War Horse

An incredible and simply touching play. It made me laugh, it made me cry and it had such a profound impact on me. Really tugged at the heart strings. The show is so well done, the puppeteers are amazing in the way they control those puppets. They honestly look like horses. The acting is incredible and the story is just… beautiful. I love stories set in the war time, but this one really takes the cake, right from the befriending of Joey and Albert, and then everything they go through… it’s just such an incredible story. There’s so much I want to say about it without completely spoiling it. all I can say is you must go and see it. It is one of my favourite stage shows of all time. Truth.

two and a half hours went by in what felt like ten. extremely hard to follow the narrative. characters are one dimensional stereotypes.

War Horse is a different kind of puppet (not your Avenue Q.) When the full grown horse comes on stage for the first time… you forget he is not a horse. This play was captivating and spell binding.

Story sub par, acting okay, but the horse puppets are simply amazing. The show is worth seeing for that reason alone. If you’re in town looking for an entertaining play, you’ve got yourself a sure bet. Also should mention it’s very long (almost 3 hours) but isn’t necessarily boring.

War Horse is simply amazing. The story captures your attention immediately tugging at you heartstrings as you watch the story of a boy and his horse. I’ll be honest, I had my doubts going into this one. I was blown away.
The puppeteers are artists. You forget that you are watching figures on stage and not real horses. The story draws you in and the puppeteers make it seamless.
With the use of the simplest of props with almost not background scenery the entire cast captivates the audience for almost 2 ½ hours. The pace of the story moves so fast that time just flew by.
I highly recommend this play if your looking for a heartwarming story!

Such an amazing play! Two and half hours went by in a snap. The puppeteers were astounding. You forget they are there about 20 minutes into the show. The actor who plays Albert was phenomenal throughout the performance.
I had a front row seat and at times felt too close. Try to get a few rows back if you can.

The horses and puppeteers really were incredible — about half-​way through, you just see them as puppets and almost don’t see the puppeteers operating them. The set and «drawings» on the screen are very unique, and the theater is perfect — so intimate — there’s hardly a bad seat in the house (the seat in front of me had a gold plate honoring Bob Fosse!). I have to say that when I get the chance to see a Broadway show, my preference is something a little more upbeat w/​singing and dancing, but War Horse was extremely well done, and I’m glad I had the chance to see it.

I must admit, I was initially a bit skeptical and was on the fence about seeing this show. War story… horses…‘meh’?. Then a friend at work raved about how good it was. So a friend & I good really good discounted tickets (and great seats…8 rows from the stage!) and we went to see it a few weeks ago. I am SO glad I did!
It’s phenomenal! The performances are great… very touching & heart wrenching story… many emotional moments. And the best part of course… is the horses. After the initial 15 minutes or so you forget that they are puppets… that how GOOD the puppetry is and they get more & more real as the story moves along. The lighting & sounds are great & very well done backdrop.
The theater venue itself is not very big so the view from almost any seat at the lower level would be great.
The show is set to end Jan 6 I believe, so do try to catch it before then… you won’t be disappointed.

The puppets were AMAZING!

Excellent play! The puppetry is amazing! The cast did a wonderful job. Everything down to the lighting made this play a wonderful experience. A must see!

First of all, I created a new page because I am writing the Broadway Show of the «War Horse», not sure why many others writing the show of War Horse under the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Vivian Beaumont Theater is a Theater, not the show.
Well, what can I say, because I’m in the business, and is one of the lucky one, I often get free tickets for Broadway shows. When I first received the invitation, I saw «War Horse»?
Never heard of it
First, I’m not a big fan of war movie, Second, I’m not a big fan of the horse, but every Broadway Shows I been to, I never once get disappointed.
First I went online and read a little bit what this show about, the name pretty much say it all, «War Horse», the horse that going to war, right?
Well, that’s not the point, the point is this show is more about just a horse going to the war, is more about, family relationship, friendship, and more importantly, what important to your child and knowing what he or she thinking
Just like to clarify, if you are looking for singing and dancing, this is not the show for you, this show is not a musical
I also like to clarify something else, Broadway Show is a live performance, all the performers are doing their best to create the most possible imagination for the audiences.
The reasons why I brought this up is because I over heard the people sitting behind me was saying «this is stupid» when some performers brought out the birds eating the dead body
That is NOT stupid, you have to use your imagination, this is during the war back in 1914, and dead bodies are every where in the middle of no where. But the only down side about that, I believe the performers should wear all black including covering up their head to blame in the dark, so it will showing more of the birds it self, instead of wearing brown color clothing
Another down side is that, this is actually a family show, so you can bring your children’s and make it a family night out, however, because this show is 2 ½ long, and the show time started at 8pm, 2 ½ hours later will be approx 10:45 by the time you come out the theater, and to many family with children’s, by the time they get home, it will be approx 11:30 to midnight, so that’s maybe some problem for some children’s going to bed so late during weeknights
Overall, I’m giving it 4 stars, due to what I explained above issue
But it is a great show, will I go again? Probably not.
But will I recommend to others? Yes, definitely, specially people with children’s