The Golden Bride NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (102)
See it if ...you enjoy singing, dancing, and speak or understand some Yiddish.
Don't see it if .....you don't like operettas.
See it if You enjoy hearing lyrics sung in a foreign language, esp 1 you're not familiar with. Great costumes, set, lovely story. Kalman is a riot!
Don't see it if You find it annoying to have to look at the supertitles above...You don't enjoy operettas and need more flash in your shows.
See it if You want to be a part of history seeing an original Yiddish play done in Yiddish! If you like a little farce with your love story.
Don't see it if You don't like Yiddish or subtitles. If you're looking for serious drama
See it if you you want to remember melodies that will stick in your head! Great cast! Great dancing! One of the best shows around. Don't miss it!!
Don't see it if you don't want to be bothered reading supertitles.
See it if You speak Yiddish or are willing to read supertitles
Don't see it if You require an audience of younger folks.
See it if you love to see great singing, you enjoy Russian music, and find conventional musical plots amusing, not excruciating
Don't see it if you do not like reading subtitles or require less cliched plots
See it if you like golden-age musicals with highly melodic score, superb singing and dancing, large cast and orchestra. Funny, very light plot, a gem.
Don't see it if you simply don't do supertitles, but don't let the Yiddish language or operetta tag keep you from seeing this charmingly delightful offering
See it if You are interested in the history of musical theatre
Don't see it if You don't like operetta or old-fashioned shows
Critic Reviews (29)
"A summer treat to please audiences who love light theatrical nostalgia presented sincerely and sumptuously...This schmaltz is just an excuse for wonderful comedic shtick and lovely lilting songs performed spectacularly in Yiddish by a 20-member cast...To hear these numbers given the full-blown treatment they deserve is thrilling, with the leads delivering uniformly powerful vocals...No wonder audiences are eating up this effervescent entertainment like Eastern European comfort food."
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"This re-revival is even more splendid and joyful than the one I saw first...One great joy of this production is the exuberant 14-piece orchestra under the jubilant baton of Zalmen Mlotek, filling the theater with endless melodies that has 2016 audiences dancing in their seats. Equally enthralling were the glorious operatically trained voices of the lovers...'The Golden Bride' will give you a golden evening. I can’t imagine who wouldn’t enjoy this joy-filled production."
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"Under the insightful tutelage of Bryna Wasserman and Motl Didner the company performs with just the right degree of excess energy to establish the stylized, dated nature of the material without ever lapsing into parody. The pacing and enthusiasm never lag; despite the obvious theatrics, we become fully engaged with the situations, recognizing both their outlandishness and their essential truth. Corny as it is, the ending will probably defeat your efforts to hold back the eye-faucets."
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"With a luscious, eclectic score and a deliriously frivolous libretto, it provides a time capsule of the popular Yiddish musical entertainment of its day...A lavish production with 20 actors, an orchestra of 14, attractive sets, colorful costumes, evocative choreography and skillful direction that does not condescend to the material...Forget the plot and just relax and enjoy the great singing, dancing and comedy...The uniformly talented cast is blessed with some outstanding voices "
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"The story itself, corny but charming, can easily be followed through the bursts of song and expressive performances by an excellent cast...Plot is not the operetta-style show’s strong point. The fun injected into the rollicking numbers and the romantic ballads drive the production, which is also spiced with comedy and a few broad performances...A boon to those who prize keeping Yiddish culture and the Yiddish language alive."
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"An enchanting production...A pitch-perfect 20-member cast performs the beautiful score, played by an excellent 14-piece orchestra...What’s so touching is how the production bridges the chasm, fusing Jewish music and American rhythms with themes that underscored the conflicts immigrants faced. ‘The Golden Bride’ is a time capsule, culturally and politically...This energetic musical is charming and poignant. The setting is Jewish, but the story speaks to everyone.”
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“For the sound of Yiddish language alone this musical would be worth seeing and hearing as it is, unfortunately, a rare cultural experience...The cast of 20 with their strong voices and orchestra of 14 bring up a hurricane of sounds so sweet and rich, they grab you immediately. The lightness of the music and the subject matter is combined with operatic arias, which give the genre of operetta its distinct style.”
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"Brought back by popular demand. And 'popular demand' is exactly the right phrase. Though often artful, Rumshinsky's operetta has no high-art ambitions and shouldn't be misconstrued as having any...The plot resolutions of such shows were intended to provide nakhes (joy), not surprise...While 'The Golden Bride' is up on its fast-stepping, endearingly feckless feet, you can still get a little taste of the delight that must have filled Kessler's Second Avenue Theater back in 1923."
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