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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Gloria Oladipo

The Great Gatsby review – a literary classic becomes a Broadway dud

a man and a woman kneeling on a bed on a stage
Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada in The Great Gatsby. Photograph: Matthew Murphy/Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

The musical currently playing at the Broadway Theatre, twirling drunkenly in 1920s opulence, is The Great Gatsby.

Though, perhaps, the latest revival of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel should be renamed The Gimmicky Gatsby. An attempt to evoke awe through hyper-extended dance intervals and flaccid sets, this remount prioritizes a good time over any purposeful recreation of the American classic.

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