Shadows: A Dance Musical NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (81)
See it if you enjoy exquisite, expressive dancing even in an odd context. You like thrillers. Adultery-focused stories intrigue you.
Don't see it if jarring shifts between 3 composers' recorded music with bug you. Weak music, awkward tech, a sense the team didn't all get the tone.
See it if you're interested in seeing interpretative ballet interwoven into a musical plot
Don't see it if you are unsympathetic toward adulterers, you were expecting it to be more dance intensive, or you value good songwriting and song-timing. Read more
See it if You’re a fan of ABT style ballet storytelling within a simple musical. Amazing dancing,singing and acting with minimal set and costumes.
Don't see it if You’re not into story involve infidelity. You only want musicals with a strong original score and lyrics. You don’t like minimum set changes
See it if Songs & voices* Dances* Story* Set* Costume Designer* Background Music * Spooky Stuff* 90 minutes* Revenge is Sweet a 95 & a 90%
Don't see it if Theater Location 90 minutes (for some) It rained It closes today
See it if You enjoy musicals w/emphasis on dance. Seeing Irina dance in small intimate venue was the highlight for me. Creative use of small space
Don't see it if You like big musical productions w/great music. Choreography not too creative & limited due to tight space. Music mediocre but strong acting
See it if you like shows with with multiple timelines, you enjoy lovely dancing, you want to support original work, you like intimate show
Don't see it if you don't like shows that heavily feature infidelity, you want to see a large ensemble show
See it if you want to hold on to the person next to you
Don't see it if you dont like entertainment
See it if you want to support the cast or the production crew; willing to give this overwrought mishmash with unsympathetic protagonists a chance
Don't see it if a buff guy in his Calvins, hipster haircut & bad tats crooning & spooning with a high-heeled, spoiled lady-who-lunches would bother you Read more
Critic Reviews (3)
"The flier for 'Shadows,' subtitled 'A Dance Musical,' calls it 'a Gothic ghost love story,' adding, 'It's Twyla Tharp meets Stephen King.' If only. 'Shadows,' written by Randall Cook (book) and Edison Woods, Maxim Moston and Karen Biskho and choreographed and directed by Joey McKneely, does tell a love story and does have a good deal of dancing, but the eerie romance doesn't rise to the complex Gothic levels of King and the choreography is far less creative than Tharp's."
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“One of the most impressive and sophisticated musicals to premiere in the NYC indie theatre scene...The show is a cross between musical theatre and straight-up ballet...and it generally excels in both areas...The real highlights...are the technical production elements...The only downside is that the plot is somewhat cliché, and it’s hard to feel much sympathy for either of the lead characters by the end of the show...Nonetheless...A stunning visual spectacle.”
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“Something very different and very engaging...These stories intersected in a way that felt like a dance in itself and created an almost magical tone to the whole show... Being one of the few musicals that focuses on just two characters interacting in one space, featuring beautiful dance interludes that leave you breathless, and songs that I was humming on the way home, 'Shadows' is definitely worth taking a trip to the theater to see."
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