Cagney NYC Reviews and Tickets

85%
(501 Ratings)
Positive
94%
Mixed
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Members say
Entertaining, Delightful, Great acting, Great singing, Clever

About the Show

'Cagney' follows the actor from his humble beginnings through his rise as a vaudeville song-and-dance man, to his superstardom in Hollywood.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (501)

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102 Reviews | 90 Followers
93
Entertaining, Great singing, Great acting, Must see, Masterful

See it if Are a fan of Cagney. They do not try to impersonate him but copy his style. A home run. Saw it st the York theater before it moved here.

Don't see it if Don't like Cagney or not a fan of great shows with lots of singing and great dancing

63 Reviews | 14 Followers
92
Entertaining, Funny, Cliched, Delightful, Great dancing

See it if you like an old-fashioned showbiz history musical with excellent dancing

Don't see it if you are looking to be challenged

193 Reviews | 29 Followers
92
Delightful

See it if Like old fashion Broadway song & dance!

Don't see it if You dont like James Cagney

70 Reviews | 13 Followers
90
Entertaining, Great acting, Great singing, Must see, Refreshing

See it if you are looking for an old fashioned story about a true icon. This was by far one of the most entertaining shows i have seen off broadway

Don't see it if I do not know why you would not want to see this! Read more

74 Reviews | 13 Followers
90
Delightful, Entertaining, Great singing, Great acting

See it if you want to enjoy a terrific off-Broadway musical comedy experience with a great leading man

Don't see it if you're looking for a big, splashy Broadway production

121 Reviews | 23 Followers
90
Entertaining, Great acting, Great singing

See it if Great acting singing and tap dancing

Don't see it if Dont know about James Cagney or dont like musicals or tap dancing

510 Reviews | 68 Followers
90
Delightful, Entertaining, Great singing, Great dancing

See it if You enjoy a biopic that is filled with great songs and very talented dancing. Thoroughly entertaining from start to finish.

Don't see it if You don't like musicals or tap dancing.

51 Reviews | 10 Followers
90
Clever, Entertaining, Great singing, Amazing dancing

See it if You like the story of James Cagney or enjoy fabulous tap dancing with small casts and intimate theatre experiences.

Don't see it if You only like full scale large cast broadway musicals

Critic Reviews (51)

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
April 10th, 2016

"Who could play the 5’5” Cagney better than Cagney’s look-alike, sing-alike, dance-alike, and act-alike, Robert Creighton?...There’s a delightful vaudeville feel to the show. The cast of six characters morphs seamlessly into so many roles that it’s fun trying to pick out who is playing who…Choreographer Joshua Bergasse has the cast tapping their hearts out…You’ll be giving your regards to Broadway and on your feet, applauding."
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Epoch Times
June 2nd, 2016

“If you have not had the opportunity to learn more about James Cagney, the multitalented actor/singer/dancer, go to the Westside Theatre and see Robert Creighton, an Outer Critics award winner for Best Actor in an Off Broadway Musical. This is your chance...The actors other than Creighton all have multiple roles to play, but their shining moments are due to the tap choreography by Outer Critics award winner Joshua Bergasse.”
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Center on the Aisle
April 6th, 2016

"Robert Creighton is a revelation in this role. His performance sets the entire stage ablaze…I can’t think that there is anyone who could create a more earnest and loving portrayal than Creighton. Aiding in his performance, and certainly the show overall, is Bill Castellino’s masterful direction…The book by Peter Colley is smart and witty, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly true…All the actors on the stage were extraordinary, creating complete and distinctly different characters."
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April 5th, 2016

"What a fun show I have for you, it’s a winner, ‘Cagney’ is a must. Robert Creighton playing Cagney couldn’t be better…In this insightful and surprising musical journey, a brand-new original score filled with show-stopping song and dancer numbers is augmented by George M. Cohan songs...The very talented Creighton leads a cast of six in this fantastic new musical...It is my choice for the best Off-Broadway performance."
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The New York Times
May 28th, 2015
For a previous production

"The intimate Theater at St. Peter’s lends a cabaret feel to the production, which has a pleasantly cartoonish revue vibe...There’s nothing even remotely convincing about the cast members who double as stars of yesteryear like Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Errol Flynn and Bob Hope. But when the same actors put on their tap shoes, you may want to buy war bonds."
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Time Out New York
June 1st, 2015
For a previous production

"Boiling all the ups and downs of a celebrity’s life into a couple of tuneful hours is tough, but the biggest challenge is finding a performer who can convincingly channel the star...Creighton smartly avoids impersonation and lets some of his own personality shine through...Yes, Peter Colley's book is predictable, and the old-fashioned numbers aren’t as catchy as the standards...But the crackerjack cast nails exhilarating tap routines while committing to the emotional core of the story."
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New York Theatre Guide
May 31st, 2015
For a previous production

"While Creighton doesn’t quite possess the uncanny indifference to gravity that Cagney had, he does a more than creditable job of re-creating his Yankee Doodle Dandy numbers. He and the whole cast are real hoofers in the grand Hollywood tradition of hoofing. You haven’t seen tap-dancing like this in a long while and you’re not likely to see it again any time soon...The whole production lives up to its Hollywood antecedents."
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Variety
March 30th, 2009
For a previous production

"...don’t go expecting an incisive, enthralling character study...'Cagney' is a 1930s Warner Brothers movie musical — vellum-thin escapist entertainment for a stressed-out world battling economic depression."
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