Between Riverside and Crazy (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if If you like great acting and writing.
Don't see it if Not a family friendly show. Read more
See it if thought-provoking powerhouse performances are your thing. Every actor is doing next level acting for intense story-telling. And the set!!!
Don't see it if lyrical plays are hard to follow for you. the text is deep - and a lot of the messaging is in subtext. But its so worth it
See it if you like stories that reflect life with a sense of loving humor.
Don't see it if you are looking for a drama and can't laugh at life.
See it if you want to grapple with tough questions and see excellent perfomances from the cast, but especially Stephen McKinley Henderson!
Don't see it if you are looking for a straightforward play
See it if Everything! The acting and writing phenomenal!. Flawed characters who we actually care about is rare. Excellent writing and acting. Fab set!
Don't see it if If you don't like people recovering from drugs, prison gigs and grief, don't go. This play is real.
See it if you like a layered story told by excellent actors. Common and Stephen McKinley Henderson are gifts from the theatre gods.Great acting.
Don't see it if you are looking for a fluff piece.Powerful story, exceptional writing and acting.Set is a gem.As good as the original.Women's roles are weak
See it if You like a relevant story line with a small talented cast. You like dark biting comedy, with family dynamics.
Don't see it if You want a classic non-contemporary setting. Not a fan of foul language. Want to see a large cast.
See it if you like to laugh.
Don't see it if profanity upsets you and simulated sex embarrasses you. Read more
Critic Reviews (22)
CRITIC'S PICK "At any moment we can choose to be something better, or worse, than we are — or, in Guirgis World, most likely both."
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"Although 'Between Riverside and Crazy' is often bitingly funny, a shadow of violence hangs over it."
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" 'Between Riverside and Crazy' is about the lengths people will go to make out alright in an unforgiving world."
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"...Guirgis’s play is speckled with his customary wry humor and genuine strangeness that lifts it from straight issue drama into something lovelier and weirder."
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"...how buried wounds, both physical and spiritual, as well as comforting self-delusions, can leak poison into once-healthy souls, and keep them from receiving or giving the love they desperately need but cannot admit they want."
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"Under the direction of Austin Pendleton, most of the cast from the Atlantic Theater Company production returns with as much ease and richness as if they had lived inside the characters for as many years."
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"In the spate of shows that ring out Broadway in 2022, Henderson and 'Between Riverside and Crazy' provide the deepest satisfaction."
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"Guirgis’ compassionate play, directed with great care by Austin Pendleton, is also wildly funny — actually more hilarious than many recent flat-out comedies — and devilishly inappropriate."
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