Happy Birthday, Wanda June
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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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680 Reviews | 108 Followers
71
Funny, Dated

See it if Toxic masculinity blasting on an outdated boombox knocking and harming everything in its way. So over the top, it gets funny at points.

Don't see it if Feels less relevant since current daily news of Prez is toxic masculinity: self absorbed,childish, trigger happy, insecure &hateful,misogyny Read more

508 Reviews | 337 Followers
70
Great acting, Engrossing, although a bit too long, would have been better as a one-act, Sadly relevant and thought provoking

See it if entertaining, excellent acting. Play is OK but not great. Interesting in way fourth wall is broken throughout. Nice 1970s costumes.

Don't see it if you won't enjoy an actor wildly roaming around the stage in an animal-like & violent manner. Incredible performance, difficult to watch. Read more

146 Reviews | 60 Followers
70
Intermittent humor, Some nice acting, if not a bit weird, Bizarro, Long

See it if you follow Jason O'Connell and want to see an odd, but relatively nice performance.

Don't see it if you're not into bizarro theater. Read more

78 Reviews | 13 Followers
70
Absorbing, Great staging, Quirky, Intense, Thought-provoking

See it if Two outstanding performances with Kurt Vonnegut dizzying and absorbing dialogue but not always making sense.

Don't see it if You would not like edgy, sometimes confusing action.

110 Reviews | 16 Followers
69
Confusing, Disappointing, Great acting, Funny, Slow

See it if Like the idea of 4 people playing many roles.

Don't see it if Don't like a play that's overly long, not much content.

79 Reviews | 17 Followers
69
Quirky, Indulgent, Great staging, Confusing, Ambitious

See it if you are a Vonnegut fan and want to know how his writing works on stage, if you are interested in family drama with a twist.

Don't see it if you like a more straightforward plot and great writing. Read more

261 Reviews | 70 Followers
65
Dated vonnegut falls flat

See it if You absolutely love Vonnegut and don’t care about lack of pacing, lack of theatrical narrative and characters that are cartoonish

Don't see it if You are easily offended or care about issues of toxic masculinity and it’s effect on the world bit want it expressed theatrically

134 Reviews | 16 Followers
63
Disappointing

See it if you would like to see an iconic piece of theater.

Don't see it if you want to see "something between the eyes" Read more

Critic Reviews (18)