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The Great Gatsby has officially opened on Broadway in New York City! Featuring Tony nominated actors Jeremy Jordan as the title role and Eva Noblezada as the leading lady Daisy, The Great Gatsby is now open at The Broadway Theatre with ticket sales available until 24 November of this year. Following reviews from the opening night fans may have to say goodbye to Gatsby sooner than anticipated.
Based off of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby embodies the height of the jazz age roaring 1920’s and all the traps that came with it including forbidden romance, flappers dancing at parties, everyone drinking booze, and mysterious millionaires. Jay Gatsby, played by Jeremmy Jordan attempts to reunite with his long lost love Daisy Buchanan played by Eva Noblezada. To aid in his attempts he recruits his neighbour Nick Carraway played by Noah J. Ricketts who happens to be Daisy’s cousin.
Featured above is Jeremy Jordan playing Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby.
This Broadway premiere comes after a sold-out run at Paper Mill Playhouse last autumn. The cast for the Broadway run features Noah J. Ricketts as Nick Carraway whose acting credits include his recent role of Kristoff in Disney’s Frozen on Broadway, Samantha Pauly as Jordan Baker who was the original Katherine Howard in SIX on Broadway, Sara Chase as Myrtle Wilson who is best known for her role as molewoman Cyndee Pokorny on the Netflix series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”, John Zdrojeski as Tom Buchanan, Paul Whitty as George Wilson, and Eric Anderson as Meyer Wolfsheim who is best known for his recent role as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway.
Featured above is Noah J. Ricketts (Left) Sara Chase (Middle) and John Zdrojeski (Right) in The Great Gatsby.
The creative team held their liquor when it came to putting a great party on the stage. Dominique Kelley’s choreography brings the 1920’s to life with classic dances throughout the show. Paul Tate DePoo III had his dream come alive as the set and projections portrayed the glamorous yet mournful life of Jay Gatsby. Linda Cho designed costumes that immersed everyone on stage back in a time of flappers and divas. It seems however that crucial changes were made to the story such as forgoing Gatsby’s backstory entirely and giving Daisy a feminist ballad in her final scene.
Unfortunately, like the original novel, mixed reviews about The Great Gatsby are already pouring in. Variety magazine has printed that the show “has glamour but little grit” and asks “Does a good host and a fun party make a great ‘Great Gatsby’?”.
The Guardian gave the show a shockingly low 2 out of 5 stars stating:
“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 recreation of the American classic.”
The New York Stage Review gave an appalling review saying:
“This musical take on The Great Gatsby presents Jay Gatsby and Daisy Fay Buchanan as a sympathetic couple caught in unfortunate Jazz Age circumstances. In other words, the transfiguration of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is, sorry to report, a travesty.”
If reviews continue in this similar fashion, it’s likely that the party will end sooner than expected for The Great Gatsby on Broadway.
Janine has always been a part of music and performing. The first show that inspired her to go into theatre was the Velveteen Rabbit which she saw as a child, and Drew works to keep that magic alive in her work. When Drew was accepted into an internship program for audio engineering at a recording studio, she jumped at the opportunity. That was at the start of 2020, and so much has happened since then, both in her career and in the world. Since then, Drew has taken several opportunities to work at recording studios, concerts, festivals, and even large theatres while spending some time on tour. Drew's favorite by far though, has been the chance to work on Broadways and West End shows, as this was a dream come true. Drew is honoured to get to share these experiences from being inside the entertainment industry.
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