Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz
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Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz
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Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz NJ Reviews and Tickets

87%
(169 Ratings)
Positive
93%
Mixed
6%
Negative
1%
Members say
Entertaining, Great singing, Delightful, Great acting, Must see

About the Show

Paper Mill Playhouse's new musical chronicles Judy Garland’s early career from vaudeville baby to MGM teen star in the making, and features such classics as “Over the Rainbow” and “You Made Me Love You.”

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Show-Score Member Reviews (169)

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134 Reviews | 22 Followers
98
Riveting, Must see, Enchanting, Great singing, Entertaining

See it if The story of Judys life is painful but this show uses songs and great singing to make it understanding and why things happened in her life

Don't see it if if you want to see a light comedy

67 Reviews | 5 Followers
95
Great staging, Great singing, Clever, Entertaining

See it if You loved Judy Garlien or love tap

Don't see it if You don’t like musicals and funny scenes

148 Reviews | 79 Followers
91
Biographical, Great acting, Great singing, Absorbing, Entertaining

See it if You're a Judy Garland fan, or just a good biography &/or musical lover! The more mature the viewer the better! Look for another production

Don't see it if You haven't the slightest interest in Judy Garland's early life no matter how well the great musical numbers are performed!

74 Reviews | 13 Followers
91
Great acting, Great singing, Entertaining, Absorbing, Delightful

See it if you love the early songs of Judy Garland in a big Broadway production

Don't see it if you are looking for contemporary Broadway-style songs

76 Reviews | 17 Followers
90
Masterful, Riveting, Entertaining, Delightful, Absorbing

See it if You are interested in theater history and/or are a Judy Garland fan.

Don't see it if You don't enjoy watching adorable little girls perform!

81 Reviews | 14 Followers
90
Delightful, Enchanting, Entertaining, Great singing

See it if You want to see a big, broadway musical in NJ. The singing and dancing numbers were incredible.

Don't see it if You hate musicals. You hate NJ. Read more

151 Reviews | 19 Followers
89
Judy garland's early life, Gorgeous musical arrangements, Great lead & ensemble, Entertaining, Delightful

See it if you like movie star biopics with clever re-purposing of Judy Garland's many hit songs. For those who remember her and the studio system.

Don't see it if you have no idea who she is, the people in her career and what she is famous for.

300 Reviews | 65 Followers
88
Great dancing, Entertaining, Relevant, Enchanting, Delightful

See it if you want to see how Baby Frances Gumm became Judy Garland and all she had to go through to get there

Don't see it if you are looking for a Wizard of Oz rehash...there are ruby slippers and some references to it but that's all

Critic Reviews (14)

Variety
October 22nd, 2019

"Judy Garland Bio ‘Chasing Rainbows’ The biopic with Renée Zellweger is a perfect set-up for this new musical about Judy Garland's early years."
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Theatermania
October 9th, 2019

"Judy Garland Finally Gets a Happy Ending in 'Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz': Garland's rise to fame as 'the girl next door' at MGM is onstage at Paper Mill Playhouse."
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BroadwayWorld
October 7th, 2019

"'CHASING RAINBOWS: THE ROAD TO OZ' at Paper Mill Playhouse-An Exhilarating New Musical Theatre Production"
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Talkin' Broadway
October 8th, 2019

"'Chasing Rainbows' is a lively, intelligently entertaining, 1930s jukebox musical. It is very well written, choreographed, directed and performed."
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CurtainUp
October 9th, 2019

"Whether you are fans of the Judy who...went down the yellow brick road in the 1939 classic, or of the incomparable adult superstar...this delightful new musical is clearly calculated to bring waves of laughter, an occasional tear and mostly appreciative applause. It does."
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Front Mezz Junkies
October 11th, 2019

"Overflowing with classic songs that are wound in and around the young MGM star's rise. it is in daddy's eyes and voice that we are being truly gifted by this musical. Max von Essen as the troubled father,..steals the show from under those Ruby shoes, giving the most nuanced portrayal on that big wide stage."
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Times Square Chronicles
October 7th, 2019

"'Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz'"
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NJ.com
October 9th, 2019

"'Chasing Rainbows' is a hollow Judy Garland story at Paper Mill: review"
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