TOUR REVIEWS:

• The Salt Lake Tribune – June 10, 2009
The stage magic of a magical car (more >>)

• Philadelphia Inquirer – April 9, 2009
Silliness on all cylinders (more >>)

• AOL Travel Philadelphia – April 9, 2009
A chance to share high quality live theatre with your children (more >>)

• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – March 11, 2009
Makes you believe a car really can fly (more >>)

• Boston Herald – Feb. 6, 2009
It hides a beating heart beneath all those cranking gears (more >>)

• San Antonio Express News – Feb. 19, 2009
One phantasmagorical musical from start to finish (more >>)

• The Sun Sentinel – Nov. 20, 2008
A fairy tale to seduce the emotions (more >>)

• Variety – Nov. 20, 2008
A lush, inventive fairy tale that will dazzle audiences (more >>)

• Miami Artzine – Nov. 20, 2008
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an impressive crowd-pleaser (more >>)

• The Edge - Ft. Lauderdale – Nov. 23, 2008
This is among the best family musicals put on stage (more >>)

• Talkin' Broadway – Dec. 1, 2008
The stage adaptation has all the charm of the famous film version (more >>)

• The Baltimore Sun – Jan. 8, 2009
Nothing beats seeing the unbelievable with your own eyes (more >>)

• Appleton Post Crescent – Dec. 18, 2008
Forget the cold. Warm up with the perfect movie come to life (more >>)

• Tampa Tribune – Dec. 10, 2008
(Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) is a marvel of imaginative innovation (more >>)

TOUR QUOTES:

“As the title makes crystal clear, there's only
one star in this particular show and that is a car.
If you ask it nicely, it purrs sweetly along the highway.
It turns, swerves and accelerates, leaving a trail of
joggers in its wake. Threatened by a rising tide, it floats,
then outruns a ship that is trying to capture it.
And finally it flies, way up to the stars.”
- Toronto Star

“The creative team have conjured up quite a few moments
to enjoy. The production values are high, the sets and props
are rich in colour and entertainment.”
- Toronto Star

“The numbers built around songs such as "Me Ol' Bamboo"
and "The Bombie Samba" are clever and fasting-moving.
And "Doll on a Music Box" is actually quite touching.”
- Toronto Star

“The voices are strong, the dance numbers
are splashy, and though the carnival backdrop
looks like it was made with a giant Lite-Brite
set, the scenic elements are effective. But the
real star is the car. How Chitty 'flies' is a mystery.
But she looks magical doing it.”
- Miami Herald

“A lush, inventive fairy tale
that will dazzle audiences”
– Variety

“A family musical that will enthrall children”
– Variety

“Tour-stop crowds eager to be entertained
will not be disappointed by the warmth
flowing from the stage.”
– Variety

“Director Ray Roderick has deftly
reworked the show to bring out the
emotional colors, pruning and overhauling
the script as well as the direction.
There is exuberant new choreography and
new orchestrations for a snappy 13-piece pit.
...The iconic images from the 1968 film remain,
from the creepy child catcher
towing a cage of children to the car
soaring against a starry sky.”
– Variety

“Roderick's earnest cast embraces
this storybook Never-Never-Land”
– Variety

“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will captivate kids and adults”
– The Sun Sentinel

“Sugar is measured out in spoonfuls
rather than by the saccharine truckload. The result
is a family musical that will captivate the children
and not embarrass or bore the adults.”
– The Sun Sentinel

“The stagecraft that makes the roadster fly
in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is pretty close to magical”
– The Sun Sentinel

“A crowd willing to be entertained
will not be disappointed”
– The Sun Sentinel

“A fairy tale to seduce the emotions”
– The Sun Sentinel

“A children's story to take the children
in all of us on a brief trip above the clouds”
– The Sun Sentinel

“The one sure-fire element is the beguiling Chitty herself”
– The Miami Herald

“A driving, floating, flying wonder”
– The Miami Herald

“Chitty truly is a family –friendly musical”
– The Miami Herald

“ How Chitty 'flies' is a mystery
– but she looks magical doing it”
– The Miami Herald

UK REVIEWS:

“Oh what a car!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a sure-fire hit”
Kevin O'Sullivan, Daily Mirror

“BREATHTAKING
IT'S A BIG JOYFUL, ENCHANTING SHOW”
John Peter, Sunday Times

“Gasps of astonished delight
EXHILARATING FANTASTIC REMARKABLE
I COULDN'T HELP JOINING IN THE OOHS AND AHS”
Benedict Nightingale, The Times

“An ageless pleasure and a pleasure for all ages
SHEER THEATRICAL MAGIC”
Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard

“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remains an amazing spectacle, with sets to take the breath away and hi-tech wizadry that makes Harry Potter look pedestrian”
The Sun

BROADWAY REVIEWS:

“Chitty has fun written all over it!”
The Wall Street Journal

“A yummy, delightful musical”
New York Magazine

“The best family entertainment on Broadway
since The Lion King!”
WNBC-TV

“genuinely electric”
Talkin' Broadway

“lavish wind-up music box of a show ”
New York Times

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to Launch National Tour in November 2008
By Andrew Gans
05 May 2008

The national tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - the stage musical based on Ian Fleming's novel and the film of the same name - will launch its national tour Nov. 18 at the Broward Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Following its Ft. Lauderdale run, the musical - which boasts an entirely new creative team - will play stops in Tampa, Appleton, Baltimore, Dayton, San Antonio, Houston, Pittsburgh, Providence, Philadelphia, Orlando, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Louisville, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Tempe and Costa Mesa. (more from Playbill.com >>)

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW!
Click here to read what the New York Times had to say about the Broadway production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.