Alex Edelman: Just for Us (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (244)
See it if you enjoy stand-up comedy by one person, open-minded. The jokes are focused around Alex’s Jewish background.
Don't see it if You don’t enjoy comedy or anti-semitic Read more
See it if You appreciate good writing about a tough subject and you enjoy laughing.
Don't see it if You're an anti-semite .
See it if Edelman is a captivating storyteller, cannot recommend this show enough.
Don't see it if You are not a fan of comedy
See it if Do you want to see one of the best one person shows on Broadway in a long time.
Don't see it if You are expecting big musical numbers. Also, if you don’t have an open mind stay away
See it if No reason not to! Alex is a master storyteller - not just a stand up with joke after joke. I can’t wait to go back and see it again!
Don't see it if Just go see it! You’ll thank me later.
See it if You want a hilarious and riveting story filled with relatable humor, constant intelligent laughs, and a great story
Don't see it if You dont like Jewish humor
See it if you enjoy insightful and hilarious comedy
Don't see it if youre an antisemitic asshole
See it if Saw off Broadway last summer. Edelman is smart, hilarious and a joy to watch His material is so relevant and important today.
Don't see it if You are anti-Semitic.
Critic Reviews (23)
CRITIC’S PICK: “The real giveaway, though, is the compulsive ingratiation. Though it produces much laughter, including too many giggles from the comic himself, the doggy overeagerness could stand to be toned down”
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“The laughs are plentiful. Despite the incendiary issues lurking at the edges of his tale, ‘Just for Us’ is more focused on comedy than catharsis. Edelman is a master of callbacks, and his funniest jokes are accented with wonderful bulging eyes.”
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“Edelman does the all spinning here as he displays his irresistible gift for storytelling, comedy, and capturing theatregoers’ undivided attention...Count me in as an instant admirer.”
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“Like the stools, Edelman’s sometimes shaggy material is laid out intentionally. He’s a people-pleaser as a comedian, and he admits in the show that he’s holding back potentially alienating aspects of himself in order to win us over. To a much more extreme degree, he was also performing to ingratiate himself among the white nationalists.”
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"Among the teachings of his Jewish upbringing is empathy, and even sitting outnumbered in that racist, antisemitic gathering he struggles to remain true to those values. That struggle provides Edelman with a mighty intellectual conundrum, a worthy and funny debate of the heart and a show that can stand proud on Broadway."
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“Silly, sure, but humanizing at the same time.”
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“Treating tough truths with quick humor would seem like another defining feature of Edelman’s inheritance.”
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“...the production, directed by the late Adam Brace, is exceptionally tight, the material tweaked and buffed to gleaming perfection, with the 34-year-old comedian bopping around the stage using a trio of stools to conjure up multiple locations and figures”
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