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Clive Barnes

Also writes for: The New York Times

Reviews

8

Average

81

Highest

95

Lowest

63

374th most prolific critic·624th most generous scorer
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The Phantom of the Opera

“This is not simply one of the longest-running Broadway musicals – it is, more important, one of the all-time best Broadway musicals.”

Wicked
Wicked

New York Post · Oct 31, 2003

63

“What is spectacular about the show is the spectacle.”

Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!

New York Post · Oct 19, 2001

85

“‘Mamma Mia!’ flies as tuneful as a lark and as smart as a cuckoo.”

Proof
Proof

New York Post · Oct 25, 2000

85

“Yet Auburn, in his first Broadway outing, provides characters behaving credibly and natural dialogue without a single stagy phrase stumbling the flow and also ensures the tension is handsomely sustained.”

Rent
Rent

New York Post · Feb 25, 1996

77

“'Rent' builds a genuine emotional momentum. His characters, based on Puccini's, become a self-created family we care about.”

Jersey Boys

“It's a Broadway commonplace that the most important thing about a musical is the book - but no one goes out singing the book, so it's a commonplace often forgotten.”

Clive Barnes - Broadway Critic at New York Post | Broadway Scorecard