Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice Off-Broadway

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice 2023

Opened: November 27, 2023
Closing: January 07, 2024

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MCC Theater

511 West 52nd St New York, NY 10019

Tony® and Olivier Award-winning actor and songwriter GAVIN CREEL (HELLO, DOLLY!, INTO THE WOODS) had never been to The Metropolitan Museum of Art…until now. Inspired by the countless hours he spent wandering through the world-renowned collections of the museum for a MetLiveArts commission, WALK ON THROUGH is a thrilling new musical event featuring 17 original, infectious, pop-infused songs. In his theatrical songwriting debut, Creel takes us on an intimate, relatable journey of discovery and transformation through the lens of the art that captured his imagination. Whether you are a museum lover or a fellow novice, this show invites you to take a walk with Creel and engage with art, song, and the creative process in a fresh and new way.

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Gavin Creel

Ryan Vasquez

Sasha Allen

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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice

‘Walk on Through’ Review: Dispatches, in Song, From a Museum Novice

5 / 10

Superficiality is a bane of this uncertain show, for which Creel wrote the book, lyrics and soft-pop music. Commissioned by the Met’s Live Arts Department, and performed at the museum in 2021, it has the dispiriting feel of an advertisement for the Met’s collections — and despite the dozens of artworks projected upstage, not a persuasive one. Try though Creel does to convince us that he eventually succumbed to the museum’s magic, little of “Walk on Through” seems heartfelt. A lot of it seems forced, as if he is trying to deliver what he thinks is expected in response to the art: profundity, epiphany.

‘Walk on Through’ Off Broadway Review: Gavin Creel Casts Himself as a Museum Virgin

7 / 10

“Walk on Through” is at its best when Creel chucks his life story to delve into his very idiosyncratic yet universal feelings and ideas about art. Like, how looking at lots of perfect marble buttocks and pecs can be a great aphrodisiac. Or, what happens when you fall in love with the guy in Vesvolod Mikhailovich Garshin’s “Illia Repin” who turned out to kill himself? Or, how two people (Creel and Ryan Vasquez) can harbor such different reactions to Edward Hopper’s “From Williamsburg Bridge”?

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice have there been?

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2023.

How long has Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice been running Off-Broadway?

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice opened at the MCC Theater on Monday Nov 27, 2023 and has now been running for 1 month.

What theatre is Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice playing at Off-Broadway?

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice is playing at the MCC Theater, which is located at 511 West 52nd St New York.

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