All of the parts work smartly." Mark Kennedy for Associated Press Poignancy mixes well with humor, the songs are fresh and sweet, the set is blissful and the performances honest. "The show that opened Tuesday at the Broadhurst Theatre is wonderfully crafted, a Nicholaw hallmark. For all Tuck's thematic concerns with immortality, I doubt a long life awaits it in this competitive market for Broadway family fare." David Cote for Time Out New York "I can admire several elements here they just seem slightly misjudged or misaligned. "It's pretty crazy that this story about regret, mortality and big life choices - make that 'eternal life or death' choices - could end up so toothless." Elisabeth Vincentelli for New York Post "Sweetly wholesome but hyperactive new Broadway musical." Joe Dziemianowicz for New York Daily News "A warm-spirited and piercingly touching musical that has nothing flashy or splashy about it." Charles Isherwood for New York Times While there are musicals that one might prioritize over it on a limited budget, it is still a worthwhile engaging evening of theater. Tuck Everlasting is still a fine work of art for its family show genre. It's a shame that the whole show isn't as good as the second half. The lyrics by Nathan Tysen were at their best in two comedy songs, "You Can't Trust a Man," and "Hugo's First Case," but overall, Tuck Everlasting is not a comedy, so while the comedy songs were delightful, they made me wish for more comedy that wasn't there.Īn ineffectual, slow-paced Act 1 is followed by a solid and compelling Act 2 and a charming, emotionally-moving sustained dance sequence that concludes the musical. Most notable though is the marvelous comic timing of two secondary characters, Fred Applegate as Constable Joe and Michael Wartella as Hugo. The lead actor Sarah Charles Lewis plays Winnie Foster with yearning and joy, and Andrew Keenan Bolger as Jessie Tuck is spirited and likable. It has charm and poignancy in places, but a corny, dated feel elsewhere. This musical has much to recommend it, but overall it is inconsistent as a work of art. Along the way, an evil carney wants the health and financial benefits of this H2O and Jessie Tuck's family shows Winnie the pros and cons of their longevity.
He has found in essence, the fountain of youth, and asks Winnie to drink from the same fountain in six years so that they can be forever young 17-year olds together. She has a chance encounter with 17 year old Jessie Tuck (Andrew Keenan Bolger), who, due to having consumed water far more magical than San Pellegrino, is actually decades older than that. The story centers around an 11 year old girl, Winnie Foster (Sarah Charles Lewis). It has been adapted into a feature film twice and now takes it's place on Broadway as a musical with music by Chris Miller, lyrics by Nathan Tysen, and a book by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle. However, the Tucks hold a powerful secret, and Winnie must decide whether to return to her life or stay with the Tucks.Tuck Everlasting is a best-selling children's novel by Natalie Babbitt that questions whether immortality is as desirable as most of us imagine it to be. He and his family are kind and generous, and they immediately take her in as one of their own.
Winnie longs for a life outside the control of her domineering mother, and when lost in the woods near her home, she happens upon Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson), a boy unlike any she's ever met before. The story of Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel), a teenage girl on the cusp of maturity.
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