See it if You enjoy theatre and are able to laugh at references to New York. Special guest each performance and we saw Leslie jones who was hysterical
Don't see it if You do not know a lot about NYC theater because references will go over your head.
See it if you love laughing. Side splitting, can't help but roaring laughter. It plays like an extended Saturday Night Live sketch, but FUNNY!
Don't see it if you hate sarcastic, sometimes caustic humor. This play pokes fun and some sacred topics as well as itself. Topical indulgent humor. Read more
See it if You want to laugh nonstop and enjoy Nick Kroll's humor.
Don't see it if You don't want to have fun.
See it if you want to laugh non-stop for 90 mins, if you like comedy hilarious yet subversive & smart. The show is really a valentine to the theater.
Don't see it if You don't like indie and off-beat shows or you prefer a more traditional show.
See it if You're a fan of either of these comedians, are a New Yorker who appreciates the city's idiosyncrasies
Don't see it if You're not ok with something that's at least partially a vanity piece, with some more indulgent moments thrown in
See it if you like strong contemporary stand up. If you like to chase thrill off "who's our special guest?" Weak story grafted on very funny riffs
Don't see it if you cannot sit for possibly 2+ hours without a break.
See it if Oh joy! Oh rapture! Oh tuna! Comedy Central cult comedians Kroll & Mulaney in a sensational B'way debut Bad puns & malapropisms galore !!!
Don't see it if Trigger warning - magnificently politically incorrect otherwise go & trip out.- unless you have an aversion to tuna fish .... or Steely Dan
See it if you love Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. They are at their best portraying Gil and George. You will laugh all the way through!
Don't see it if you dont like over the top antics, plots that dont necessarily lead anywhere or want a play dealing with serious topics
"Our long national downer is over. 'Oh, Hello' has finally put an end to entertainment’s interminable War on Fun. The smart, 95-minute two-hander created by and starring comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney dares to be hilarious, without a nanosecond of deeper meaning...Directed with chutzpah by Alex Timbers, the show — which, at 95 minutes, is a bit too much of a good thing — is completely un-PC, infectiously energetic and packed with winning zingers."
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"Kroll and Mulaney wrote the script, in addition to starring, and they’re very funny performers. Their show is less funny, unfortunately, unless you’re already a dedicated fan...The script is full of genuine laughs...The play is directed by the playful and inventive Alex Timbers, who keeps the business humming along nicely...The entire effort feels surprisingly unambitious, with no real story, no attempt to welcome new audiences, no truly great comic moments. It’s a sketch, drawn out."
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"Intended for aging, oddball, scruffy, cranky, culturally (if not authentically) Jewish New Yorkers—and anyone else who identifies with or appreciates the same demographic...There is a wisp of a story line and even a dream ballet, but 'Oh, Hello' is primarily a vehicle for the duo to kvetch and kvell about everything under the sun and long nostalgically for the bygone days of New York in the 1970s...'Oh, Hello' is 95 minutes of politically incorrect, gleefully silly fun."
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"A Comedy Central cult act created by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, Gil and George are curmudgeonly wannabe artists still waiting for their big break...Directed with a keen sense of the absurd by the brilliant Alex Timbers, 'Oh, Hello' is extremely funny stuff, veering from satirical wit to wackadoodle zaniness. Kroll and Mulaney have honed these grotesques for years and 90 minutes is almost too little time in their creepy company."
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"Audiences will laugh uproariously at their clownish behavior...Under the direction of Alex Timbers, the jokes are sharper, the flow more efficient, and the design considerably more extravagant...Each performance features a different guest, giving Kroll and Mulaney an opportunity to improvise and riff—and they're often funnier doing that than when they're delivering scripted material...'Oh, Hello' turns out to be a bottomless well of funny."
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"The ninety-minute evening allows for bits of improvisational riffing and Kroll and Mulaney have perfected a loose chemistry that plays on a low-key level...While fans of Kroll and Mulaney will no doubt eat it up, 'Oh, Hello on Broadway' tends to lose some steam during the last half-hour...The fact that something as non-traditional and New York-centric as an evening with George St. Geegland and Gil Faizon can play the Lyceum is a welcome sign for the creative health of Gotham's theatre scene."
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"The entire 100-minute evening is pointless, and evinces no socially or theatrically redeeming value I could detect. And yet I loved every single second of it...Despite its innumerable failings, it is insanely hilarious. And, considering that it never for a moment wants to be anything else, and that everything everyone involved does with it is in pursuit of that goal and no other, it unfurls with the unshakable confidence of a no-holds-barred success—and, in turn, becomes one."
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"For Kroll and Mulaney's many fans, 'Oh, Hello' is a winner...If the jokes overshadow the plot, that will suit them just fine...Anyone who, like me, comes to the Lyceum as Kroll-Mulaney virgins, will have a harder time getting into their brand of wacky, often in-your-face humor. Still, the very genuine chemistry between these guys does give a dash of charm to their shticky trajectory...I can't say that 'Oh, Hello' ever quite escaped its improv-sketch comedy roots for me."
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