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Review - White Christmas - Charm That's a Little Chilly

New York Times

Just Like the Ones You Used to Know: Song, Dance and Fluffy White Endings
You’d have to be in a desperately, even pathologically nostalgic mood to derive much joy from the stage retread of “White Christmas.”

New York Daily News

No business like snow business
After playing in other U.S. cities for the past four years, "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" has finally made it to New York. As Broadway musicals go, it's a little creaky. But as a holiday fun, it's light and bright and boasts some great numbers.

amNY

Theater Review of White Christmas
As far as holiday entertainment goes, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” easily wins our vote for the most professional and crowd-pleasing show in an overstuffed genre that includes “The Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” “Wintuk,” “A Christmas Carol,” “The Nutcracker” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

Newsday

'White Christmas': Straightforward and old-fashioned, without any added tinsel

New York Post

Oh,it's all 'White'
Let it be noted for the record that I'm a sucker for Christmas. The ending of "Miracle on 34th Street" still makes me tear up, and don't even get me started on Judy Garland singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." So it's more than a little disappointing that the Broadway production of "Irving...

New York Journal-News

"White Christmas"? Humbug
"Irving Berlin's White Christmas" is a road show that could travel in an SUV - mostly flat sets with a "Lawrence Welk Show" feeling....

Hartford Courant

"Irving Berlin's White Christmas" Remains A Classic

Bergen Record

Light 'White Christmas'

Associated Press

Bland 'White Christmas' Dilutes Its Holiday Cheer

Bloomberg.com

Berlin's `Christmas' Brings Old Tunes, Great Sets to Broadway: John Simon
Folks nostalgic for old-time movie musicals may want to see “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” at the Marquis Theatre in Times Square.

Variety

Review: Irving Berlin's White Christmas
There hasn't been this much tap-dancing on a Broadway stage since "42nd Street." Yet despite its relentless effervescence, "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" is most alive in its gentler, more melancholy moments -- few as there are. Arriving in New York after multiple regional stops in the past four seasons, and aiming to establish itself as an annual holiday engagement, this somewhat mechanical show feels like a road production ...

TheaterMania

Review: Irving Berlin's White Christmas
The stage adaptation of the 1954 film is merry and bright.

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Never let it be said that Santa doesn’t work in mysterious ways. Look what he’s already dropped down the chimney: Blackouts! Scenes-in-one! Full-stage sets! A 24-piece orchestra! Short of world peace, it’s hard to imagine a more bountiful fulfillment of your grandest yuletide wishes than Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, which just opened at the Marquis: a tuneful, two-and-a-half-hour vacation to 1954. . . .