The Golden Bride NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (102)
See it if You like Yiddish tradition. It is enjoyable.
Don't see it if Yiddishkeit doesn't appeal to you.
See it if you love musicals, Jewish/Yiddish nostalgia, superb talents, or just want to have a good time....it's delightful entertainment (for anyone!)
Don't see it if you can't handle sub-titles or light operatic singing (if you hate opera, this might not be your cup of tea)
See it if You enjoy musicals/operettas. Wonderful cast having fun onstage. Super-titles explain everything. Wed. from 4-8 museum is free. Do both.
Don't see it if No sure why you would not go, unless you hate musicals or cannot read super-titles.
See it if you enjoy beautifully done productions. Great cast, direction, tech and music. It was a wonderful evening.
Don't see it if you don't like subtitles. I thought they worked great. The show's in Yiddish.
See it if you love operetta, top-notch singing, & glimpse how Yiddish theater helped immigrants assimilate. A jewel of a production!
Don't see it if you don't like operetta or supra-titles. This is a perfect production, but if you don't like operetta who cares? But so delightful; try it!
See it if You would enjoy hearing Yiddish and seeing a wonderful period piece joyfully and lovingly performed.
Don't see it if You only enjoy contemporary theatre and don't want to use subtitles.
See it if masterfully done operetta, gorgeous singing,sentiment, emotion, farce all at once-gives you an understanding of why these shows were popular
Don't see it if no tolerance for sweet entertainment, bored with hardly surprising plots and broad characters
See it if You like old fashioned stories, nice music and voices, lovely costumes, preserving Yiddish theater.
Don't see it if You don't like old fashioned stories, translations above the stage, Yiddish theater.
Critic Reviews (29)
“Feels like a throwback, and it is, a very pleasant one. The feel is similar to what I got when I went to see ‘On The Town’. It feels very of its time, and so seems quaint to a modern audience. Quaint however, in the best, least patronizing sense of the word. Charming might be a better one...If you like a good light operetta, this is for you. It had enough appeal and pizzazz for me, a non-operettist, to enjoy himself, so I can only imagine how much fun this would be if you’re in to such things.”
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“Notwithstanding the inconvenience of having to read the translations and, at times, even miss out on some of the details of the performance, and the lack of any meaningful political engagement, ‘The Golden Bride’ is brilliantly executed musical theater, overflowing with dozens of exceptionally talented actors and singers, and backed up by a very capable fourteen-piece, live orchestra...A wonderful, delightful, cheerful performance, free of politics, and well worth seeing.”
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"In a handsome new large-cast production, presented by the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, it’s still deeply satisfying...The fine orchestra imbues the score with warmth, while Ms. Policar and Mr. Johnson supply the show’s greatest vocal richness... This streamlined reworking of the show mostly has more frivolous things on its mind."
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"This muscular production is no museum piece: A buoyant, full-voiced cast of twenty, and Zalmen Mlotek’s fourteen-piece orchestra shifts effortlessly between Old World melancholia and New World swing. The plot is fluff but even at its silliest it’s an often touching time capsule of the hopes and fantasies of Jewish immigrants circa 1923. The story ends with a masquerade ball, but the whole show glows with the joy and energy of a great party."
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"Charming in every respect…A lot of the fun in 'The Golden Bride' comes from how it combines the conventions of operetta and Yiddish theatre…This ample serving of old-time operetta schmaltz is made extra-palatable because the directors treat it with great affection and the lightest of hands. They have also assembled a cast of musical theatre pros who know exactly when to kid this material...The score is full of lively melodies -- days later, I'm still humming."
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"There's little doubt that love will triumph in this winsome operetta. But it's the warmth and humor we encounter along the way that makes 'The Golden Bride' so enchanting...Like Yiddish itself, 'The Golden Bride' is an eclectic mixture that ends up being totally unique and wonderful."
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"Although not exactly Shakespeare, 'The Golden Bride' is still important and must be preserved...The buoyant score is the engine that keeps Frieda Freiman’s libretto afloat...The fact that most of the cast were not Jewish, let alone Yiddish speakers, makes their joyous, full-bodied performances all the more impressive. 'The Golden Bride' will appeal to theater mavens of all denominations. Its emotional kick is universal."
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"'The Golden Bride' serves musical quality, aesthetic potency and a thoroughly entertaining evening for those that appreciate music, history and the broadening of minds."
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