Only Yesterday NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (15)
See it if Just see it. Mostly everything is good about the show, 4 actors, set, music, accents,shoes and hair
Don't see it if Dislike word of fiction.Need a seal of official approval on every page of the script and think that actors should be more look alike Beatles Read more
See it if You have a mother. Everyone should see this play
Don't see it if No reason not to see this. I think the Beatles are the most overrated band of all time and I loved this show Read more
See it if You loved The Beatles and would like to see an intimate play with music that is about an incident in the lives of McCartney and Lennon.
Don't see it if You are not interested in learning anything more about these two famous musicians. Read more
See it if Grew up with, like the Beatles. Playwright's imagined conversation between John & Paul based on a Paul interview makes for enjoyable evening
Don't see it if Not interested in the Beatles. Want realistic accents. Looking for Beatles songs instead of songs, musicians that influenced them.
See it if You want a lovely, well-acted show that is consistently sweet and filled with great singing.
Don't see it if You're looking for a show that goes very deeply into the lives of these people.
See it if you were alive during the Beatles era or if you know their music.Performances are delightful.Set is terrific.Very well written.
Don't see it if you are expecting a musical.There is only a little performing of songs.If you don't know their music(and how can you not know it?)don't go
See it if you enjoy imagining stories about a day in the life of the Beatles; good acting; songs by those who influenced their music; lighthearted.
Don't see it if you are looking for perfect accents, grand sets or a biography of the Beatles - this is a work of fiction with a few truisms slipped in. Read more
See it if you are a fan of The Beatles especially Lennon & McCartney. They shared a common life incident that brought them close together.
Don't see it if you are not a fan of the Beatles and you do not like songs from the 1960's.
Critic Reviews (11)
CRITIC'S PICK "Lennon and McCartney Wait Out a Storm in ‘Only Yesterday’: Bob Stevens’s fond look at a life-changing night for the young Beatles should satisfy more than die-hard fans."
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"Paul McCartney and John Lennon Are 'Here Today' in New Beatles Play 'Only Yesterday': Playwright Bob Stevens imagines a night in the life of two music icons in a new comedy at 59E59 Theaters."
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"'ONLY YESTERDAY'-A Fascinating Show that Brings Lennon and McCartney Together Again"
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"'Only Yesterday' is sure to put a smile on the face and perhaps bring a teardrop to the eye of Beatles aficionados, especially for those of us who were young and self-absorbed back then and all our troubles seemed so far away."
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4/5 Stars "John Lennon and Paul McCartney Caught in the Rain: Fans will love what Bob Stevens imagines two Beatles get up to on a documented day off"
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3/5 Stars "A Day (and Night) in the Life of Lennon and McCartney: A new play imagines the young Beatles, out of the spotlight"
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"If two Beatles sitting in a hotel room talking sounds boring to you, you're not wrong."
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“As John, Christopher Sears is an enjoyable pill, perfectly offset by Tommy Crawford's Paul whose amiable placidity is almost Buddha-like. More importantly, both actors have impressive musical chops, which wonderfully serves Stevens' truncated overview of Paul and John's tuneful reminiscing about their musical influences...”
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