About the Show

A former police officer and his parolee son attempt to hold on to their rent-controlled apartment.

City Hall wants more than just his signature, the Landlord wants him gone, the liquor store is closed — and the Church won’t leave him in peace.

For ex-cop & recent widower Walter 'Pops' Washington and his recently paroled son, Junior, the struggle to keep hold of one of the last great rent stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive clashes with old wounds, suspicious new houseguests, and a last ditch ultimatum.

Written by Stephen Adly Giurgis, this play won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Broadway premiere production is directed by Tony Award winner Austin Pendleton, and features performances by rapper Common, Victor Almanzar, Elizabeth Canavan, Rosal Colón, Liza Colón-Zayas, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Michael Rispoli.

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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