Drury Lane Presents: An American in Paris Tickets

Absolutely perfect in every detail, whether you love dance, music or acting! Songs you know, dances you'll love. The cast puts everything on the line and comes up with an outstanding show.

The cast was very energetic. The music and dancing were excellent. A great day out.

This play American in Paris by far is one of the best plays we've ever seen....& we've seen plenty! As of right now it ranks as number 1. Talented actors, dancers whisked us away to Paris following this story. The scenery was even moved by dancers. So seamless. Give yourself a treat & GO!!!

The first half felt very long and boring and was somewhat hard to follow the storyline. A lot of overacting in instrumental numbers with little dialogue. The second half picked up the pace and was easier to follow. Overall the production dragged and was not as enjoyable as other Drury Lane shows. There were many dance numbers, including ballet elements, to illustrate the storyline but they were just not that entertaining or attention holding. (This is coming from an opera season ticket holder, too.) It was a challenge to stay engaged in the production. The costumes were beautiful and the music was good, but overall a boring show. Additionally, the ushers during this show may be new and need more training. It was chaos after scanning tickets and entering the small theatre for attendees to know whether to go left or right to the next ushers for seating. Most people would follow the heard one way only to be directed against foot traffic along the back of the theatre in the opposite direction to be seated. Many elderly people were in attendance too so this was quite challenging and time consuming to get out of a shoulder to shoulder crowd. Also, it was very distracting during the ending when two ushers prematurely began walking down the aisle with a walker to probably help someone closer to the stage exit once it ended. They did this 3-4 times starting to head half way down the aisle too soon & coming back up to wait before finally at the curtain drop heading against traffic with the walker to get the one person. They should have just waited for people to clear out a little first since it’s a small theatre anyway instead of going against traffic of a mostly senior audience down an aisle with no railings.

After seeing the film in theatre two weeks ago, decided to see live version. Thought the changes made the story better. Wonderful ensemble.

This production is exceptional and the theater as well. Kudos to director, cast and staff.

THE BEST production I have seen! What talent! Totally enjoyable experience. I would see this over and over. Good job Drury Lane.

Venue was excellent, performers were frankly all stars. The level of performance here was incredible and really enjoyable to watch. Found myself singing along several times and very involved in the characters. I have two main complaints, both of which are the musical's content itself, not the performance thereof (again, performance was excellent). 1) The musical itself is more dance-focused than plot-focused. As one example, toward the end there is a 17 minute ballet which more or less recaps the entire musical to that point. The style feels very old-timey, so may be appropriate with the original material (admittedly have not sen the original movie), but would love for the musical itself to focus more on the plot, plot development, and dialogue rather than explaining so much of it solely through dance. 2)The musical doesn't really give us a reason to root for the main character - especially in the era of Me Too, it's clear his actions are harassment and the fact that he somehow wins over the girl this way is a problematic plot point. The harassment in the musical isn't sexist - he in turn is coerced into a relationship by a woman who has power over his career - but acknowledgment of how problematic these actions are is clearly missing from the musical plot, and in fact characters are rewarded for this behavior. Interestingly, they frequently accuse another character, Henri, of taking advantage of his position and money to get the girl, but he's one of the few characters who actually doesn't seem to be doing that - he seems naive about the power differential, and steps back when he realizes the dynamic may be influencing Lise's decisions more than he'd thought. In contrast, Jerry and Caroline seem to be aggressive and/or predatory and less willing to listen and act on the problems they are causing others, a far more problematic presentation. To sum up, the musical was excellently performed and would recommend to anyone interested in old-timey musicals. Would recommend the program/cast somehow acknowledge the unhealthy dynamics of the characters presented in the musical, and put them in context.

We were impressed with the entire production, the dancing, the singing, the acting, and of course the music. The pit orchestra did very well. This was a high quality experience. I recommend ti everyone. Well worth your time and money. The venue was very nice as well.

Gershwin’s songs from earlier times, great dancing, predictable plot.. Very enjoyable show One of Drury Lane Best