Daddy Long Legs NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (366)
See it if you are looking for a simple, touching, and beautiful story. Masterful performance by Megan McGinnis.
Don't see it if you are looking for something edgy and daring.
See it if you like old fashioned, simple storytelling.
Don't see it if you are cynical about romance or looking for something edgy.
See it if You like to be pleasantly surprised, and aren't a snob who only sees "big" musicals. This was a small delight.
Don't see it if You're looking for something to change your life. This was a small romantic show done well.
See it if You like a good smart romantic story. Beautifully acted and staged.
Don't see it if You have to be dragged to a "chick flick" by your girl friend and hate every minute of it.
See it if a sweet love story told completely through letters with great costumes gentle humor and poetic language is what you want to see.
Don't see it if You're looking for a highly dramatic plot with lots of action and frantic voices screaming the dialogue. You want a contemporary love story.
See it if you want to see a simple, romantic story with great costumes and amazing voices. Very charming and engaging. A lovely, intimate piece.
Don't see it if if you wan a big blockbuster that blasts you out of your seat.
See it if you're looking for a delightful evening's entertainment. This 2-person musical (!) caught me by surprise. Excellent.
Don't see it if you hate musicals
See it if You love a good old fashioned love story of a musical. This is an absolute charmer!
Don't see it if There is no reason NOT to see it. But if you only like big, grandiose musicals, this is not one of those.
Critic Reviews (47)
"'Daddy Long Legs' has two things going for it: a completely winning performance by its lead and the kind of rags-to-riches Cinderella saga that never fails to draw. Other than that, it’s pretty much your standard sentimental melodrama, with an easy-listening score that could make Andrew Lloyd Webber seem like Bach."
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"There’s a lot to like about this show. But if this production’s source material is good value, its strict adherence to it is one of its main drawbacks. An epistolary novel is not the easiest fit for a theatrical piece, and there’s a lack of imagination on display here."
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"The relationship that slowly develops between the grateful, goody-two-shoes girl and the shadowy, rich youth who allows her to believe he’s a far older male, sent the wrong kind of shivers down my spine. There’s not just an age-gap problem but a glaring era-gap too. Serving material that inevitably comes across as quite static, director John Caird – who also contributes the book – and composer/lyricist Paul Gordon do their utmost to lull you into a state of happy complicity."
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"Confession: I’m a sucker for a romantic reunion. When lost-presumed-dead twins Sebastian and Viola rediscover one another alive at the end of 'Twelfth Night,' you’ll find me in tears. All of which makes me more than well-matched for the musical-theatre version of the romance 'Daddy Long Legs.' Dear Reader, I remained dry-eyed."
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"As a musical, it has many negative virtues: no flimflam, no scenic excess...The show brims with positive qualities, of which the best is its preservation of Webster's instinctive feminism...Not for the first time, a chamber-musical proves far more fun than many a big, blowsy spectacle."
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"It’s a neat idea, to turn Jean Webster’s 1912 young women’s classic into a tuneful two-hander, but the reliance on letters makes for an inherently static piece. The trouble is that the show takes few interesting detours en route; a failed math exam is about as high as the drama gets. Modern sensibilities will find Jerusha’s patron slightly creepy, especially the “Daddy” name she gives him. Yet that’s not the right slant to take and the creative team guides us carefully away from such thoughts."
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"Although John Caird's sensitive book and Paul Gordon's deft music and lyrics accurately reflect the period feel and decorum of Jean Webster's 1912 epistolary novel, the show never really flies...the show itself, exerts a sort of insidious, slow-burning sweetness without ever delivering a knock-out punch."
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"This is an outstanding showcase for the two talented actors, but I for one found the story to be just a little long and while the music was beautiful, it was also very repetitious. Perhaps, the writers might want to consider making this a 90-100 minute show instead of the 2 plus hours."
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