"The costumes and the sets were amazing! The choreography/dancing was exciting and exceptional. It was a fast moving, entertaining play that we would highly recommend. Sarah Hyland was great as Daisy. Extremely talented cast!"
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Janice D from Indialantic on Jun 8, 2025
The sets & costumes were amazing!
"I haven't been to Broadway in over a decade so this was a real treat. The Broadway theater is great - seems like not a bad view in the house. I really loved the musical's backdrops, the costumes, and the dancing (all 4-5 stars). The actors were also good & the lead (Gatsby) and a few other main characters had great voices. I would say the storyline is 'so-so' and the music itself is just okay, but overall it's great entertainment. "
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Kimberly C from Chicago on May 19, 2025
Not for me.
"It was an Ok musical. Not the best. I wouldn't take kids to see it."
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Broadway.com Customer on Apr 21, 2025
A Wild Sad Story
"Staging, costumes were great. Songs and dances added to the story line and advanced the action. A very enjoyable party till the very sad ending. Well acted. Followed the book's stor line. "
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jean D from Brooklyn on Apr 6, 2025
Loads of that Broadway Magic from start to end!
"Loved the surprise and mystery all along the whole show! I wondered how they would interpret certain aspects of the book!
So well done! Great talent!"
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Broadway.com Customer on Mar 24, 2025
Good choice for broadway especially if you can get half price tickets
"Show was good represented the book. Well in the movie. I just felt the play went about 15 minutes too long in the end. The seats were very uncomfortable."
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Nicholas L from columbus on Dec 27, 2024
Plot development felt rushed!
"The first half seemed rushed trying to build the plot. I wish they had reimagined it instead. The original parts of the play were very good. All the scenes seemed rushed to add in some movie elements and original elements and at times it was a little too staged for my liking. The set design was masterful and beautiful, and the costuming was visually stunning! The actors were great and so were the songs. Definitely glad we saw it but would rank it in the middle range when compared to other works we’ve seen. "
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Lisa D from Birmingham on Oct 13, 2024
In general --F.Scott would be pleased !
"The story was the same. The costumes were colorful, the dancing was energetic, the sets were absolutely amazing. The music was OK - lively, but not hum - able. What I didn't like was the singing. There is a difference between singing and shouting. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Jul 29, 2024
Videos enhanced stunning sets and tap dancers a smash
"I liked the costumes, dancing—especially tap dancing—singing, sets—videos enhanced the look of the production.
High notes seemed almost out of place for Gatsby.
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Broadway.com Customer on Jul 8, 2024
Gatsby's a hard shift to a musical
"The cast, their singing and the acting, was great. No pun intended. The problem with transferring Gatsby to a musical is a tough one to tackle. The mood of the novel, and the spiral toward tragedy, don't quite match with song and dance down to the murder and Nick's pronouncement about time and recapturing the past.
This Gatsby was a little brassy, a little too self-assured. His front in the novel is the tragic belief we all see from the beginning that the past can be relived. In the novel we see that playing off against every sign pointing to the fact that this is simply not the case. There's a tragic naiveté to his philosophy that comes up hard against every fact.
One of the things that particularly did not work well was Wolfsheim's relationship to Gatsby. In the novel, there is a dark, pretty deep almost affection on the mysterious mentor's part, and a much cloudier past relationship that evaporates in the play script. He would never say that he could break Gatsby if he wanted to. He respects him too much.
Gatsby's not a singer. He a desperate man living a grasping, gasping interior life that just can't fool itself in the end."
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Lanning L from Honolulu on Sep 29, 2025
Not so great Gatsby
"As a fan of the book and the original film I just couldn't love this production. Too much of the integral text was glossed over or left out completely. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Sep 1, 2025
Slick production, but...
"A really good show, very slick, great singing, very professional, but...in terms of the acting it lacked soul and a connection with the essence of the story Great Gatsby. It felt like the show is being used as a vehicle for the latest up and coming actors largely just to show-case their abilities. Razz m tazz, but hollow."
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Oliver J from Warwick on Mar 2, 2025
Stage design disappointing
"The stage design is disappointing. Most of the design is just high definition TV backdrop. Not much 3D stage props with the special effects like other Broadway Shows I have seen. But for children over 10 yrs old it will be a fun experience to watch. Nice costumes! "
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Angela S from New York on Oct 31, 2024
A fun spectacle
"Liked the stage setting, costumes and dance routines. The book adaptation is OK, some important parts are skipped (Gatsby's real back story) and the character of Daisy is certainly not represented as it truly is in the book. While it does depict the privilege and selfishness of her and the rich, it could have been handled better. "
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Karin S from Bonita Springs on Oct 1, 2024
I've had Better
"This is a slow-roll. For the first few minutes, you are wondering "What in the heck is going on? Who is this guy?"
It's not clear if the first character is a narrator or someone important to the story (spoiler; it's the latter).
The dialog is meh. The dance numbers are so-so. More "flare" and "oo-ah" than entertaining.
Everyone is there to see the two leads. That's it. The show really has nothing else to offer.
You will not be talking about the show after about a week.
Listen to the album. You know that one or two songs that you can actually stand putting on "repeat" a few times? Those are the best ones. And even those are left out to dry, to stand on their own. No foundation. No carry-over. No reason for the songs to really exist other than to have a couple of songs the two leads can show their talents with.
If you have one show to see, pick something else. Or stay home and watch the movie. It's the same story and is just as memorable.
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 9, 2024
Great, but caution
"Liked the sets, dancing, and music. Content inappropriate for kids!"
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 8, 2024
Loved the dancers
"The dancers were fantastic. The lead singers were very good. Not enough action in the play."
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 3, 2024
Meh.
"Choreography, costumes, set design, lighting, pit orchestra and the talent: all excellent. The production as a whole: nope. It didn’t know what it was doing or where it was going. Was it a comedy? It tried, but it shouldn’t have. For a musical set in the jazz age, some jazz - or even a nod to jazz - would’ve been welcome (frankly I think it was necessary). Each song sounded as if it had been composed for a different musical: no cohesiveness whatsoever. I can only remember one motif (“Dai——-sy!”). Early in Act II characters Nick and Jordan sang what I could only describe as a 1980s watered-down Jeffrey Osborne-esque song, but not a good one and not one that I can remotely remember (or want to). The ensemble was underused once Act I properly got underway. While the actor who played Nick is super talented, he made Nick sort of clownish. I don’t recall a clownish Nick from the book. Other than the costumes, I didn’t feel we were in 1925 (certainly not from the music). I also didn’t get a sense of the slow, sloppy, hot summers of Long Island that were depicted in the book. Perhaps this musical shouldn’t have been a musical at all. It would’ve made a brilliant play, as long as key parts of the book were included (many weren’t in the musical). Jeremy Jordan is of course a huge talent, but several times in his songs he emphasised a break in his voice that sounded almost like the beginning of a yodel. I’ve heard a few male MT stars do the same thing so I’m guessing it’s a fad, but one that I hope soon passes. Mr Jordan’s voice is glorious without it. All in all, TGG doesn’t know what it wants to or should be. At least that’s what screamed at me up in the mezzanine. It just didn’t work. PS The majority of the audience was shocked by the ending (which I won’t spoil here), judging by their gasps and screams. Is the book no longer on school reading lists?!"
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Renee M from London on Aug 3, 2024
Long and not particularly engaging.
"Sets were gorgeous. Singing was good, not great. Dancing was very good. Should cut at least one song fron act 2. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Dec 1, 2025
Great performers but would not see again
"I knew very little about the story before attending show. I was excited based on the reviews. Set design, performers, orchestra were all top notch! The main tap dance in the second act- absolutely incredible!!
Overall for me though, this was not a show that I loved with the storyline and I would not go see again. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 15, 2025
Great show, good performance, pretty unremarkable music
"The show and the performance were great and very Broadway style and scale. Pyrotechnics, a real car on stage, amazing decorations and costumes, very good voices and convincing performance.
And yet, I couldn’t appreciate the music at all. I don’t remember even a single tune. It all sounded kind of AI generated, “nice” and average. So if you are looking for a show with a good music, this is not the one. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Jun 4, 2025
It was okay but not great.
"Actors talented and working hard. But music and lyrics were not interesting or memorable. Loved the costumes and choreography.
Show and dialogue too over the top and dramatic."
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Broadway.com Customer on Mar 25, 2025
Too loud
"Liked the scenery, costumes and dancing. Didn’t like how loud everything was — voices, orchestra, and even the singing. Too loud to understand most of the lyrics. You should have subtitles so audience can understand the lyrics. It’s a shame that they are wasted because the singers are miked and do not enunciate clearly."
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Jill B from Paris on Mar 1, 2025
Ok
"They were good singers but I got bored easily the second half was better than the first."
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 14, 2024
Wonderful costumes and sets!
"It really didn’t translate very well into a musical. The actors were all great but the story itself did not work as a musical……at least for me. The costumes were amazing as were the different sets. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 12, 2025
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About
The Great Gatsby
The party's roaring on Broadway! The Great Gatsbyis a “great, big Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy” (Entertainment Weekly). Directed by Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), this story of extravagance and longing features choreography by Dominique Kelley (So You Think You Can Dance), a book by Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones) and a jazz- and pop-influenced original score by Jason Howland (Little Women) and Nathan Tysen (Paradise Square).
