Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (13)
See it if you enjoy theatre that is both intellectually and visually stimulating.
Don't see it if your taste in theatre is "Cats" or "Mama Mia."
See it if you want ingenious, energized storytelling with nuanced relationships, lovely theatrical touches, and skillful craftsmanship all around
Don't see it if you don't think dark stories can come in bright packages
See it if you are a theater professional! The show is masterfully directed, inventive and inspiring.
Don't see it if you can't look past flawed material. The play is very good, but would've been better if the protagonist was "of age" rather than 15.
See it if you like a unique narrator (cell phone). Dialog is a kind of chanting, echoing effect. Tells the story well and builds to an emotional end
Don't see it if you don't like experimental theater
See it if you enjoy stories that are told in unusual ways.
Don't see it if you prefer to see actors doing things rather than having narrators tell you what the actors are doing.
See it if you're looking for a show with great staging and a versatile cast.
Don't see it if you are looking for something flashy. This show is very intimate.
See it if You like Dear Evan Hansen, Spring Awakening, Be More Chill, Greek dramas, or high school musicals.
Don't see it if You despise Lolita. Read more
See it if You have a taste for good shows
Don't see it if You don't like classics
Critic Reviews (6)
"An elegantly constructed examination of contemporary isolation and the illusory nature of electronic connection, it’s told from the perspective of a cellphone...The play is perched at the intersection of the digital and corporeal worlds — spheres that the director, Ianthe Demos, melds in a supple, fast-paced, highly physical production."
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"If 'Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally' is an overfamiliar tale that doesn't always bother to flesh out its characters, Armento's writing is almost always pleasurable on a line-by-line basis...It doesn't fully convince, yet it's hard not to get caught up in its depiction of a train wreck in the making. By the end, you may even feel the pain of what happens to these foolhardy, yet tragic, lovers."
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"This is a very contemporary telling of an old tale, but in the mix are attached appendages called cell phones. It is a unique manner of telling the story because those cell phones are now living characters with speaking lines and a perspective...The play is amusing yet filled with serious overtones of illicit relationships, kids dealing with divorced parents and the price we all pay for being so connected and transparent in our daily lives in this high-tech world."
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"The important thing to remember at 'Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally' is that this oddball play is coming to us from the perspective of a cell phone recounting what has been said and happening...What the play has going for it apart from Armento’s unusual idea is the acting by a very affable cast."
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"The entire show exists in an alternate universe unlike our own...The general effect of these elements pleases and amuses the mind's eye. 'Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally' does not feel polished, but for the inquisitive millennial who's grown up in a technologically obsessed culture, it screams of novelty. Armento pushes boundaries, challenging his spectator to engage with the modern environment. He wittily comments on the virtual phenomena that control our society."
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"The gifted cast executes the movement and dialogue meticulously, unfortunately the form leaves little room for dramatic conflict and the play comes off as cleverly presented witty exposition."
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