42nd Street (Sadler's Wells)
42nd Street (Sadler's Wells)
82% 33 reviews
82%
(33 Ratings)
Positive
91%
Mixed
9%
Negative
0%
Members say
Entertaining, Delightful, Great staging, Great singing, Enchanting

About the Show

Jonathan Church directs a new production of a classic musical featuring spectacular tap-dancing numbers.

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Critic Reviews (8)

London Theatre
June 15th, 2023

โ€œItโ€™s never going to be the most profound musical, but itโ€™s a charmer...If you want to see a talented ensemble tapping up a storm in a show teeming with catchy tunes and retro pleasures, then dance your feet down to โ€˜42nd Streetโ€™.โ€
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The London Evening Standard
June 15th, 2023

โ€œJonathan Churchโ€™s production is an odd mix of big-budget glitz and touring-show mediocrity. It can shift you from elation to boredom and back again within minutes. Luckily, elation mostly wins.โ€
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WhatsOnStage
June 14th, 2023

โ€œItโ€™s not really a show about character. But the care given to the story grounds the song and dance...the soft-shoe blend shown in โ€˜42nd Streetโ€™ send you off into the night, full of the joy of tapping in unison with such skill and style.โ€
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All That Dazzles (UK)
June 15th, 2023

โ€œ...this latest production breathes new life into the show with inspired choices...When you factor in the truly stunning cast, you have a show that is impossible to fault. This is up there with the greatest productions of โ€˜42nd Streetโ€™ and in some respects might be better than ever before. Absolutely perfect, this is musical theatre at its very best.โ€
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The Telegraph (UK)
June 15th, 2023

โ€œA โ€˜42nd Street โ€˜without virtuoso routines is no 42nd Street at all, but Churchโ€™s production is a triumph of incandescent liquid choreography, the tap dancing sequences so mesmeric and weightless they induce a sort of trance...If you want to feel the beat of the dancing feet, this really is the only show in town.โ€
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The Guardian (UK)
June 15th, 2023

โ€œ โ€˜42nd Streetโ€™ is a frivolous show, utter fantasy, that bounces along very nicely; a paean to showbiz and the restorative power of a strictly rehearsed song and dance number.โ€
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The Stage (UK)
June 15th, 2023

โ€œIt is rather more of a modest stream โ€“ but megawatt exuberance all round makes the production, from Leicester Curve, feel bigger.โ€
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Lost in Theatreland (UK)
June 15th, 2023

It has a fantastic cast, great choreography, and a timeless plot. This production of 42nd Street is a flashy, fun, and fantastic homage to everything Broadway โ€“ and theatre in general โ€“ can be.
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