Clueless, The Musical
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Clueless, The Musical
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Clueless, The Musical NYC Reviews and Tickets

71%
(124 Ratings)
Positive
64%
Mixed
26%
Negative
10%
Members say
Entertaining, Fluffy, Disappointing, Funny, Delightful

About the Show

Amy Heckerling takes us back to 90s Beverly Hills with this musical version of her beloved film "Clueless," a modern spin on Jane Austen’s "Emma​."

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Show-Score Member Reviews (124)

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108 Reviews | 15 Followers
90
Clever, Entertaining, Funny, Hilarious, Quirky

See it if you are a fan of the movie, looking for something new and different, and just looking for a good time.

Don't see it if you don't like 90's pop music, aren't a fan of the movie, or because it already closed.

52 Reviews | 13 Followers
88
Delightful, Entertaining, Funny, Fluffy, Great singing

See it if You love everything about 90s pop culture! The show embodies the movie and the time period like a nostalgic flashback. A very fun time!

Don't see it if You're expecting original music.

60 Reviews | 25 Followers
87
Fluffy, Funny, Entertaining, Great dancing

See it if You liked mean girls, like a more intimate performance, enjoy great dancing and good singing. You enjoy a fun night out remembering classics

Don't see it if You only enjoy big productions and meticulous theater. This isn't for the perfectionist.

57 Reviews | 10 Followers
85
Clever, Entertaining, Intelligent, Fluffy, Quirky

See it if you are a fan of the movie and of the 90s - especially 90s music. You aren't looking for something profound, just sheer fun entertainment.

Don't see it if you don't like songs with rewritten lyrics. You want a serious play that will leave you thinking afterwards. Read more

271 Reviews | 66 Followers
85
Funny, Delightful, Great staging, Refreshing, Girls just want to have fun

See it if You just want to have fun. Everyone on stage is and so is the very young audience made up of preteens through Millennials.

Don't see it if You dislike 90s music, which I didn't know from boo. The lyrics are original to the show and very funny. Read more

65 Reviews | 6 Followers
85
Entertaining, Funny, Fluffy, Clever, Quirky

See it if you’re a fan of the movie, grew up in the ‘90s or love ‘90s music, and want to escape with something bubbly and frivolous for a night

Don't see it if you plan on taking it seriously as a great musical. Read more

175 Reviews | 30 Followers
85
Entertaining, Funny, Great singing

See it if you love the movie. I found it very entertaining with the interesting twist of using new lyrics for songs that everyone will recognize.

Don't see it if you are expecting something new. Or you don't like musicals. I usually don't but I enjoyed the energy and creativity of this show.

972 Reviews | 1051 Followers
84
Entertaining, Fun, Great cast, Light, Energetic

See it if You are a fan of the movie; enjoy stories set in High School; like music from the 90's. I thought this was a lot of fun! Great dancing too!

Don't see it if If you want challenging theater or want something more than just entertainment. It's a fun time.

Critic Reviews (27)

The New York Times
December 11th, 2018

“Affable but limp...The perverse flattening process that too often occurs when two-dimensional films are translated into the three dimensions of live theater has befallen ‘Clueless’...The whole production suffers from a heightened twinkliness...’Clueless’ cultists will find many of their favorite lines have made it to the stage intact...But the witticisms scarcely register amid the steady trickle of repurposed pop hits.”
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Variety
December 11th, 2018

“The stage version of this ‘90s teen flick remains a light delight. But a great musical? As if...This playful, upbeat show should be an easy sell...But its lightweight narrative keeps it at the enjoyable-fluff level...Whatever. The look, tone and ’tude of the show is spot-on. Its fantasy life of ultra-rich teens is here further enlivened with songs of the era, cleverly recrafted lyrically for the show by Heckerling...The cast strikes the same happy balance of satire and sincerity as the film’s.”
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The Hollywood Reporter
December 11th, 2018

“The flame of originality barely flickers, leaving a show that feels only intermittently fresh, despite the commitment of a perky young cast...How much you get out of the show will depend on your appetite for '90s nostalgia...Some of this is genuinely witty, even if Heckerling's new lyrics are groaning with false rhymes and at times sit awkwardly on the melodies. But I found it all hit-or-miss...A roughly stitched patchwork of second-hand elements."
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The Observer
December 11th, 2018

“Beverly Hills teen princess Cher Horowitz and her friends sing familiar melodies with dummy lyrics that are truly dumb...Like karaoke night attended by lame improv comics...It’s a pity, because the core material of ‘Clueless’ could have made a perfectly charming musical...’Clueless’ requires a subtler, more intelligent touch. In the end, the creative team is both too faithful to the screenplay and too irreverent with the pop spirit of the period.”
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AM New York
December 11th, 2018

“A peppy but disappointing stage musical...Another jukebox musical, using approximately 20 ‘90s pop-rock hits...Heckerling awkwardly tinkers with the lyrics in a clunky attempt to make them more applicable to the storyline and characters...Her book closely follows her original screenplay but relies heavily on nostalgia for easy laughs...Hanggi’s production is aggressively silly and self-aware, so much so that it often resembles an affectionate parody.”
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Lighting & Sound America
December 12th, 2018

“Cameron is just about perfect as Cher...The people behind ‘Clueless’ should be grateful to Cameron for providing it fizz, for it never reaches a comic detonation point and it suffers from a lack of urgency...‘Clueless’ comes across as a series of disconnected episodes...The narrative line wanders, the laughs are only occasional and fall well short and the songs, with their familiar melodies and new lyrics, fail at the all-important task of making us fall in love with the characters.”
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New York Stage Review
December 11th, 2018

“Heckerling revels unabashedly in nostalgia, even forgoing an original score to insert winkingly reworked versions of ’90s pop hits made temporarily ubiquitous...Where Silverstone brought a sort of knowing dizziness to the spoiled teenager’s mix of narcissism and genuine good intentions, Cameron is more conventionally ingenuous...Heckerling and Hanggi milk the material...for laughs and general merriment, abetted by Devine’s kinetic, jubilant choreography.”
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New York Stage Review
December 11th, 2018

“The verdict is: Whatever...The project certainly seemed like a good idea...What’s on stage...Is a pretty good argument for why not. Heckerling seems far too close to her original material, and far too unfamiliar with what makes a ’90s spoof work in 2018...That’s not to say it’s all bad...Cameron’s dynamite...The script...never achieves any lift...Worse are the songs...The lyrics are awful...Ultimately, 'Clueless'...can’t help feeling like a let’s-put-on-a-show college pageant."
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