School of Rock - The Musical (NYC)
School of Rock - The Musical (NYC)
Closed 2h 15m NYC: Midtown W
86% 3K+ reviews
86%
(3152 Ratings)
Positive
94%
Mixed
5%
Negative
1%
Members say
Entertaining, Funny, Delightful, Great singing, Clever

About the Show

Based on the hit Jack Black film, this musical comedy features songs by 'Jesus Christ Superstar' composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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Critic Reviews (62)

The New York Times
December 6th, 2015

"'School of Rock' doesn’t strain to mix whimsy with grandeur...For its first half, at least, it charmingly walks the line between the cute and the precious…In the more lazily formulaic second act, you can taste glucose in the air. But mostly, 'Rock' is surprisingly easy to swallow, in large part because everyone involved seems to be having such a fine time...Family audiences should be grateful for a Lloyd Webber show that only wants to have fun and hopes that you do, too."
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Time Out New York
December 6th, 2015

"It worked for the movie, and wow, does it work on Broadway, a double jolt of adrenaline and sugar to inspire the most helicoptered of tots to play hooky and go shred an ax…This is one tight, well-built show: underscoring the emotional arcs, and knowing when to get out of the way and let the kids jam. 'School of Rock' has absorbed the diverse lessons of 'Rent,' 'Spring Awakening' and 'Matilda' and passes them on to a new generation."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
December 6th, 2015

"'School of Rock' has a fair amount to offer...The kids are terrific: They sing very well and play their own instruments…Webber grabs whatever tropes seem handy, from power to glitter to punk, garbling our understanding of Dewey’s inner soundscape...Anyway, Lloyd Webber isn’t the problem.The problem is what the point is, and that falls on Fellowes, who has not resolved, but rather exposed, the confusions latent in the material."
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The Wall Street Journal
December 9th, 2015

"Turning 'School of Rock' into a musical isn’t the worst idea in the world, and if you need a safe, undemanding show to take your baby-boom parents to see over the holidays, it’ll do perfectly fine—but if that sounds like lukewarm praise, it is...I’ve seen worse and so have you...Just be forewarned: This is the kind of musical that sends you home wanting to rent the movie. I don’t know about you, but that’s not why I go to the theater."
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Deadline
December 6th, 2015

"Exuberantly loud, high-spirited and upbeat...While none of the songs is equal to Webber’s best they’re more than good enough...The show mirrors a little too baldly the 'Kinky Boots' thing of having a nasty bitch of a fiancée drive the plot, and the stereotyping of the boy-who-would-be costume designer is de trop. These are not small issues, but they’re subsumed by the fact that this is a fable…You may have forgotten all of it before you leave, but you will be leaving with a big smile."
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New York Daily News
December 6th, 2015

"The impressively pedigreed creative team of this wildly energetic but uneven show hews close to the source…Most of the new songs tend to be just okay at best. Kids singing about parents who ignore them for them feels generic. And at many points during Act I, the music is just too loud for its own good, suppressing what may be decent lyrics under amplified purple haze…The show wants to rock your socks off, but it just moves in fits and starts and feels labored."
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Variety
December 6th, 2015

"An exuberant feel-good musical…A cast of super-talented kids who rock out on the kind of songs you always wished had been in the movie…Webber has the ideal sensibility to relate to children whose freakish talents might make them seem a little bit…peculiar…Thankfully, nothing savage has been done to the original film story…The creatives have given the children a sensitive backstory about their parents and home lives that’s missing from the movie."
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The Hollywood Reporter
December 6th, 2015

"It might sound lame to suggest that 'School of Rock' works in large part because of the charms of a bunch of adorable kids. But their infectious delight as they etch their distinct personalities and seize both their individual and collective right to be heard is irresistible…Some of Lloyd Webber's more traditional numbers feel like filler…The direction of Connor is not always the most elegant…But the minute they launch into ecstatic head-banging, pogoing release, all is forgiven."
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Cast and creative team

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer
Glenn Slater
Lyricist
Laurence Connor
Director
Justin Collette
Dewey Finn
Theodora Silverman
Swing
Morgan Rose
Swing
Layla Capers
Tomika
Duke Cutler
Swing
Mikey Sohn
Swing(U/S Freddy, Lawrence, Billy, Mason)
Darrow Goulb
James
Jeremy Woodard
Ensemble
Matthew Jost
Zack
Jordan Cole
Lawrence
Hudson Loverro
Billy
Nirvaan Pal
Mason
Mamie Parris
Principal Rosalie Mullins
Caroline Basu
Swing
Diane Phelan
Mrs. Hathaway/Adult Ensemble
Lizzie Klemperer
Ensemble (U/S Rosalie, Ms.Sheinkopf)
Ava Briglia
Summer
Analisa Leaming
Rosalie Mullins (Previous)
Lori Eve Marinacci
Patty
Gabrielle Greene
Tomika (Prevoius)
Jonathan Gould
Ned
Zachary Zwelling
Zack (Previous)
Montgomery Lamb
Katie
Jim Kaplan
Lawrence (Previous)
John Allyn
Billy (previous)
Madison Elizabeth Lagares
Shonelle/Understudy for Tomika
Katie Greendorfer
Madison
Levi Buksbazen
Freddy
Cory Logan
James (Previous)
Iggy Rosado
Mason (Previous)
Badia Farha
Ms. Sheinkopf
Sarah Walsh
Marcy
Conner John Gillooly
Dewey Finn Alternate
John Hemphill
Ensemble (U/S Ned,Gabe Brown, Mr. Sandford, Jeff Sanderson
Madalen Yarbrough Mills
Sophie
Nehal Joshi
Adult Ensemble (previous)
Cassie Okenka
Adult Ensemble
Josh Tower
Snake / Mr. Mooneyham / Adult Ensemble
Joel Waggoner
Stanley / Mr. William / Adult Ensemble
J. Michael Zygo
Doug; Mr. Spencer; Adult Ensemble
John Arthur Greene
Theo / Adult Ensemble (Previous)
Michael Hartney
Ensemble (Bob, Mr. Hamilton,Cop, U/S Dewey)
Jonathan Wagner
Dewey Understudy/Adult Ensemble
Colin Lauri
Swing (Previous)
Jesse Swimm
Swing
Ellie Kim
Swing (previous)
Patrick O'Neill
Dance Captain/Swing (Previous)
Lulu Lloyd
Swing/Asst. Dance Captain
Ruth Righi
Marcy (previous)
Leo Ash Evens
Swing (previous)
Rachel Katzke
Katie (previous)
Walden Sullivan
Lawrence (previous)
Annabelle Wachtel
Marcy (previous)
Terrance Bell, Jr.
Mason (previous)
Demi Singleton
Sophie (previous)
Amadi Chapata
Tomika (previous)
Chloe Bryan
Madison (previous)
Andrew Kober
Ensemble (previous)
Jaygee Macapugay
Mrs. Hathaway/Adult Ensemble (previous)
Michael Cascetta
Swing (previous)
Natalie Charle Ellis
Adult Ensemble (previous)
Olivia Chun
Summer (previous
Sophia Kekllas
Swing (previous)
Katherine McLaughlin
Principal Rosalie Mullins (previous)
Julian Fellowes
Playwright
Anna Louizos
Set Designer and Costume Designer
Natasha Katz
Lighting Designer
Mick Potter
Sound Designer
JoAnn M. Hunter
Choreographer
The Nederlander Organization
Producer