The Nap (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (439)
See it if Amazing how a game like snooker worked so well on stage. Fun and amusing. There were some great lines.
Don't see it if Difficult at times to understand what was being said because of the British accents (the cast is American, but putting on those accents). Read more
See it if A comedy with zanny cast will give you some laughs about a Snooker championship. Well written and delivered.
Don't see it if An American cast doing North England accents are a little off putting at times.
See it if you’re interested in learning about a game of snooker or enjoy British comedy or humor with a plot twist.
Don't see it if you don’t like British humor or (inconsistent) accents or simply don’t care to know what a snooker is or the meaning of the “nap”.
See it if you need a night of steady laughs. Zany characters, rapid-fire dialogue & delicious word play are a great antidote. Snooker is incidental!
Don't see it if you have a lot of trouble w/ accents or are looking for serious, dramatic fare; otherwise, you're in a lot more fun that you were expecting!
See it if you want to have a few genuine laughs. Great acting and amazing set.
Don't see it if you are looking musical fluff
See it if This is a silly, fun show. See it you are looking for something light with no thinking, especially if you like snooker.
Don't see it if You hate trying to decipher strong British accents. Or if you are expecting something deep or “typically Broadway”. Read more
See it if you want an enjoyable evening at the theater. A sleeper in my opinion (no pun intended) as it had me truly rooting for the protagonist.
Don't see it if I think it's well worth seeing. Great characters, well-directed and executed by an expert cast. Read more
See it if you enjoy British humor and don't mind missing some words because of the heavy accents.
Don't see it if you don't like British humor or accents Read more
Critic Reviews (47)
"If you’re reading this review, it’s likely the inclusion of Alexandra Billings among the cast that peaked your interest. Would it surprise you to learn that her character follows in a long and worn out tradition of queer villains?...Under Daniel Sullivan’s direction, the play sputters to take off as a farce and lacks the tautness or suspense of a madcap caper...The good news is, Billings is the best part of the show, making the most of her character’s cheap if often funny recurring gags."
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“Bean’s incredible wit populates this play...And his symbolism, related to what ‘the nap’ suggests, cleverly stresses the theme of going with the flow of fateful events. The playwright also configures the plot twists with facile, wild characterizations. Sullivan keeps the action vibrant. As he shepherds his cast, the mix solidifies with humor. Together the ensemble presents an altogether enjoyable evening...Hysterical production...On the other hand, some of the cast’s accents rankled.”
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"If you do like comedy and are seeking an escape from the horror of the daily news, I dare not try to snooker you, please, just get a ticket for this hilariously funny and refreshing new play...While 'The Nap' is set in the high-stakes, low-rent world of Snooker, you need not know all of this to enjoy the play...Under the precise and skillful hand of director Daniel Sullivan, this ensemble of kooky characters is superbly comical, poised, and perfectly cast."
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"Bean’s irreverent comedy...The show opens at an unnecessarily sluggish pace, as we are slowly introduced to the colorful cast of characters...The tempo, and the series of twists and turns in the preposterously risible plot, pick up with the increasingly hilarious arrivals...The script is a no-holds-barred parody of the high-stakes danger and seediness of the underworld of gaming and gangsters...An entertaining evening of British-style humor and social farce."
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"'The Nap' has some loony moments and an able cast. Perhaps it is not as laugh-out-loud funny because snooker humor is not most Americans' preferred cup of tea...Off-beat characters with Bean's fast wacky dialogue and a challenging Yorkshire dialect with director Daniel Sullivan's snappy staging manage to pull off an amusing, but hardly riotous farce."
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"This story of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield is just dull, a non-entity, a play that was written on autopilot."
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“With its garish costumes and lively game-show-style lighting by and fun, feisty characters, 'The Nap' has the makings of a ribald romp – if one full of unwelcome trans jokes...But inexplicably Sullivan gives the entire endeavour the measured pace of a serious family drama...The snooker scenes with their droll commentators are funny and gripping...Some performances are charming but a handful of dodgy accents and a misjudged directorial approach drag down the comedy.”
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"Bean's slow-build comedy...The comedy can border on mean but mostly it's laugh-out-loud wacky. Director Daniel Sullivan should have streamlined that interminable first scene, but he has a sure hand with the insane goings-on post intermission, at least if this kind of slapstick humor is your cup of tea...You're never quite sure where this cross between sitcom and B-movie thriller is going as it works to its twisty conclusion."
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