Theater Review: Without Gosling or geese, Broadway's 'The Notebook' goes for the guts, without guile
by Mark Kennedy
Mar 15, 2024
3 minutes
The romantic tearjerker “The Notebook” lands on Broadway in awkward musical theater form this spring having previously conquered books and movies. It is intent now on making a live audience openly weep by employing massive doses of schlocky sentimentality without the aid of Ryan Gosling.
The bombastic musical that opened Thursday at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre is about a love for the ages but has understated songs by , who offers coffee house vibes instead of passion's thunder. The book by Bekah Brunstetter
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