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New York Times

An Irish Immigrant in Missitucky With the Lowdown on High Finance
“Finian’s Rainbow,” the 1947 musical by Burton Lane and E. Y. Harburg, has received an ebullient Encores! revival at City Center.

NewYork Daily News

'Finian's Rainbow' is musical gold
With a peculiar plot that stirs together a love story, a leprechaun and a land-grabbin' bigoted white senator, "Finian's Rainbow" has all the makings of a potluck, not a pot of musical gold.

New York Post

Brief, dazzling vision
The rainbow is actually a light grid, but that's the only thing artifi cial about the new Encores! production of "Finian's...

Associated Press

A melodic 'Finian Rainbow' soars at New York City Center
Whimsy with a social conscience - and a glorious score.

Variety

Review: Finian's Rainbow
There are no ills, musical-theater-wise, that can't be cured by sending a cornucopia of bounteous melody mixed with irrepressible twinkle-eyed wit cascading across the footlights. That's the message to be heard at City Center this weekend, and those who hasten to the Encores! revival of "Finian's Rainbow" will be rewarded with a pot of golden tunes.

Back Stage

Finian's Rainbow (In Concert) reviewed by Erik Haagensen
Whenever Encores! concert staging of Finian's Rainbow is singing or dancing to its stunning collection of E.Y. Harburg-Burton Lane songs, you love the show you're near.

TheaterMania

Review: Finian's Rainbow
City Center Encores! revival of the classic 1940s musical about racial prejudice is simply wonderful.

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Finian's Rainbow
Take note, musical theatre lovers: Spring has now sprung. You can’t tell from the weather or the temperature, but one trip to City Center, at least until Sunday, and you’ll see that green is indeed busting out all over - with a fare dose of red, orange, yellow, blue, purple and, perhaps most importantly, black and white. The reason for the hue and cry is the solid-gold presentation of Finian’s Rainbow as part of the City Center Encores! concert series. . . .