'Great Gatsby' review: Broadway musical messes up beloved novel
by New York Post
New York Post— Forget East Egg and West Egg. The creators of the new musical “The Great Gatsby,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, have laid an egg. This song-and-dance version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s enduring 1925 novel about, among other things, American excess in the aftermath of World War I, is excessive all right. The gaudy barrage
The Guardian—The Great Gatsby review – a literary classic becomes a Broadway dud. The Broadway Theatre, New YorkF Scott Fitzgerald’s novel makes an underwhelming transfer to the stage in a bombastic yet misfiring new productionThe musical currently playing at the Broadway Theatre, twirling drunkenly in 1920s opulence, is The Great Gatsby.Though, perhaps, the latest revival of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel should be renamed The Gimmicky Gatsby. An attempt to evoke awe through hyper-extended dance intervals and flaccid sets, this remount prioritizes a good time over any purposeful...
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Vulture—Can You Teach an Old Sport New Tricks? The Great Gatsby on Broadway. Singing through the ash dump.