Fish in the Dark NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (76)
See it if You love Larry David and just want to see Curb Your Enthusiasm on stage.
Don't see it if You can't stand Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, and would be annoyed to watch basically a 2 hour long sitcom episode.
See it if you're a big fan of Larry David and/or Curb Your Enthusiasm. It feels like a long episode of Curb, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Don't see it if if you don't care for Larry David or Curb. (It's VERY Larry David.) The plot is a little thin.
See it if you're a fan of Larry David and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Don't see it if you're looking for something heavy and timeless.
See it if You love Larry David. It's him all over, and it's very funny. In the tradition of the Borscht Belt comedians.
Don't see it if You're looking for a comedy with an edge, like some of Neil Simon's later work (a playwright I'd associate with David).
See it if funny, but not hilarious.
Don't see it if not larry david's best work, was expecting more
See it if are a fan of Seinfeld, Larry David or their style of sitcoms.
Don't see it if are expecting this to have any depth.
See it if You're a fan of Larry David's writing. It was a bit disappointing but it is enjoyable
Don't see it if It was a bit like a long, not great episode of Curb.
See it if You love Larry David and his work. Honestly, it was slow moving and somewhat disappointing.
Don't see it if You don't like Larry David.
Critic Reviews (44)
"I can safely report that “Fish In The Dark”, in which David is the writer and star, is an expanded version of the TV comedy. While it is about as funny of a show as you’re likely to see on Broadway, it doesn’t quite measure up to the impossibly high standard of the TV series...Over two hours, this “Fish” can feel a bit thin. However, minor quibbles aside, there will be no curbing audience enthusiasm here. Larry David knows from comedy!"
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"The story is all over the place, and the second act doesn't continue the narrative as much as tell an entirely new one. And it would probably benefit from a shorter run time than its current two hours of amusing peaks and dry valleys. For a Seinfeld and Curb diehard, though, it's impossible to discount the amount of joy that comes from watching David's antics in the flesh. In that respect, Fish in the Dark is more than pretty good, it's pretty great."
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"I can't say that seeing Fish in the Dark left me with a belly ache from laughing. Nor did it make me less apt to curb my enthusiasm for Larry David's brand of misanthropic humor. Mostly it left me hoping that the producers will spend some of the money they're raking in to back some fledgling playwrights who aren't already multi-millionaires."
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"He’s the great neurotic of all time as he gesticulates in his mime-like persona that makes the audience roar with laughter. But keep in mind, that although this is a tough ticket to score (mostly sold out) you have to be a big time Larry David fan or this won’t work for you."
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"At its best, both the episodes and the Broadway play are not just armored vehicles shooting one-liners. They involve a knowing exploration of the inappropriate (but secretly common) reactions to a death in the family...But this might imply more substance than actually exists. “Fish in the Dark” is the lightest of entertainments, so much so that it’s almost shocking how much deep talent, on stage and behind the scenes, is associated with this show."
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"It’s to be expected that Larry David’s new play is laugh-out-loud funny. The big surprise, though, is just how sturdy and conventional his stage comedy is in an old-fashioned Broadway kind of way. David may have written cutting-edge TV, but “Fish in the Dark,” is anything but cutting-edge theater. Maybe “vintage” is a better word than “old fashioned” to describe “Fish,” which harks back to the pleasures of Broadway’s golden age."
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"What, you were expecting Chekhov? Surely, even Larry David's most ardent fans weren't hoping to have their lives changed by Fish In the Dark...But the jokes do keep coming, and usually stick. If its humor can be predictably caustic, Fish's tone is pleasingly light and flaky."
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"Disappointing...Others may wonder whether so scattershot a piece of writing would have got this far without its physically rangy, bespectacled star attached...For every line that sticks, numerous others don’t, and the director Anna D Shapiro here seems comparatively adrift."
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