First Night Who gives a damn about substance when the glitz is this dazzling

The months-long cheesy poster campaign for this Broadway musical adapted from F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel of wealthy amorality in the Roaring Twenties had me fearing the worst.

- NICK CURTIS CHIEF THEATRE CRITIC

In performance this Gatsby turns out to be a sleek, ravishingly designed ocean liner of a show, with enough musical oomph and vocal power to distract you from the hollowness at its heart.

The score by Jason Howland blends pop-power anthems with Jazz Age influences and even a little ragtime; Nathan Tysen’s lyrics are deftly witty, though Kait Kerrigan's book tends towards the portentous.

It’s staged with pizzazz by the original Broadway director/choreographer team of Marc Bruni and Dominique Kelley. Strong performances from Frances Mayli McCann's Daisy Buchanan and Amber Davies's Jordan Baker make up for the insipidity of Jamie Muscato as the titular antihero and Corbin Bleu as our narrator, Nick Carraway.