Big The Musical London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (4)
See it if You love the film
Don't see it if you want smart restaging
See it if You enjoyed the movie and wanted to see this on stage
Don't see it if You cringe easily and hate cliches
See it if you want a big (no pun intended) budget remake of a great film, set to some simple pop songs.
Don't see it if you want a show that feels like it has a soul, this feels vapid and empty and it’s safe to say the source material hasn’t aged well either.
See it if You love the film , fun upbeat songs and plenty of flashy set to keep your eyes pleased.
Don't see it if Your a hardcore fan of the film as some key moments are missed out and changed with a lot of other bits added in extra.
Critic Reviews (10)
Big The Musical is a big disappointment. It’s a mechanically slick, soulless, tone-deaf take on the 1988 New York movie...
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‘Big the Musical’ is woefully adequate: ticking every box you’d expect for a big-budget stage adaptation of an ’80s screen comedy, but doing so with a can’t-be-arsed listlessness.
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Compared with many other mega-musicals one could mention this is small fry. And yet my inner adolescent won out over my cynical older self. It’s big, occasionally clever but above all, it’s morale-boosting fun.
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If you were a fan of Kimberley Walsh and Jay McGuiness on Strictly you’ll be cheering them on too...It lacks genuine stardust, but it ticks enough boxes.
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sweet if wildly overstretched...Onetime Broadway flop has more charm in London but still needs work
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The score, with music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, is tuneful if occasionally on the bland side; but mostly this is a surprising delight.
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Big contains much to like although it would probably be easier to discover its considerable charms in a more intimate venue than the massive Dominion.
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Why does it feel like we’ve been here before? Let me count the ways: the zillionth beloved-film-to-banal-musical adaptation the West End has seen, Big belittles its source material and turns endearing quirk into generic mush.
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