Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Closed 1h 45m
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
70

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice NYC Reviews and Tickets

70%
(184 Ratings)
Positive
56%
Mixed
36%
Negative
8%
Members say
Entertaining, Dated, Disappointing, Slow, Funny

About the Show

Based on the 1969 film, this new musical for The New Group offers a bittersweet comic take on the sexual revolution.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (184)

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284 Reviews | 85 Followers
100
Masterful, Great staging, Great acting, Great singing, Enchanting

See it if You were a fan of the film! This stage adaptation is perfection. The cast is absolutely sublime. Suzanne Vega is entrancing. Awed by it all.

Don't see it if You don’t want an intimate tale of sexual freedom. This musical takes the great of the film & elevates thru Duncan Sheik’s score. Must see!

158 Reviews | 24 Followers
90
Resonant, Great singing, Great staging, Funny, Delightful

See it if Beautiful melodic music, stories about relationships, Suzanne Vega is amazing!

Don't see it if You are a total prude.

137 Reviews | 20 Followers
90
Clever, Funny, Great singing, Quirky, Entertaining

See it if You enjoy a very engaging show. The topic is dated, but the production, talent, and music is refreshing.

Don't see it if You're a bit of a prude on sexuality.

80 Reviews | 14 Followers
88
Great singing, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if You want to see something fun with great period costumes and an attractive, talented cast. Suzanne Vega was great.

Don't see it if You/your spouse had an affair and that topic makes you uncomfortable. You expect to see something with a strong message or a big musical. Read more

224 Reviews | 42 Followers
87
Entertaining, Dated, Ambitious

See it if A bright cast with Suzanne Vega added to the mix fills the bill. Held my interest and appreciated the effort that went into this show.

Don't see it if Subject matter may not appeal to you because things are looked at differently than in 1969.

1166 Reviews | 464 Followers
86
Great staging, Refreshing, Intelligent, Delightful, Entertaining

See it if You want to see a show that looks and sounds stylistically like it stepped out of the 60’s. Perfect snapshot of the swinging times/people.

Don't see it if You don’t like shows that step a outside the box as far as traditional storytelling. This is more like a play with music than a musical. Read more

64 Reviews | 5 Followers
85
Resonant, Relevant, Entertaining, Ambitious

See it if You're open to new ideas...or recycled ones. It's a great trip to 50 years ago that feels like today.

Don't see it if You have traditional moral views.

144 Reviews | 110 Followers
85
Slow, Quirky, Great acting, Great singing, Clever

See it if If a flash back to the swinging 70 ‘s is of interest to you. Finely acted and sung by the 2 couples the 5 wheel alter ego.

Don't see it if If a flash back to 2 couples sexual diversion out side of the marriage bedroom is uncomfortable for you . Read more

Critic Reviews (18)

The New York Times
February 4th, 2020

"Four on a Mattress, With Songs: The New Group’s musical adaptation of Paul Mazursky’s 1969 movie, featuring Suzanne Vega, doesn’t smirk but it doesn’t soar, either."
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Time Out New York
February 4th, 2020

2/5 Stars "Like an evening of awkward sex, this stilted show isn’t nearly as stimulating as it promises to be...Scenes that are dryly humorous in the movie fall flat under Scott Elliott’s tonally murky direction...Only in the show’s final 20 minutes do you get a sense of what might have been."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
February 5th, 2020

"'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice' Is Odd & Sexless & Long & Tired"
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The Wall Street Journal
February 13th, 2020

"Tame Titillation: The swinging screen comedy gets an off-Broadway stage adaptation."
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The Hollywood Reporter
February 4th, 2020

"Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega appears in the world premiere of this musical adaptation of the 1969 Paul Mazursky film, featuring songs by Duncan Sheik."
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Theatermania
February 4th, 2020

"'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice' Are Trapped in a Boring Musical: Jonathan Marc Sherman, Duncan Sheik, and Amanda Green bring a seminal '60s film to the stage."
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Lighting & Sound America
February 5th, 2020

"The book scenes play like leftovers from a 1960s Broadway sex comedy -- and not one of the better ones -- frequently interrupted by random songs seemingly transmitted from a radio mysteriously connected to the Summer of Love."
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Talkin' Broadway
February 4th, 2020

"The distancing effect of the music tends to dilute the book's satirical aim...The show does not have the lacerating precision of a play like Donald Margulies' 'Dinner with Friends,' for example. It is a pity because there are so many good things about 'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.'"
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