Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (760)
See it if You like Christmas, love classic Broadway musicals, colorful sets & costumes, or romance stories.
Don't see it if You hate romance stories or hate colorful musicals. Read more
See it if You love old fashioned musicals.i didn't want to see it but I'm so glad I did. You walk out singing the music when was the last time.
Don't see it if It's dated the story is dumb.but it's lots of fun.
See it if you want to spend a thoroughly joyous evening. Everything just great and then there's Irving Berlin's music as current today as when written
Don't see it if Tere's no reason not to see it. You will walk out happy
See it if you enjoy traditional type musicals. Enjoy wonderful choreography and sets. Love Irving Berlin.
Don't see it if you are looking for a deep story. Expect the movie. Want something with twists and turns. Read more
See it if You like old-fashioned musical filled with a great score by Irving Berlin with show standards that one has not heard in years; great tapping
Don't see it if don't want to leave the theatre humming all those great old songs like "Old Fashioned Walk, Check to Check, Easter Parade & White Christma
See it if you need cheering up...it's a fun ride.
Don't see it if you prefer drama.
See it if A perfect musical. Who can resist songs like "Blue Skies," " White Christmas," "Easter Parade," and "Cheek to Cheek."
Don't see it if you do not like terrific songs, creative costumes, great dancing, and inventive scenery. Get a seat towards the center to really enjoy.
See it if you love a charming yet simple plot, great classic-sounding songs, wonderful singing, eye-popping choreography, tapping, beautiful costumes
Don't see it if you're looking for something groundbreaking. It's meant to be lighthearted and fun.
Critic Reviews (59)
"There’s virtually nothing new about 'Holiday Inn'...The characters are so stock they’re practically cardboard. And the 'plot' is pretty much just a clothesline on which to hang Berlin’s songs. Still, you’d have to be a total Grinch not to melt even a little during Berlin’s comforting-as-cocoa Christmas ballad. And who couldn’t succumb to the charms of the tap-happy 'Shaking the Blues Away'...That’s all it takes to get the audience immediately into the holiday spirit."
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"'Holiday Inn' only occasionally springs to life (usually when Bleu takes center stage and reveals his dashing presence and dancing abilities) and too often feels like another generic jukebox musical or holiday attraction. Its attempts to add comedy by mocking the innocence of the genre reek of desperation. It also lacks the production values and breezy feel of 'White Christmas,' which really did succeed as pure entertainment."
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"A quasi-jukebox musical that's pretty much by the numbers. On the plus side, those musical numbers are sublime...If only the story that frames these delightful songs didn't feel so forced...The true star of 'Holiday Inn' is the dancing, and in the hands and feet of this excellent ensemble, Denis Jones' choreography is dazzlingly inventive. 'Holiday Inn' is pleasant enough, but when I think of its musical peers from the era - namely 'White Christmas' - it's more workaday by comparison."
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"Even though the authors have tried to insert some contemporary zest into this 1946-set story, the promise of newness is largely undeliverable. Thankfully, 'Holiday Inn' embraces its traditional nature wholeheartedly, turning this premiere into a jubilant throwback to a bygone era...When Jones' eye-popping steps are combined with the sounds of the elegant 13-piece band led by Andy Einhorn, 'Holiday Inn' shimmers with that breathless pleasure only musicals can deliver."
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"While Roundabout's new musical is, by contemporary Broadway standards, a bit small-scale, it accomplishes the Berlin mission of pushing delicious songs to the forefront, along with the terrific talents of its gem of a cast...'Holiday Inn' is unabashed fluff, delectably served up sharp and snazzy from start to finish."
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"'Holiday Inn' arrives with such a winning smile and lively spring in its step that I'm sorry to say that it doesn't put one in more of a holiday mood...Adaptations are supposed to improve on their source material; this one has got it the other way around...Under Greenberg's direction, everyone in the highly professional cast does their best with punchlines that could use some more punch...A collection of classic elements lacking a strong point of view."
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"Despite doing absolutely nothing new, it's managed to push contemporary theatrical escapism to dizzying, unheard-of heights. Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that. But usually they aim to give you an ounce or two of meat with your foot-tall mound of Cool Whip...Does it matter? Only if you're looking for dramatic cohesion. But if you can set that aside, you will have a grand old time on the most superficial of levels."
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"Though Greenberg and Hodges' still rely on a feather-weight plot and feel-good nostalgia, it doesn't really matter. You see, the really new thing about their production is how smoothly they've mixed songs from the Irving Berlin canon in with those from the original movie...The production numbers showcase Aleji Vietti's snazzy costumes as well as Mr. Jones's choreography. Jones does particularly notable work with the first act's jump rope routines in 'Shakin'The Blues Away."
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