Dear Jack, Dear Louise (George Street Playhouse) NJ Reviews and Tickets
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See it if You want to see a heartwarming story where you will laugh and cry. The actors are both wonderful and perfect for their parts.
Don't see it if You are looking for a big production. This is a simple but extremely well done set with 2 very talented actors. Read more
See it if See it if you want to be thoroughly entertained by a pair of talented actors with superb material.
Don't see it if I cannot think of a reason not to see it because it can appeal to everyone. Read more
See it if If you like romantic comedy. This is the story of playwrightâs parents how they met during World War II
Don't see it if If you Like highly intellectual Plays
See it if You appreciate unusual love stories beautifully presented.
Don't see it if You need specatle or only like musicals. Read more
See it if a cute and thoroughly engrossing romantic comedy with fantastic acting
Don't see it if Youâre expecting a tear-jerking drama or a big-ensemble piece. This work is elegant but simple. Read more
See it if You want an entertaining, warm, well acted play. Play is clear and not subject to differing interpretations like so many plays of today.
Don't see it if You want to see a weighty intellectually challenging play.
See it if A sweet little love story based on Ludwig's remanences of his parents is something you would embrace
Don't see it if a very predicable, not very original story, no matter how well written is not your cup of tea. Read more
See it if you like an unusual romance with a comic undertone but be ready to shed a tear or two as the plot develops.
Don't see it if you hate romantic comedy and incredible acting! Or if you just don't understand how a long distance relationship can become true love.
Critic Reviews (6)
"There's so much to like about the George Street Playhouse (GSP) season opener, Dear Jack, Dear Louise. This is a love story that will please audiences of all ages. Written by Ken Ludwig and directed by the Playhouse's Artistic Director, David Saint, the charismatic two-hander checks all the boxes for a top show with the finest writing, excellent direction, and wonderful acting."
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"4.5 stars! In a play with only two characters, much depends on how strongly they inhabit their roles and the chemistry between themâa job made harder in this play because they communicate through the written word, not the telling glance. Yet, their growing affection for each other shines through convincingly."
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"Directed by David Saint, the show offers a sepia-toned love story made vivid by earnest performances and Ludwigâs deft craftsmanship...The playâs tagline â âthe results are anything but expectedâ â is simply not true: Everything here is expected and reasonably predictable. The play succeeds not by surprising us with plot twists or unfamiliar character developments, but by making the familiar so fresh and quite moving."
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"Itâs a sweet, sometimes funny and very touching story, intensified by the backdrop of wartime danger...Itâs never in doubt that things will work out for Jack and Louise â these are Ken Ludwigâs parents, after all â but Saint still does a good job of ramping up the intensity as the play reaches a kind of nightmarish crescendo in the second act."
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"Based on letters his parents wrote to each other during World War II, this epistolary play is by turns romantic and wryly funny...This play is a delicious confection yet with a solid core of realism. Ludwig has outdone himself, which is no small feat. While the play uses strobe effects and the sound of explosions, which may bother some in the audience, it is a perfect piece to welcome us back to live theatre at the George Street Playhouse. I heartily recommend spending two hours at the moving romantic comedy that is Dear Jack, Dear Louise."
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"Far from being static, this back-and-forth is loaded with laughs and tears as the shy soldier from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and the exuberant actress from Brooklyn get to know each other and share the frustration and fear that the war insinuated into the lives of tens of millions of people."
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