Ripcord NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (73)
See it if you want to see two fantastic actresses engaged in hilarious hijinks!
Don't see it if you don't like comedy that is a little bit over the top.
See it if You enjoy a small ensemble show with an excellent cast; a funny (occasionally zany) script with poignant moments about senior issues.
Don't see it if You are expecting deep, nuanced and edgy theater.
See it if You love to laugh and would like to see some fine performances by this very talented cast.
Don't see it if You have no sense of humor or would not enjoy seeing a show set in a nursing home.
See it if You want to see two of our best actors over 70 tear into great dramatic and comedic writing
Don't see it if The idea of the hijinks of two older ladies doesn't interest you
See it if you enjoy an evening of quirky fun, with great actresses and an entertaining story with just enough depth to be resonant.
Don't see it if you don't a like a little silly fun
See it if You enjoy a sneaky comedy that never fails to surprise. You enjoy great comic acting.
Don't see it if you hate watching fights between roommates in a retirement facility.
See it if you want to get an insiders view of assisted living with some laughs.
Don't see it if you can't bear to see yourself in this position when you are old.
See it if you like 90s sitcoms.
Don't see it if you don't want to laugh.
Critic Reviews (29)
"At the core of 'Ripcord' is a Lifetime movie struggling to escape the quirky trappings of David Lindsay-Abaire‘s comedy...Director David Hyde-Pierce makes the most of these theatrical flourishes, as well as a few others, to distract you from the basic premise...Lindsay-Abaire turns some of the schmaltzier moments on their head, and things turn out to be not as they first appear."
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"Two hours of unrestrained, loopy, rip-roaring comedy...The success of 'Ripcord,' though, stems from the playwright. Rather than simply coming up with a clever situation featuring likably difficult characters, Lindsay-Abaire takes the action in unexpected directions which pay off in grand, comic manner."
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"David Lindsay-Abaire has a new addition to his long string of successes at Manhattan Theatre Club...The resolution was a bit disappointing...All in all, it’s a very entertaining, but not very substantial work."
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"Author David Lindsay-Abaire combines comedy with pathos for realistic depiction of life where the line between hilarity and heartache blur...Director David Hyde-Pierce and the cast led by a razor-sharp Holland Taylor as Abby and sweet-but-tough Marylouise Burke as Marilyn tread a fine line between laughter and tears, achieving the perfect balance between the two. Slapstick is cheek by jowl with sorrow and it works."
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"I sat silently, with my mind wandering off to which leftovers I'd warm up when I got home after the show. I can't blame the acting for my inattention cause it's terrific all-around...It's the pranks that draw the laughs and David Hyde Pierce has staged them with an intentional cheesiness that keeps the first act popping along. In time, though, the pranks become more sharp-edged, prompting revelations, reconciliations and a sentimental ending that makes 'Ripcord' too saccharine for my palate."
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"Pulitzer-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and actor-turned-director David Hyde Pierce bring their professionalism and comic timing -- but little credible justification -- to 'Ripcord.' This is a good-natured formula comedy about a female odd couple in an assisted living facility...Everyone is very good but, we have to ask what is all this talent doing in this sitcom?"
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"You can figure out pretty quickly where 'Ripcord' will end up. The trip, though, is full of surprises and lots of silly fun...Under the droll direction of David Hyde Pierce, it mixes farce and sentimentality, blends witty lines with loopy settings and even has a few minutes of serious drama. It's very lightweight, and hard to resist."
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"Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire has opted here to pleasantly entertain, rather than challenge his audience. He does, however, make some interesting observations about age...Sure, there are some predictable sitcom moments, but they are funny. As directed by David Hyde Pierce, 'Ripcord' shows age doesn't wither invective. And it pushes each lead's specific talent. No one can deliver a snobbish aside better than Taylor, while Burke's zippy simplicity hides canniness."
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