At The Wedding NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if you like smart, tightly written, incisive romantic dramedies.
Don't see it if gay themes bother you. Here they're handled well, neither gratuitous nor incidental.
See it if you want to see a new comedy that also has emotional heft, and is expertly directed and acted.
Don't see it if you do not enjoy multilayered comedies.
See it if you like modern romantic dramedies, like smaller theatres, appreciate good writing with intrinsic thoughts behind them. Would like a laugh.
Don't see it if Don't like stories about lost love or missed opportunities, don't like modern works, don't like fast talking shows or organic shows. Read more
See it if Mary Wiseman is hugely impressive in a funny show that packs a lot into a very brief running time. Spare but thoughtful and very charming.
Don't see it if It’s a really likeable show. Really the only downside is that it’s a liiiiiittle slight. But at these prices, it’s a winner.
See it if You are ready to attend a wedding and experience characters grow right in front of you.
Don't see it if You are more conservative and would prefer prefer your weddings to be tamed.
See it if you want to see a terrific performance by Mary Wiseman!
Don't see it if you don't enjoy slight plays.
See it if You’d enjoy a touching LGBT tale that doesn’t feel like being gay is the focal point of the story — it’s just about being a human in love.
Don't see it if You’re sick of sitcom-like plays (especially rom-coms) with stories you’ve generally seen before in other films, TV, or on stage.
See it if You like small shows in intimate spaces with some humor
Don't see it if If you are a homobigot who is not on board with others choices. Read more
Critic Reviews (4)
"Though it’s not by a long shot the first time a comedy has mined the nuptials-with-an-ex-to-grind setup, Bryna Turner’s 'At the Wedding'...offers a fresh and trenchant take on the genre...The lines are funny; Turner has a boxer’s sense of the two-punch rhythm of jokes. But it’s Wiseman...who makes them hilarious by making them sad at the same time...The plot, too, keeps well ahead of you, trusting you will survive in pleasurable uncertainty until its loose threads are eventually gathered...That authorial patience is part of what makes 'At the Wedding' so fresh."
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"3/5 stars...70 minutes of enjoyable, though trite, wisecracking and wisdom-sharing about the unbreakable bond between love and pain...Unfortunately, save perhaps for Leigh, all the other characters' development gets sacrificed to accommodate Carlo's huge presence and narrow view of true love...One redeeming way to interpret these bits of 'At the Wedding' is that it actually takes place through Carlo's point of view, and there is evidence for that...One other thing 'At the Wedding' does get right is the lack of a clean conclusion."
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"Manages to be both waggishly witty and tenderly affecting as it peels back to reveal the underlying loneliness of its acerbic protagonist...But what makes 'At the Wedding' so effective is that, on the whole, it is not a pity party...The entire setup, with its arrangement of self-contained dialogues, works perfectly here because it fits so well with the wedding reception theme...Director Jenna Worsham does a lovely job of arranging the performers and the action so that it all has the proper feel for the play."
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"4/5 stars...Wiseman herself is a comic find. Left to her own devices by Turner and Worsham at that moment when the 'Til Death' neon flickers, she corners her audience—like a boorishly outrée guest at a wedding party—but artfully wins them over to her corner in what promises to be a nuptial battle...The play, at this early stage, is perhaps not quite fully realized; even so, laughter constantly flows, quite often outrageously so, through 70 lively minutes. Making play, playwright, and performers worth a visit to Lincoln Center."
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