Reviewers all across the nation have been casting their eyes upon The Notebook musical! Based on Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel and iconic film, the production follows Noah and Allie's heart-shattering journey, with an original folk-pop score by Ingrid Michaelson, a book by Bekkah Brunstetter (This Is Us) and direction from Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Rent, Dear Evan Hansen).

Set in 1940s South Carolina, The Notebook follows the passionate yet complicated love story between working-class Noah Calhoun and wealthy heiress Allie Hamilton. Spanning decades of love, loss and devotion, the musical explores whether a love powerful enough can survive time, circumstance and heartbreak. But what did the critics think?

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"The authors have structured the work as a triple helix, and some of the most powerful moments occur when all three incarnations of the characters are on stage at the same time. The Notebook on screen injected new life into a formulaic love story. Brunstetter and Michaelson refocus the work to be more about time. The bond between Noah and Allie is a prism through which to experience both the transience and the permanence of what matters most to us in life. In the face of disappearance, something mysterious endures." - LA Times, Los Angeles

"The creative team has done a really lovely, cohesive job amongst all the different elements. Costume Designer Paloma Young has blended together some staple looks from the movie version of this story with some clever storytelling between the three different versions of both Allie and Noah. Scenic Designers David Zinn and Brett J. Banakis also offer up their best work in a modern, but detailed set with some exciting bells and whistles to boot. Perhaps what was most striking, though, was the incredible work by Lighting Designer Ben Stanton. Stanton's contributions, at times, are integral to the tale not only for what plays out in the light, but what happens in the shadows as well." - BroadwayWorld, Denver

"The Notebook is, though, a great example of how musical theatre can be entertaining and moving while in the service of a variety of stories and genres. Based on the enthusiastic reception it received from the audience at the Ordway, there are many theatregoers in agreement." - Talkin' Broadway, Minneapolis

"There is much more going on here, and inside The Notebook: The Musical is a much better show than the producers were able to promote. It's a show about loss, loss of memory, loss of mobility, loss of health. In that sense, the creators have focused on musical theatre as metaphor, with body movement and dance and snippets of dialogue and song representing the swirl going on in Allie's mind as she attempts to find meaning inside the chaos." - KPFA, Berkeley

"It's in the theatre that one can best experience The Notebook. The stage version, moreso than the original novel or the popular 2004 film, best exemplifies why this story continues to endure across time and with audiences. It doesn't seek to reinvent romance, nor is its depiction a perfectly sensible love story. Rather, it understands that the so-very-human need to be remembered, to know that our choices matter, and to believe that our story was worth telling. There is a story in each of us that needs to be told. And the story will inevitably define us past our time on this earth. The Notebook is Allie's story. And she's proven, through her choice, her words, her memories, that it's a story worth telling." - BroadwayWorld, Orlando

"Finally, as the production fully cements itself as a pop-culture hallmark of a modern, emotionally charged affaire du cur, THE NOTEBOOK shows the sustained power of love with expert artistic expression from Sharon Catherine Brown and Beau Gravitte, who bring quiet compassion and authenticity as the oldest Noah and Allie. Both are extremely adept in their portrayals, but Ms. Brown is especially poignant as she struggles for her memories with confusion, curiosity and fear while slowly revealing glimpses of the person she used to be. All in all, a very satisfying, although heartrending, journey of love." - The Show Report, Costa Mesa