"5/5 stars...The soundscape is gorgeous, lyrics landing with bell-like clarity...Of course, you expect a concert staging to be an earful. This one is, and then some. You can feel the insistent throbbing drumbeats in a way that only emanates from a live performance...Byrne’s essential onstage connections are 11 other ace performers who handle vocals, drums, strings, keyboard and movement so polished, tight and precise it could make a marching band or a rhythmic gymnastics squad each swoon."
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"David Byrne’s American Utopia can be described as a theatrical concert, but let’s call it what it really is: musical therapy for emotionally traumatized audiences...If there was any justice in the world, this show would remain on Broadway forever as a respite from future crises."
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"To say that there is a kinetic thrill emanating from the stage of the St. James Theatre at present is something of an understatement. What you get in David Byrne’s American Utopia is a hundred-minute jolt that stays with you long after you’ve exited onto 44th Street."
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"“David Byrne’s American Utopia” is the perfect first post-pandemic theater to see. It is unlike anything you've seen before - unless you've seen IT before. It is exuberant, joyful, mesmerizing, moving, thoughtful and fun! It is also completely safe. Vaccinations, ID and masks required."
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CRITIC’S PICK "‘American Utopia’ Is David Byrne’s Neighborhood: This jubilant production, choreographed by Annie-B Parson, transforms an icon of alienation into a cosmically cozy senior statesman."
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"There Is a Party, Everyone Is There: David Byrne’s 'American Utopia' on Broadway"
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"‘David Byrne’s 'American Utopia’ Seeks Paradise, No Wires Attached"
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"In optimistic ‘American Utopia,’ David Byrne offers up reasons to be cheerful"
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