Finding Neverland (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets

86%

(3019 Ratings)

Positive

89%

Mixed

Negative

Members say

Enchanting, Entertaining, Delightful, Great staging, Great acting

About the Show

This new musical based on the 2004 film tells the fascinating story of how Peter became Pan.

'Finding Neverland' follows playwright J.M. Barrie, who needs a big hit to save his floundering career. He finds the inspiration he's been missing when he meets a beautiful widow and her four young sons. Delighted by the boys' hilarious escapades, Barrie conjures the magical world of Neverland and writes a play unlike any that high-society London theatergoers have ever seen. It's a tremendous risk, but as Barrie himself has discovered - when you believe, you can fly.

Show-Score Member Reviews (3,019)

Absorbing, Clever, Great acting, Intense, Must see

See it if You want to subject yourself to the best kind of emotional terrorism.

Don't see it if You don't want to be reduced to a sobbing mess.

Enchanting, Entertaining, Great staging, Clever

See it if you enjoy good music, story, and great staging. Liking Peter Pan is a plus. BONUS: Theater is equipped with Telecoli!

Don't see it if Looking for something 100% light. Not just fun musical, drama as well. Not really for little ones. Older kids okay.

Refreshing, Original, Great staging, Delightful, Enchanting

See it if You believe in fairies, are a child at heart, a romantic in your soul and know you have wings and can fly!

Don't see it if You have no imagination, hate children, dogs and fairy dust.

Absorbing, Ambitious, Enchanting, Delightful

See it if You liked the movie, and this is lyrically more beautiful.

Don't see it if You don't like uplifting beautiful musicals

Clever, Delightful, Enchanting, Entertaining

See it if you like Peter Pan, have any interest in how J.M. Barrie arrived at its creating his classic tale and enjoy a good musical.

Don't see it if you identified with Captain Hook as a child.

Enchanting, Entertaining, Ambitious, Clever, Delightful

See it if You like great production values

Don't see it if you want to leave humming the score

Delightful, Entertaining, Funny, Must see

See it if You want to be taken away from reality for a moment

Don't see it if You don't want to be wonderfully entertained

Delightful, Great acting, Romantic, Great staging

See it if You love heart warming stories and wonderful dancing

Don't see it if Cold and heartless like the Tony Nominating committee, who for political reasons shut out his wonderful ( money making) show.

Critic Reviews (33)

For a previous production

"I don't have enough thumbs to raise in appreciation for the new Finding Neverland...a wonderfully delivered, real-life story of faltering playwright James Matthew Barrie and the inspiration he discovers through a new friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family. Out of his wild playtime adventures with the widow Davies and her four boys, Barrie conceives of the revolutionary 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up."
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Trailer

Creative team

Sylvia Llewelyn Davies