On The Town NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (386)
See it if You love classic musicals, amazing choreography, and large orchestras! This show was such a pleasure!
Don't see it if You are bored by old musicals (although I had a hard time being bored during this show!)
See it if you like old movie musicals brought to life on the stage, filled with great music from old-time master like Gershwin, charmed by ballet.
Don't see it if can't stand classic music from genius composes like Gershwin, hate ballet and long dance productions, large singing chorus and boy gets girl
See it if You like musicals, tap dancing and old fashioned shows! So cute!
Don't see it if You don't like musicals!
See it if you like great revivals of solid shows. First time I saw Yazbeck on stage and he was hard to take your eyes off. Great fun.
Don't see it if you missed this old production, but if you have never seen it on stage, it is a fun show to watch for if it is presented again.
See it if This beautiful production is a must see for everyone who loves the history of Broadway and appreciates classic theater musicals.
Don't see it if You want something edgy or filled with special effects. This is a beautiful staging of an old musical
See it if you're looking for a great upbeat classic musical.
Don't see it if you prefer something more contemporary or dark.
See it if A fantastic revival.
Don't see it if you won't, it closed.
See it if you love a great dance show, classic musical comedy, and catchy tunes. Well-designed, well-produced, great fun.
Don't see it if you want something edgy and contemporary. This is definitely a throw-back revival to musicals of the era with a fresh design.
Critic Reviews (19)
"Although Copeland's acting is stilted and her singing ability very modest, she acquits herself nicely in the role. She has a natural star quality accentuated by her striking beauty and all-American sex appeal, and her dancing, not surprisingly, is sublime. The part is small enough that her lack of acting experience doesn't weigh too heavily, and her lithe physicality is gorgeously illustrated in several dance numbers."
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"A glorious 28-piece orchestra playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in front of a giant American flag safety curtain has the audience on its feet before On the Town gets started. But it’s the jagged blasts of brass, the languorously bluesy romantic ballads and the exuberant comedy numbers of Leonard Bernstein’s jazzy score that make this vibrant Broadway revival such transporting entertainment."
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"Re-electrifying a show in its dying days, ballet sensation Misty Copeland brings considerable charisma and elegant physicality to her Broadway debut. As you might expect of a theater novice, Copeland’s acting abilities conform to only a narrow range of accomplishment, oscillating between charm and vivacity. And the voice is most assuredly still a work in progress. But as for the real skill that landed her on the stage, well, on that count we’re in far more scintillating territory."
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"Betty Comden and Adolph Green’s book and lyrics still crackle and pop after all these decades, and therein lies the rub: The show’s already written funny, so director John Rando’s frantic oversell can feel a little desperate...But that can’t dim the glittering gem that is “On the Town,” with its delirious, high-energy score."
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"If 'On The Town' does not hold the kind of sacred place as the flag or the Star-Spangled Banner, it is part of its own American tradition – an early American musical comedy classic. Not every production has been able to rekindle the original excited reaction to this savvy mix of silken song, dazzling dance and silly story – high-brow art in a pas de deux with middle-brow entertainment. This fourth Broadway production does."
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"Playgoers who haven't walked away from a Broadway musical beaming since before they can remember should head over to Times Square...Comden and Green pioneered a fast and funny, comic sketch-style musical comedy while Bernstein loaded in a mixture of show tunes and highbrow stuff...This On the Town would leave them tickled pink and leaping for joy."
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"Director John Rando, choreographer Joshua Bergasse and music director James Moore have mined the show for all its raw poignance, without sacrificing any of its jazzy wit or exuberant romanticism...The result is a portrait of Town's primary subjects, New York City and young love, that will leave you both exhilarated and haunted."
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"John Rando's altogether loving, good-humored, skimpy-looking but imaginative frolic...We miss the shadow of World War II that surely must hover over young men on their last 24-hour shore leave before shipping out. Instead, this just is a breezy, peppy, pleasantly libidinous valentine to New York-New York that respects Leonard Bernstein's jazzy brainy score with a lush 28-piece orchestra."
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