Dada Woof Papa Hot NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (73)
See it if you enjoy plays about the complexity of modern relationships led by powerful performances
Don't see it if You don't like thought-provoking dramas about marriage and attraction and sex. You don't like male nudity on stage.
See it if You are interested in exploring issues of gay parenting and marriage in a well crafted and extremely entertaing play.
Don't see it if The subject matter is of no interest.
See it if You enjoy great acting. You also are interested in the travails of (upper) middle class families raising children.
Don't see it if You are turned off by the subject matter.
See it if you enjoy seeing what would be a cliche story told through a new and refreshing list or if you enjoy small theaters.
Don't see it if you are looking for a completely new tale told.
See it if You are interested in seeing a show about parenting by 2 gay Dads.
Don't see it if You are offended by gay parenting stories.
See it if you want to explore gay marriage with children, in a well-written, well-acted play
Don't see it if the subject matter doesn't interest you.
See it if you are interested in how modern New Yorkers raise their kids - straight and gay couples. Are all parenting problems the same?
Don't see it if you don't care about New Yorkers, parenting dilemmas, gay vs straight couple dilemmas, etc. It's very…risotto.
See it if u * the topical travails of gay parents, their kids and friends (also parents, but who are splitting). There are rare moments of emotion.
Don't see it if well...no reason not to see it: the company of actors is superb with special praise to John Benjamin Hickey, Patrick Breen and John Pankow.
Critic Reviews (31)
"Parnell’s script is filled with zippy one-liners...'Dada Woof Papa Hot' does offer smatterings that may remind of you of the works of Terrence McNally or A.R. Gurney. But where those playwrights’ works tend to transcend circumstance and offer rich characterizations and broader social commentary, 'Dada Woof Papa Hot' feels as though its relevance is as fleeting as its intermissionless running time."
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"Even if the title suggests a gay comic romp, the play is decidedly a serious – though often funny and only occasionally pedantic – eye-opener for those who casually assume that gay married couples are in the same situation as heterosexual couples…It’s a lot for one play to juggle, but Mr. Parnell has done a very good job of defining each of the characters and the flailing relationships, and Scott Ellis directs it all with a steady hand."
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"It is one dimensional and in a word boring…The cast is top, of their game with Hickey and Plunkett excelling. Scott Ellis keeps the pace, but it is a shame the dialogue and the subject matter bog the action down. John Lee Beatty’s set and the way it maneuvers is truly wonderful."
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"If you’re single without children and not young, and feel that your life is a major mistake, it’s recommended that you see Peter Parnell’s new play...You will cherish your decision to be alone and childless. Not only do the characters in Parnell’s play tell us what hard work it is to be in a committed relationship, they fully succeed in making it look like total drudgery...What makes 'Dada Woof' novel as a play about marriage is that two of the three couples are same-sex."
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"In 'Dada Woof Papa Hot,' Parnell combines characters we know pretty well -and a situation we know pretty well- in a manner which makes it all seem fresh, involving and convincing. And enjoyable."
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"The play examines interesting questions of what has been gained and what has been lost with the arrival of gay marriage and gay parenthood... The production is top-notch with an excellent cast, a wonderful set by John Lee Beatty that elegantly reconfigures to half a dozen locations, appropriate costumes by Jennifer von Mayrhauser and smooth direction by Scott Ellis. Parnell’s snappy dialogue is a treat. The play does sag slightly towards the end, but not enough to spoil it."
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"Directed with finesse by Scott Ellis, Parnell’s play examines the dynamics of marriage and fatherhood with clear and touching insight... Breen and Hickey have an easy, affectionate chemistry, and each delivers a wonderfully sensitive performance."
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"Both Peter Parnell's 'Dada Woof Papa Hot,' and Mark Gerrard's 'Steve' take on the more contemporary issue of gay parenthood...I found 'Steve' to be fluffier than 'Dada Woof Papa Hot' but I enjoyed it more (plus, as a black woman, I didn't particularly appreciate the latter's condescending reference to a Jamaican nanny)."
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