As Gatsby, Jeremy Jordan is an excellent singer and a lot of Jason Howland’s music is lovely, but we never really understand what this new musical is trying to say.

The Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan-centered new musical that opened Thursday at the Broadway Theatre lays a big egg.

The musical "The Great Gatsby" opened Thursday night on Broadway.Forget East Egg and West Egg. The creators of the new musical “The Great Gatsby,” which opened Thursday night on

The creative team of the show, starring Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada, have traded the novel’s soul for flashy visuals — and it almost even works.

Actors Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada star in the new musical “The Great Gatsby” on Broadway. It is being performed at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. Aside from Jordan and Noblezada, the cast includes Noah J. Ricketts, Samantha Pauly, Sara Chase, John Zdrojeski, Paul Whitty, and Eric Anderson.