Marry Harry NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (114)
See it if Light musical entertainment on a warm evening out before or after dinner will make for a pleasant evening.
Don't see it if Your not in the mood for a sweet musical sitcom that will not change your mood.
See it if you enjoy well performed little musicals cleverly done about relationships and overbearing parents that leaves you feeling up.
Don't see it if you don't enjoy musicals about singles in NYC and the difficulties of finding the perfect partner w/o pressure from your overbearing parents
See it if warm and funny , that doesn't get sappy or corny, witty and great singing
Don't see it if light and fluffy shows
See it if You want to see a small town musical, cast have some really big voices
Don't see it if Your a prude
See it if you're in the mood for a fun show, great staging and a sweet story. I was surprisingly touched by the love story.
Don't see it if you're looking for something really profound and extravagant.
See it if You enjoy new musical comedy. This is a light-hearted show with clever staging, entertaining.
Don't see it if You are looking for an elaborate production.
See it if you enjoy the zany musicals of Comden and Green, or others from the 1950s. The set design is evocative of that time, and direction is great
Don't see it if You cannot suspend your disbelief for the sake of an entertaining evening. Read more
See it if You love new Off Broadway shows with terrific talent, you like romantic comedy . . .
Don't see it if You take life too seriously.
Critic Reviews (21)
"A charmingly silly slice of romantic musical comedy...Director/choreographer Castellino keeps the action flowing, bypassing the awkward moments that don’t make sense or ring true on any level...The two leads also help us discard the ridiculousness and stay focused on the whirlwind romance being played out before our eyes. They manage to keep us engaged and happy out of the sheer force of their likability and solid vocal talent. The same could be said for the whole package."
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"There’s not much memorable from Robbins’ book, which crams in more plot points than ingredients in your mother’s lasagna. The score, too, while occasionally catchy, won’t leave you with ditties to hum out of the theatre. But what is worth seeing are the two charming performances by Wolpe and Spadora as father and son. Together, as well as individually, they’re able to bring an endearing sense of humanity to the overloaded script."
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“It's corny, contrived, conventional, and clichéd, but like most innutritious fast food, it goes down without heavy chewing…All would be forgiven if only Jennifer Robbins's book weren't quite so simplistic (one of its biggest laughs depends on the mispronunciation of 'vegan'), and Dan Martin (music) and Michael Biello's (lyrics) otherwise sprightly score so generic…'Marry Harry' is a lightweight, edible, 80-minute pasta fazool that makes the most of its high-calorie ingredients.”
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"Couldn’t be much sweeter than it is without requiring insulin shots...As it is, 'Marry Harry' is a one-act that would benefit from filling in...Certainly, Biello could do some work on the lyrics, which from time to time count for charm too much on things like la-las...Castellino directed and choreographs well, if occasionally excessively. He definitely gets lovely performances from Spadora and Cowling...A promising but as yet unfinished work about young love."
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"A romantic, kitschy show...The leads as well as the rest of the cast are winning, likable and talented. We care for this cream puff of a romance because of them, and keep trying to fill in the holes that ask too many questions...The score by Biello is interesting and catchy, alerting my radar to watching this tunesmith travel on. The lyrics by Martin are clever. The book by Robbins is cute, romantic and watchable but so unbelievable...This sweet fare will leave you feeling light."
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"A charming, intimate musical...It isn’t a show to set the world on fire, but it is appealingly acted by a winsome cast and directed and choreographed with mostly a light touch...One creative touch is the popping in and out of two men and a woman as a commentating chorus, with word and song and funny antics...The trio provides much humor...Overall this is a merry 'Mary Harry.'"
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"As charming as it is deliberately contrived...'Marry Harry' serves corn with a disarmingly light touch—and, just as crucially, without condescension...Director Bill Castellino and his cast and design team stay true to 'Marry Harry’s' creators, maintaining a raw, unapologetic tenderness and a let’s-put-on-a-show zeal...It says something about the creative team’s ability to suspend disbelief and deliver pleasure that this far-fetched tale works as well as it does."
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“The show is small and hasn’t much on its mind, just the urge to put a few likable characters through a simple story and send its audience out with a collective feeling of ‘Aww.’ Thanks to an attractive production and an overqualified cast, it gets its ‘Aww,’ though it also earns a couple of helpings of ‘You can’t be serious’…No world-beater, then, but if all you want is a modern-day, reality-based fairy tale with an eagerness to please and nice people to root for, look no further.”
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