The Marvelous Wonderettes NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (247)
See it if like songs of the 50" and 60"s 1st half of show is set in high school, 2nd act at a reunion
Don't see it if don't like to listen to oldies..
See it if Like the songs from the sixties and seventies. Very nice
Don't see it if Don't like the sixties and seventies music.
See it if You enjoy musicals that feature hit songs from the 1950s and 1960s
Don't see it if You dislike musicals or dislike rock and roll songs from the 1950s and 1960s
See it if you enjoy old school music & girl humor and want to revisit the prom or imagine what it was like of your mom's.
Don't see it if you're looking for big/mix gender/diverse cast as you'll only have 4 white talented ladies to bring the house down- nothing wrong with that!
See it if you love 50s music
Don't see it if you want a modern day setting and plot.
See it if If you love the music of the 50s and 60s cleverly used. Enjoy a good laugh with light drama.
Don't see it if You want heavy drama, original music, modern day plots or men (all female cast)
See it if you like prom dresses and can remember Connie Francis and dancing by yourself in your high school gym. Oops.
Don't see it if you're looking for a musical with mean girls.
See it if You want to see a musical performance with great staging, costumes and singing. You want to sing along. You enjoy music from that era.
Don't see it if You don't like musical performances with some dialogue and audience participation. You don't like to have a good time at a show. Read more
Critic Reviews (11)
"These four singer-dancer-actors are gleefully hamming it up in what feels like the quintessence of an Equity Showcase, a production for which the unionized talent clearly outsizes the 99-seat theatre and the intentionally low-rent set on which they perform...Sometimes, it feels like 'American Idol' in taffeta; other times, like a cabaret act in which the autobiographical banter has been swapped out for a comedy sketch. It’s not a bad trade, frankly."
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"A sparkling overview of women’s struggles...Under the direction of Tom and Michael D’Angora, the top-notch cast share a glimpse at that journey as they deliver the lyrics of the oldies but goodies. The production is full of color and glitz; it feels like memory—the way the mind’s eye makes it pretty and delusional about how simpler the times were then. It is not a thought-provoking, deep show; even though Bean hits on some serious themes, the themes are not fully realized yet."
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"We see that these women don’t even know who they are. They haven’t been helped by just being exposed to superficial 'art?' The only spirit they show is so-called 'school spirit.' If 'The Marvelous Wonderettes' had left it at that, it wouldn’t be having a revival now. But Bean does something marvelous and wonderful post-intermission...Bean has given us a commentary on how much the world changed for women in a decade and how much their collective consciousness was raised."
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