"Superb...a riot of colour and movement, with irresistible dance routines and a wealth of Gershwin classics."

Michael Billington, The Guardian

"A breathtakingly fresh musical in which love and rebirth after war are embodied in ecstatic, transporting movement."

The Hollywood Reporter

"Just plain gorgeous... pays loving tribute to the 1951 movie, to the marriage of music and movement, and to cherished notions about romance that have been a defining element of the American musical theater practically since its inception. Just about everything in this happily dance-drunk show moves with a spring in its step, as if the newly liberated Paris after World War II were an enchanted place in which the laws of gravity no longer applied. Even the elegant buildings on the grand boulevards appear to take flight."

Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

"What really makes the show feel fresh is the context in which Lucas has reconceived it... deepening and darkening the material so it now seems genuinely relevant for our own war-torn age."

Variety

"An American in Paris weds music and movement, song and story with such exhilarating brio that you may find your own feet fidgeting under your seat before it’s over, and your heart alight with a longing to be swept up in the dance."

The New York Times

"Sublime... exuberant... elegant... conveys with grace and style the heartfelt romance and emotional colors that keep us enchanted until the last beautiful note has been sung."

Associated Press

"It’s got starlight, it’s got sweet dreams and, yes, it’s got rhythm too. You almost feel you couldn’t ask for anything more, but this Gershwin musical also has that indefinable something called grace, a lightness that would out-soufflé even Julia Child, and a joie de vivre that lifts it, and us, all night long."

The Times