“It is not much to remember from a show that clocks in at nearly three hours and had such formidable potential.”
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“ ‘New York, New York’ is an affection project: a loving group tribute, with 40 producers above the title, to the 96-year-old Kander, one of Broadway’s most beloved creators. It’s an excuse for a big, old-fashioned dance on not-quite-finished materials.” 
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“Theatregoers will recognize that Susan Stroman’s production, although it feels unfinished, is a love letter to the pair and their achievements in the genre. A revue would perhaps have been more appropriate than sticking half-developed characters with the songbook and hoping for the best.”
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“There is nothing wrong with a little New York boosterism. This show has more than a little — and a frustrating lack of critical perspective...I wanted something more historically grounded and nuanced...or, at the very least, with more grit.”
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“The performances are polished to a bright finish, even if the book by David Thompson, co-written by Sharon Washington, feels as busy as rush-hour traffic in the Times Square of yore. ”
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“Even the rosiest-hued urban utopia can get a bit tiresome when it’s this overstuffed with good intentions...’New York, New York’ doesn’t exactly sleep, but it never fully wakes up either.”
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“In those final moments, you think to yourself that all this show really needed was a greatly enhanced sense that New Yorkers actually do fall in love with each other because they are otherwise lonely. Just like everywhere else.”
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“It’s a lot of striving to pack into a single show, and demands a similar sort of tolerance for too-muchness as New York itself does. But it’s all rendered with spectacular stagecraft”
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