Dada Woof Papa Hot
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Dada Woof Papa Hot
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Dada Woof Papa Hot NYC Reviews and Tickets

77%
(73 Ratings)
Positive
82%
Mixed
17%
Negative
1%
Members say
Great acting, Relevant, Entertaining, Thought-provoking, Intelligent

About the Show

A gay couple, who fought to adopt and are exploring the challenges of gay parenting, find themselves thrust into the pre-school parent pool, which causes anxieties to rise in their lives.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (73)

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563 Reviews | 193 Followers
90
Relevant, Great acting, Sweet, Touching

See it if You enjoy domestic dramas with everyday themes like parenting & relationships. You appreciate sincerity. You like well-written plays.

Don't see it if You don't like domestic dramas. You don't want to see same-sex relationships on stage. You want a play with more worldy issues.

130 Reviews | 41 Followers
89
Entertaining, Great acting, Great staging, Thought-provoking, Resonant

See it if You wanted something so badly and then you got it and then you wonder why you wanted it and if you still do. You like modern sets.

Don't see it if You don't want to see a drama about infidelity, relationships & marriage, or about families and growing up. You prefer happy-go-lucky shows.

716 Reviews | 252 Followers
88
Entertaining, Funny, Thought-provoking, Romantic, Relevant

See it if You like new plays about modern issues, especially gay parenting.

Don't see it if You don't like plays about gays and/or wealthy, white New Yorkers and their problems.

69 Reviews | 52 Followers
85
Entertaining, Great acting, Relevant, Great writing, Funny

See it if gaining perspective of gay parenting in NY will interest you.

Don't see it if gay issues bother you.

191 Reviews | 58 Followers
85
Absorbing, Cliched, Thought-provoking, Relevant

See it if like thinking about how and what makes a family. About what makes some couples perservere

Don't see it if you are narrow minded about what makes a family

NS
275 Reviews | 200 Followers
83
Thought-provoking, Resonant, Original

See it if Parenting issues are the same for all of us, straight, LGBT and the problems that arise are similar for all.

Don't see it if You are averse to LGBT and gay marriage and do not see all the array of "family"

Nic
561 Reviews | 102 Followers
83
Relevant, Great acting, Indulgent, Resonant, Cliched

See it if you're interested in a drama on parenting challenges & the difference between a gay man's life in the 80s & now, & don't mind full frontal

Don't see it if characters who are a little too into themselves & their decidedly first-world problems will grate on you. I enjoyed it, but they tested me.

350 Reviews | 163 Followers
80
Relevant, Great acting, Cliched

See it if you are interested in a story centered around the challenges of gay parenting

Don't see it if not interested in LGBTQ issues

Critic Reviews (31)

Theatermania
November 9th, 2015

"It almost feels like watching a gay version of Downton Abbey, absent the likable characters. They mention the help in passing, but (just like the children in question) we never see or hear from them...Hopefully, same-sex families in America (the vast majority of which do not look like the people depicted in 'Dada Woof Papa Hot') will one day get a more authentic depiction of their lives onstage."
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BroadwayWorld
November 20th, 2015

"Infidelity, closeted-ness and other martial issues creep into the picture, but what works about the play is primarily the expertise with which director Scott Ellis's sold cast delivers Parnell's sharp and entertaining dialogue. It's a bit of style over substance, but 'Dada Woof Papa Hot' has enough that's interesting about it to keep the night fizzy."
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Talkin' Broadway
November 9th, 2015

"In this incisive if not quite riveting 100-minute play by Peter Parnell, four gay men who not that long ago hungered for the opportunity to be regarded the same as straight couples learn that maybe their desires and dreams weren't as developed as they thought... Parnell's investigation of the gay commitment question feels fresh, but this subplot does not, and comes across as an awkward attempt to evoke equivalency that's not needed for the play to function."
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CurtainUp
November 15th, 2015

"Peter Parnell's play isn't quite the groundbreaker it wants to be…His intention to take his new look at life in today's more open-minded world is valid, but it seems forced in this play…Despite my reservation 'Dada Woof...' is more often than not enjoyable. Director Scott Ellis sees to it that the actors smoothly navigate these diverse views on parenthood and commitment."
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TheaterScene.net
November 20th, 2015

"The main problem with 'Dada Woof Papa Hot' is that, despite the brilliant acting of all concerned and Parnell’s sharp ear for the language of each person, it’s difficult to empathize deeply with these characters, all of whom appear to be well off, well educated and by no means victims of circumstances. They wanted to be married. They wanted to have children and then complain endlessly about the vicissitudes of their actions."
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Theater Pizzazz
November 20th, 2015

"Gay or straight, the problems are the same, which isn’t news to any of us straight folks who have raised children…So, nothing new, which tends to elicit some audience chuckles or moments of depression depending what life has offered up. In spite of some of the boredom listening to a lot of chatter about children, Scott Ellis has pumped up the glib dialogue and there are enough laughs to go around, along with a major amount of putting on our psychoanalyzing caps."
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Front Row Center
November 22nd, 2015

"Parnell’s characters are genuine and credible...Director Scott Ellis seems to once again effortlessly tease thoughtful nuance out of stock situations…The quality of the acting is not at fault—no one is less than terrific…That said, watching gay men struggle with parenthood is not that interesting…More to the point, it is neither entertaining nor enlightening…So while there are truths told in 'Dada Woof Papa Hot'—there isn’t a lot of new ground broken."
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Stage Buddy
November 30th, 2015

"Stilted and overstudied to the point where it feels mummified...It’s slightly disappointing that in a play that thinks of itself as so groundbreaking when it comes to addressing the concerns of gay men, it’s a heterosexual woman who steals the show, by not only conjuring the doubts boiling among the audience, but also by allowing herself to live with her imperfections...One wishes it hadn’t decided to treat most of its characters like children."
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