“New York, New York” Review: The show based on the 1977 Martin Scorsese movie musical has five lyricists and writers, and it feels like all of the writers got to do their own thing. Tribune critic ChrisJonesTrib has more.
Richard Gatta, Ben Davis, Anna Uzele, Wendi Bergamini, Giovanni Bonaventura, Kristine Covillo in"New York, New York" at the St. James Theatre in New York.
But in a single Broadway musical, especially one based on a famously edgy and jazzy 1977 Martin Scorsese movie musical, you have to pick your lane, lest your audience check out from a story where one scene does not flow logically into the next.
Here, both Uzele and Ryan are spirited singers and lively solo players, but it feels like they exist on separate planes. They certainly communicate their disappointment with each other well, as they both try to “make it here” but they don’t show any particular need for, or infatuation with, each other, or, indeed for love in general.
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