The New Yorkers NYC Reviews and Tickets

80%

(82 Ratings)

Positive

85%

Mixed

11%

Negative

Members say

Great singing, Entertaining, Delightful, Funny, Dated

About the Show

Encores! presents a concert version of Cole Porter’s 1930 musical, an evening of sophisticated Depression-era madness.

Bullets fly and bathtub gin flows in this gleefully amoral celebration of speakeasies, gangsters, society dames, and the great city they love. The show centers on featherbrained socialite Alice Wentworth, whose bootlegger beau leads her on a madcap romp from Park Avenue to Sing Sing and back again. Although 'The New Yorkers' produced a number of standards—'I Happen to Like New York,' 'Love for Sale'—much of the original material has been lost, making this Encores!’s most ambitious musical reconstruction ever.

Show-Score Member Reviews (82)

Great singing, Great dancing, a feel good show, Classic fun show

See it if you want to see a rare Cole Porter musical with a silly story, but great singing and tap dancing. A old fashioned feel good musical.

Don't see it if you don't like silly musicals where the story is paper thin, but the singing & dancing make up for it.. A chance to see a lost gem.

Great singing, Dated, Great dancing, Silly

See it if you want to hear Cole Porter songs performed by very talented singers and dancers, backed by an excellent orchestra.

Don't see it if you require a musical to have a coherent plot or don't enjoy silly jokes. The Durante bits were tiresome, despite Chamberlin's best efforts.

Funny, Great singing, Great staging, Great dancing, And lots of cole porter

See it if you enjoy flashy, silly musical comedy from the earliest age

Don't see it if you are only satisfied with coherent, meaningful story telling Read more

Delightful, Entertaining, Great singing, Fluffy, Pre-code

See it if You want to see a funny, fluffy, pre-code musical (innuendo galore). You like musicals set in the 1920s. You like tapping, booze & wood.

Don't see it if You like serious plays. You don't mind hearing some silly songs. You don't like minimal staging. You hate booze, broads and Broadway.

Great staging, Great singing, Funny, Dated, Entertaining

See it if It's gone now, but, cross fingers, there will be a recording. Two number were outstanding w/ sublime orchestrations: "Love for Sale" and

Don't see it if "Let's Fly Away." Cyrille Aimée scored a major success as "A Lady of the Evening" and Scarlett Strallen stood out as a "strong" ingenue.+++