The Gospel According to Heather NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (170)
See it if This show was incredible from beginning to end. The singing and acting was outstanding and the plot is terrific. Run to this show it is fab!
Don't see it if You don’t like wonderful entertaining theater with stars in the making
See it if You want to hear some angelic voices with a message for today. It’s great fun and the music is inspired. Yeah Ohio!
Don't see it if If you don’t like musicals. This has a religious message that is a positive one. God is in a nursing home.
See it if U like real meaning in a way out format. The sets & music are wonderful. Songs are catchy & acting excellent. Future stars galore. Loved it!
Don't see it if Small musicals are not for you. Your imagination is limited.
See it if You like great theatre that’s funny and entertaining
Don't see it if You don’t like great theatre
See it if Let’s start with the glorious voices of the entire cast! A excellent production which we thoroughly enjoyed. A fun take on the 2nd coming.
Don't see it if If challenging religious beliefs makes you uncomfortable then pick another musical. Read more
See it if Women's roles are perfectly written, sung, acted. One liners "ripped from the headlines" that pop. Antidote for a bad day.
Don't see it if If they can find a stronger male lead... You are offended by off beat interpretations of religion.
See it if A Katey Sagal fan.
Don't see it if You hate a young musical cast. You hate trekking to 11th Avenue. Read more
See it if I liked seeing Katey Segal in a different role. It was a funny, well-acted musical.
Don't see it if You don't like religious shows.
Critic Reviews (6)
“The book lacks coherence, but Gordon’s score is frustrating for a different reason: It actually has potential. The production kicks off brightly...alas, too many of the numbers sound tacked on or unfinished. If only a teenage Midwestern messiah could come to the rescue.”
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"The show wants to comment on intolerance of the religious, book-banning sort as well as the post-truth media environment facilitated by the likes of Fox News, but it gets caught up in all sorts of narrative cul-de-sacs and dead ends involving flights of angels, a revised Ten Commandments, manipulative radio shock jocks, and a melodramatic teen death right out of an old James Dean picture. (The latter is jarringly out of place in an otherwise jokey, lighthearted evening.) Every time you think something is about to happen, the show loses focus and drifts in another direction."
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“Though the lyrics are often corny and elementary, the show features a strong ensemble of voices led by Williams alongside Lagerstam and Badia Farha, and a rousing eleven o'clock number with a golden-voiced and gowned Sagal.”
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"The Gospel According to Heather," with book, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon, is a story about a teenager's struggles with fitting in with her contemporaries, finding a boyfriend, and dealing with the supernatural powers which she seems to have acquired after finding a Roman coin in a fish. On the surface, this show appears to be a coming-of-age tale with music, but it is much more: it is a cleverly done and, at times, pointed commentary on the socio-political nature of contemporary America and of religion.
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"The Gospel According to Heather," with book, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon...swings and misses in each creative category: its book, for all its faddish allusions to sexual wokeisms, is confused, nonsensical, and unfunny; its music is too often loud and unpleasant; and many of its lyrics are banality exemplified.
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"The musical numbers are radiant, heart-warming, tongue in cheek hilarious. The cast is a marvelous ensemble of voice and story. This is a musical of hope, magic, and fighting through to understanding."
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