Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Closed 2h 20m
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
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Happy Birthday, Wanda June NYC Reviews and Tickets

81%
(271 Ratings)
Positive
88%
Mixed
9%
Negative
3%
Members say
Great acting, Funny, Entertaining, Relevant, Quirky

About the Show

Wheelhouse Theater Company offers a return engagement of famed novelist Kurt Vonnegut's rarely produced satire. A searing and darkly comedic look at American culture.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (271)

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99 Reviews | 44 Followers
87
Great acting, Riveting, Dizzying, Ambitious, Intense

See it if you're a fan of theater of the surreal, the works of Kurt Vonnegut, and some really stellar acting.

Don't see it if you like things to be a bit easier to digest. Read more

54 Reviews | 12 Followers
86
Clever, Great acting, Must see, Entertaining, Quirky

See it if You're a fan of Kurt Vonnegut and enjoy dark comedy.

Don't see it if You take yourself very seriously.

536 Reviews | 157 Followers
86
Clever, Absurdist, Intelligent, Farcical, Relevant

See it if You want to experience a carefully crafted production that is definitely “theatre of the absurd” as well as sadly relevant ! It’s Vonnegut �

Don't see it if You can’t go with the flow ! You don’t like plays that ridicule traditional roles of masculinity. You don’t like Kurt Vonnegut’s style.

435 Reviews | 60 Followers
85
Funny, Great writing, Great acting, Relevant, Entertaining

See it if You’re a Vonnegut fan! Great acting!

Don't see it if If you’re looking for a really straight play.

119 Reviews | 32 Followers
84
Entertaining, Great acting, Edgy, Thought-provoking, Intense

See it if You like edgy satiric material.

Don't see it if You prefer straight up contemporary plays. This play is from 1970.

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277 Reviews | 201 Followers
84
Ambitious, Delightful, Funny, Dizzying, Great acting

See it if Stage set-fun/exciting Acting-top notch Dialogue-some funny/ brilliant/ nutsy Story line-confusing All pieces wonderful, how do they fit

Don't see it if You need a straight story line, are uninterested in another take on male/female relations and systems.

394 Reviews | 34 Followers
84
Clever, Funny, Entertaining, Great acting, Great staging

See it if you enjoy over the top comedy, with an important message, that makes you think.

Don't see it if you want to see a straight drama about important subjects.

1147 Reviews | 340 Followers
84
Funny, Great staging, Quirky, Entertaining, Great acting

See it if you like the offbeat offered by Vonnegut presented in a glamorous set with solid acting, making you laugh and compare to today's newsmakers.

Don't see it if you want a calm evening in the theater. This is an energetic romp from beginning to end that may be offensive to some.

Critic Reviews (18)

Manhattan Digest
April 17th, 2018
For a previous production

"This darkly comic, often absurd and evocative play keeps the laughs coming while never letting its audience forget the bitter and ugly disparity between old-world misogynist machismo and new-age enlightened, sensitive yet sometimes impotent masculinity...O'Connell's broad-stroked but disgustingly gleeful performance...making him the man you love to hate...MacCluggage is extremely enjoyable and a shining standout...All flourish under Wise's deft direction and capable staging."
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Show Showdown
May 12th, 2018
For a previous production

"Must a strange, dusty old piece that so efficiently bottled the darkness of the edgy, moody past have to be so damned apt again? I suppose if it must, it might as well be really, really well done, and this production sure is...It zeroes in so brilliantly on some of the republic's most tender bruises...Very frequently hilarious...It's also exceptionally acted...'Wanda June' left me in the most curious state of simultaneous elation and melancholy, but the joy outlasted the sorrow."
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