Noises Off NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (541)
See it if you have the energy to keep up with the actors on stage! They are so beautifully timed with their choreography of hysterical mishaps!
Don't see it if You can't follow the plot. It's very intense with so many antics and can be confusing.
See it if You like farces, funny plays, and whirlwinds!
Don't see it if You don't like laughing.
See it if you want to see the most precisely executed display of everything going sideways by theatrical geniuses playing imbeciles. Uproariously fun!
Don't see it if u have a low threshold for absurdist physical humor, hilariously dimwitted characters, or the play-within-a-play narrative device (times 3).
See it if you want to laugh for an hour and a half straight, and be baffled by how their timing is so perfect.
Don't see it if You have no sense of humor or are looking for a musical.
See it if you love farce or any of the amazing cast members. Comedic gold in a truly technically challenging play. Bravo/a to the whole production!
Don't see it if you get easily confused or don't pay complete attention. Many jokes rely on call backs to earlier gags. Go see it!
See it if you love to laugh -- this is an absolutely brilliant farce bursting with meticulously-choreographed physical comedy. So much fun!!
Don't see it if you're a grump.
See it if You love an intricately constructed play that's absolutely hysterical
Don't see it if You don't like farce; this one is all about the farce
See it if You like slapstick old fashioned comedy with amazing physicality by all performers. Clever show, outstanding characterizations.
Don't see it if You want something serious, thought provoking or intelligent. This is light fluff, but at it's best!
Critic Reviews (54)
"Director Jeremy Herrin and his near-consummate cast have achieved a feat I'd previously deemed impossible: They've unlocked more complexities in 'Nothing On,' the thoroughly absurd play-within-a-play…'Nothing On' means something powerful to each and every person putting it on…It's to Herrin's immense credit that so many of the thousand jokes still hit their targets, when they never seem to be his prevailing goal."
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"Though the production is entertaining for its comic portrayals, it fails to trigger all the laughs inherent in the script or become the laugh riot it is intended to be...The stage business is clockwork in its precision but the play’s timing lacks the breakneck speed of an Acela for this farce within a farce. The fine cast, however, attuned to their specific and generically comic roles, all have their funny bits and memorable moments finding themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time."
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"The Roundabout has certainly assembled a team of farceurs who handle Frayn's ingeniously constructed mayhem with zest and the required timing…Somehow, despite quite a few funny bits, the first act is more a chuckle than a belly-holding laugh fest. The actors seemed to be working a bit too hard which became obvious as they go full steam into the ever more disastrous trajectory of the 'Noises On' tour."
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"They’re rolling in the aisles at the Roundabout, where 'Noises Off' is having a rollicking revival...Herrin choreographs the chaos with precision and split-second timing, and the cast is uniformly superb. Frayn doesn’t miss an opportunity to poke fun at every aspect of the theatre – down to the last detail...The flawless Roundabout production is an utter delight."
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"For the most part this cast has these characters buttoned down tighter than a ship’s canvas...If you don’t care a whit for meaning or purpose or terribly deep thoughts – treat yourself to a bundle of laughs."
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"This nearly perfect British farce is getting another spectacular revival…This team is perfection, making it all look so easy and seamless. All should be credited with the word, ‘spectacular’...The only complaint I have of this whole shows lies in the portrayal of love and attraction... I can’t say I ever believed in the love or the affairs, I never really saw it, nor felt it...This cast of professionals are spot on perfect, never missing a beat or failing to get the laugh.
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"An impressive nine-member cast, made up of the best of Broadway today…I can’t remember ever hearing laughter at a higher sustained volume for any show on Broadway…Such a reaction en masse is just a slightly alienating experience for those of us who can’t help viewing this three-decade-old farce as little more than 'The Three Stooges' with a British accent...Such proscenium pandemonium requires precise coordination, and director Jeremy Herrin is clearly up to the task."
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"An excellent cast, though notably undiverse, except in terms of acting styles, which is something of a problem…Is it funny? Of course it’s funny. It’s very funny. It can’t help but be very funny. Even the terrible movie version is funny. But could it be funnier? Well, yes…The actors don’t quite seem to be in the same play or even the same play within a play…The chemistry of the whole cast only crackles sometimes."
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