Dogfight NJ Reviews and Tickets

79%

(15 Reviews)

Positive

87%

Mixed

13%

Negative

Members say

Great singing, Entertaining, Great staging, Great acting, Absorbing

About the Show

Eagle Theatre presents Pasek and Paul's ("Dear Evan Hansen") compassionate musical, which centers around a young marine and the idealistic waitress he enlists to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits.

From the show:

Compassion takes center stage in this beautifully romantic and hauntingly heartbreaking musical. It’s November 21, 1963. On the eve of their deployment to a small but growing conflict in Southeast Asia, three young Marines set out for one final boys’ night of debauchery, partying, and maybe a little bit of trouble. But, when Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress whom he enlists to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits, she rewrites the rules of the game and teaches him the power of love and compassion.

Based on the 1991 Warner Brothers film, Dogfight is packed with an unstoppable pop score, an unexpected love affair, and a genuine and charming message that takes audiences to new heights.

Member Reviews (15)

Absorbing, Entertaining, Great writing, Resonant

See it if If you enjoy a wonderful score entwined with an interesting story performed by creditable singers in an intimate theater with a great sound

Don't see it if If you can’t appreciate a great score with clever lyrics, along with a story that can be insensitively disquieting. Read more

Entertaining, Great acting, Fantastic score, Uncomfortable subject matter, Very good singing

See it if to witness a full staging of one of Pasek and Paul's earliest works with a score as strong as that of Dear Evan Hanson

Don't see it if take issue with profanity or watching a group of immature men consistently and flagrantly disrespect women Read more

Critic Reviews (2)

November 20th, 2019

Amber Kusching

"'DOGFIGHT' at the Eagle Theatre is 'Some Kinda Time'"
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November 18th, 2019

Cameron Kelsall

"Pasek & Paul adapted ‘Dogfight’ for stage before they got famous. See it at Eagle Theatre now."
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