No Wake NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (34)
See it if You have a high boredom threshold, since the first half was excruciatingly slow and tedious.
Don't see it if You have a low boredom threshold, since the first half was excruciatingly slow and tedious. Read more
See it if Even given that the dialogue is supposed to be awkward, you can be engaged by conversation which never rings true.
Don't see it if In a play which deals with death and grieving, you would hope to be able to suspend disbelief, and engage with the characters as real people
See it if You love plays about the idea go greaving.
Don't see it if You want to be just entertain
See it if This three-character drama is original; it's a show without fireworks but keeps you interested
Don't see it if You need more excitement on stage; this can be slow in part
See it if want to check you brains in and just enjoy
Don't see it if I t was mindless and very dated. Many sterotypes
See it if you want to see a new work with some decent acting to recommend it
Don't see it if you're looking for a well-crafted script.
See it if 59E59 definitely never dissappoints. Stellar cast, a crisply written moving script. Tovar was so effective and steals the show.
Don't see it if If you prefer straight up drama. But I don't see any reasonnot see this. Read more
See it if you want to see a well-written and acted play about the messiness of life with grief and love and loss, while getting in a few laughs.
Don't see it if you want to see something light with a neat and tidy bow at the end.
Critic Reviews (10)
"'No Wake' lumbers through a harrowing situation of loss and humanity. The atmosphere is bleak...Their connection is still fractured after a difficult divorce and years of their only child's emotional instability and detachment from them, lonely battles with despair and relief, memories, and guilt...Ransom as Roger is the most likeable character, delivering Roger's discomfort with perception...'No Wake' presents the possibility of this lost couple moving on and taking risks, but will they?"
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âWhat could easily have been a Lifetime movie of the week, becomes much more in the capable hands of the showâs creative team. Donnellyâs text deftly switches from comic to dramatic and back againâŠNone of the characters feel in any way contrivedâŠBradyâs direction shows a real feel for the story. The moments, scenes, and emotions shift effortlessly from one to the next to the ending which feels totally right. Touching, powerful, and above all, honest.â
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