She Loves Me (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (1,686)
See it if you love a sweet sweet musical with great singing and dancing and wonderful performances by all
Don't see it if you can't love
See it if You love a bright traditional musical with excellent casting and top notch production
Don't see it if If you wNr anything with depth and intensity
See it if You enjoy classic musicals.
Don't see it if You don't enjoy classic musicals.
See it if Great revival, great acting singing and inspired dance numbers. If you're a romantic, like good musicals and wonderful performances
Don't see it if You're into deep, non musicals.
See it if You want the most perfect production of this gem of a show. You will leave wanting to dance in the streets floating on air. Cast perfect.
Don't see it if You hate being in love and being charmed
See it if you love songs with beautiful music and brilliant lyrics, performed by a cast that's as good as the original (and that's high praise).
Don't see it if There is no conceivable reason not to see this show.
See it if you want to have your pants charmed off by Zachary Levi et al, you loved "You've Got Mail" or "The Shop Around the Corner"
Don't see it if you're averse to sentiment.
See it if you possibly can! A simply great score, and a charming story. Pure elegance!
Don't see it if I can't think of a reason not to see it. Just charming!
Critic Reviews (52)
"The current revival pays loving tribute to the strength of Masteroff’s book and Harnick and Bock’s songs while particularly celebrating the women of the cast...In too many musicals the music and lyrics merely echo the book or vice versa, but a great pleasure of 'She Loves Me' is in how the songs deepen and sometimes even contradict the conversation...So much sugar won’t be to everyone’s taste and one could wish for less passive female roles, but this entertainment is delectable."
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"A whimsical reminder of how good musicals can be. Every detail of this scrumptious treat is detailed...The score by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock and the book by Joe Masteroff is romantic, funny and endearing...Scott Ellis lets this piece shine by itself without gimmicks or tricks, and hones his actors so that we believe the truth of this simplistic story line that still steals our emotions...If you love musical theatre, this is the perfect homage to days gone by."
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"A fine new revival is as sweet and sugary as its most famous tune, but never loses touch with the characters’ pain and heartbreak...Levi and Benanti connect through their characters’ mutual underlying loneliness. They’re as charming as Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and they can also sing. Equally important, they never indulge in the usual musical-comedy tricks that attract Tony attention. Ellis wisely hands all that kind of Broadway shtick to the show’s ill-matched secondary couple."
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"Theatergoers who want to see why Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s 'She Loves Me' is a well-nigh perfect Broadway musical should head to Studio 54, where Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi and Jane Krakowski—and the book, music and lyrics—virtually gleam like crystal perfume bottles on a silver tray in the bright sun. As for those who don’t care about classical perfection and only want a warm, funny and bounteously romantic musical valentine, get your tickets now."
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"One of this well-crafted show's many accomplishments is that each character gets at least one song that both describes the character and advances the plot. The excellent cast does full justice to the wonderful music and lyrics...Director Scott Ellis, whose 1993 revival, also for Roundabout, was excellent, does even better this time out. I cannot imagine anyone not enjoying this wonderful production."
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"If it’s escape you’re after, you’ll find much to adore about Roundabout’s lavish, perfectly cast revival of 'She Loves Me'…Under the sure-handed direction of Scott Ellis, the production feels character-driven rather than hammy or old-fashioned, delivering both laughs and love story with a light touch…If the population feels a bit whitewashed and the women too lovesick by half for your modern tastes, you’ll at least have reason to be glad when the sugar high leads you back to the real world."
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"The production, directed with tender exactitude by Scott Ellis, now has the unstoppably appealing Laura Benanti and the equally winning Zachary Levi as the warring perfume sales clerks...About these songs: They have melodies that tumble against one another as if Bock and Harnick are giddy with the overlapping rush of spirited ideas and dance rhythms from waltzes to the habanera...Nothing is flashy or pushy. Everything is lovely."
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"The cast, led by Benanti and Levi, is lively and funny, Ellis' direction is charming, and the story and songs are as fresh and vital as they were when the show debuted. This is a musical about romance that, especially in this production, is genuinely romantic...the show gives everybody in the winning cast at least one number in which to shine...You wouldn't call 'She Loves Me' a dance musical, but it's physically alive...In every theatrical way, 'She Loves Me' is a treat."
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