Aida

Pros: Simone as Aida. Terrific! A few great dance #s.
Cons: Lack of continuity. Some weak parts.

On a whim last night my wife and I went to the TKTS booth in Times Square and decided to see a play. We were in the city to see an art show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We drove into the city and fortunately there was little traffic ...

Pros: Heather Headley, some good music, spirited choreography
Cons: distracting set and effects, Adam Pascal (in this role), the audience

Aida has been on Broadway at the Palace Theatre since March and tickets still aren't available at TKTS (the half price ticket booth). Why? Because it's a popular Disney production. To the general public, Disney is the greatest. I admit, I like Disney...

Pros: Spectacular sets and art direction; a few amusing moments.
Cons: Overpriced, cliched, unmemorable.

Hate it because it’s overpriced and average, and next to impossible to get tickets. This reinterpretation of the classic opera is Disney-fried medium well and tastes unchallenging, inoffensive, and utterly accessible. It’s the McDonald’s of musicals....

Pros: Heather Headley
Cons: hard to get tickets

Pros: Beauty, bronze, and belt! A story of impossible love, strife, and overcoming wrong.
Cons: Vocalist? You'll be jealous. Can't hold a tune? You'll start saving for lessons.

Two weeks after this production opened I sat in the nose bleed section of the balcony, in the middle of Times Square, with a permanent smile on my face even when the tears flowed from my eyes. Seeing the original cast was one of the best things I've...

Pros: Scenery is wonderful, Sherie Scott as Amneris is worth seeing
Cons: music leaves something to be desired

I wanted to like Aida. Yet another musical I'd been longing to see. I got my chance this week, and frankly, I wasn't missing anything. Sure, I had read the write-ups. I knew, beforehand, that the media panned this. Still, I couldn't resist. I enjoy...

Pros: Great sets, lighting,costumes and vocals too, the best part of AIDA.
Cons: Music doesn't stay with you, story is thin.

Let me first say that I love live theatre. I have my degree in theatre and would go to a play at the drop of a hat. I really hate bad theatre. AIDA isn't bad theatre but it isn't good theatre. Now before you go and rate this review awful because you...

Pros: great story, great music, great performers
Cons: no touring company yet, only available on Broadway

Recently, when a friend invited me to come to New York City with her, I jumped at the chance to see Broadway shows. The last time I was on Broadway was 10 years ago with my high school drama club, and we saw A Chorus Line and 42nd Street. The times...

Pros: Amazeing Score, Incredible acting and stageing
Cons: Not really great choreography

This one turns out to be the best musical since the Lion King. Elton John and Tim Rice do an amazing Job on this production. So first I'll fill you in on the basic understanding of the plot. Ramades who is an explorer of sorts for Egypt, is intended to...

Pros: Wonderful set design, good sound.
Cons: $85.00(normal broadway price, but costly nonetheless)

As a Christmas present, I was presented with two tickets to Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA, showing at the Palace Theater in Times Square. I had heard of the show, but was not familiar with the story or the music, so I set out to familiarize myself with...

Pros: Great Acting and Singing and Emoting
Cons: Could have a little more skimpy costumes for the men

The problem with Broadway is that musicals are pretty much the same old story told in a new way. How different are the plot points of Aida and Beauty and the Beast or Phantom or West Side Story, or, well, you get the idea. Boy and Girl meet. They...

Pros: Magnificent scenery/costumes/sets
Cons: The songs, the story, the mixed-up musical muddle

Don't think for a moment that this campy pop musical bears any resemblance to Verdi's classic opera except that they're both about an Egyptian captain who falls in love with his slave, the Nubian princess Aida. And this new "Aida" can't...

Pros: Bob Crowley's Sets
Cons: Every single song, Uneven book

Once again I'm mystified. Why doesn't someone step up during the development process of a musical and admit that something stinks? Wouldn't it be wiser to fold a flop before millions have been poured into it? I had hoped all of the kinks had been worked...

Pros: Singing, humor, fun
Cons: Predictable main character, anachronistic

After reading some other reviews in this area, my impression is that most people are perhaps too harsh with their criticisms. True, the musical is not in the same league as Phantom, Les Mis, or Lion King. However, the script is witty, singing is...

Pros: Aida beautifully sung, light fare
Cons: predictable, unmemorable music

Aida was entertaining. Not great, but light fare and entertaining. Basically, the story is about a Nubian princess who is captured by an Egyptian military captain, Radames, who then falls in love with her. Obviously things are not to be as he is...