Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (108)
See it if you like plays with challenged characters, reflecting both the triumphs and tragedies found in trying to rebuild their lives or just get by.
Don't see it if you like your plays short and with few characters to focus on or do not like the profanity of street language. Read more
See it if You love naturalistic writing dealing w/ society today as a result of the church of the mega-rich and the killing of social services
Don't see it if you don't want to sit through 3+ hours and have a hard time dealing with "the other"
See it if you enjoy ensemble pieces with no clear narrative (like an Altman film), or are looking for truth in theatre. Guirgis never pulls punches.
Don't see it if you like your shows safe. Like any Stephen Adly Guirgis work, this show is brash, in your face, and full of dark and uncomfortable humor.
See it if Struggling yet entertaining characters. Great dialog. Themes include dignity, community, & how much do people care, even about themselves?
Don't see it if You aren't up for an almost 3 hour play with a large cast. Satire delivers serious themes with humor, but acting is sometimes over the top.
See it if You love relevant theater and good acting social issues can laugh at the absurdity of ourselves
Don't see it if If you’re looking for something light and amusing this is not for you. It is heavy and relevant But in an entertaining way
See it if you're a fan of Guirgis' plays. You'll know it if you are by now. This is an unmissable entry in his canon.
Don't see it if you don't want to see the kinds of loud, angry, aggressive people that you might avoid on the street now portrayed onstage. Read more
See it if You care for marginal people
Don't see it if You don’t have any interest in poverty or troubled women
See it if Youre looking for a raw look at the lives of women living on the edge in a homeless shelter-visceral, volatile, painful lives
Don't see it if You are looking for a light and upbeat show that doesn't use profanity or is set in a womens homeless shelter
Critic Reviews (18)
5/5 Stars. "A dense, undisciplined, overstuffed and excellent new play from Stephen Adly Guirgis."
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4/5 Stars. "The author captures the random cruelty and injustices life can impose, particularly on the disenfranchised, with crackling wit and defiant compassion."
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"Guirgis' latest piece, a typically digressive and rage-fueled affair called 'Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven,' is his best Labyrinth Theater Company show in a long time."
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"Atlantic and LAByrinth Theater Companies team back up with Stephen Adly Guirgis for the playwright's first new work since the Pulitzer-winning 'Between Riverside and Crazy' in 2014"
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"Guirgis has written some profound, large-cast plays, but this one ups the ante…and his points become crystal clear midway through the second act…we see how the forces of gentrification may never care about the vulnerable characters we have spent the last few hours getting to know."
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"I suggest you immediately grab a ticket for Stephen Adly Guirgis' often-hilarious (and quite profane), deeply humane and ultimately heart-wrenching 'Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven.'"
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Score: 97%. "I was so in it with this ensemble cast of characters in Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven, that I would have gladly spent three more hours with them."
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"The cast is superb and competently inhabits each of the downtrodden characters with precision and depth, but it is uneven because some are allotted more time and exposure to tell their stories than others."
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