rock' is full of both hard-charging rock n roll and supremely catchy melodies…The kids don’t just sing exquisitely and dance with infectious abandon, they also reportedly play the musical instruments themselves – astonishing if true…There is plenty of hard-driving music here, including several from the movie."
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"'If you have a great finish, you don't have to worry about anything else' comes close to working for 'School of Rock'…And like just about every other of the not abundant high points in 'School of Rock,' it involves the terrific young actors working like cheerful demons...The bigger names above and below the title hit wonky notes…I can only imagine that something crucial was lost in the transition from screen to stage…All the numbers swiftly begin to sound alike."
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"'School of Rock,' the perfectly pleasant, perfectly innocuous new musical is strictly adult contemporary…The early musical numbers are unhappily anodyne...But things perk up when the younger cast members finally get a chance to sing and play. The children are universally adorable and several of them are staggeringly accomplished musicians. It is an absolute treat to hear them…It wants to please and please it does. But rock it doesn’t."
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"Other actors and another director might have made this 'School' better. But then there’s the material itself. 'School of Rock' is no movie classic. What the musical most needs is a complete overhaul for the stage; instead it gets Julian Fellowes‘ faithful-to-a-fault adaptation…After a few musical flops, Andrew Lloyd Webber goes back to his mild rock roots...Again, he’s adequate at writing generic rock."
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"It may be simplistic, manipulative and slick, but this musical version of the popular 2003 film is a fast-paced family-friendly entertainment that is hard to resist...Alex Brightman is a veritable powerhouse as Dewey Finn...Best of all are the appealing child actors who have prodigious musical talents...The choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter is lively and the direction by Laurence Connor is seamless and assured. The show is far from subtle, but resistance is futile."
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"Between their musical prowess, thrashing dance moves, and spectacular charm, the show’s young stars are living the dream, and it’s both heartwarming and thrilling to watch...Fortunately, their near omnipresence distracts from the Andrew Lloyd Webber-ness of it all — a uniformly unoriginal score sung at high decibels, a disregard for subtlety, and of course, extra cheese."
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"Webber, happily, has approached the project with a healthy sense of humor, though he and lyricist Glenn Slater also provide a few earnest ballads to help propel the story…It's the younger cast members who engage us most…Does their sheer cuteness give these performers an edge? Probably. No matter; you'll root for all of them, and have a grand time doing so."
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"A hard working ensemble that, under Laurence Connor's sure-handed direction, takes on triple duty as Dewey's old band mates, the kids' parents and other teachers at the school, helpfully distinguished by Anna Louizos' sly costumes. But the true key to the show's appeal is the multi-ethnic group of kids, none of whom have yet hit puberty."
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