Sorry For Your Loss NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (63)
See it if I didn’t know the dude, but became his fan. Master standup comedian with heartfelt autobiographical stories to share. Walk out less lonely.
Don't see it if It’s not a theatrical production. No plot, no dance, some goofy singing tho. 75min only. Somewhat poetic, super healing 🫶🏼
See it if you like great comedy about a serious subject (grief) and are ok laughing and crying back and forth for 75 minutes.
Don't see it if you only want a feel good story.
See it if A thoughtful, funny, sad and touching one-man show exploring grief. If you enjoy a meaningful experience, check this out.
Don't see it if If you're uncomfortable with grief and strong emotions. If you want a firm separation from grief and humor.
See it if a testament to the healing power of laughter that makes the radical act of speaking out about impossibly difficult things seem less daunting
Don't see it if you are triggered by discussion of infant loss
See it if you want to better understand loss and grief--whether it be yours or someone else's. It's okay to laugh...it's okay to cry too!
Don't see it if you are triggered by talk of death, dying, loss or are uncomfortable with the idea that humor can be a part of the grief process Read more
See it if You like personal stories & can deal with stories of grief/loss.
Don't see it if You want a full-scale production or you don’t like one-person shows. If death of person close to you is triggering, this may not be for you.
See it if M. Cruz Kayne, comedian, perf(writer on the Late Show with S.Colbert) opens his heart&gives a touching tribute to his late 34day yo son in *
Don't see it if You don't like to mix humor with grief, although Michael's approach could be healing for some. Read more
See it if you don't mind thinking of topics that aren't usually covered by a stand-up comedian: grief, loss, quantum physics, the history of science.
Don't see it if you don't like mixing pain with pleasure. Read more
Critic Reviews (7)
"The most powerful image that remains with me from my performance is seeing a pregnant person sobbing at the curtain call. If you're looking for an evening of pure comedy, this isn't it, but it is an evening of catharsis."
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" 'Sorry for Your Loss' is a great opportunity to get to know his [Kayne] unique voice, and to laugh in the face of death even while recognizing that it will come for us all."
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"Josh Sharp directs, and while the focus is on the storytelling and engagement with the audience, there is a good deal of theatricality, especially in the last several minutes of the show...'Sorry for Your Loss' demonstrates, their [Audible] shows are well worth seeing."
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"Sorry for Your Loss" is both hilarious and painful as it is meant to be, dealing with the topics of death and grief but in a light fashion. Michael Cruz Kayne, stand-up comedian, staff writer for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and the host of the podcast "A Good Cry," has a genial delivery much like Mike Birbiglia whom he resembles. Like Birbiglia, he also weaves personal anecdotes around the story he is telling. Dressed in blue jeans and a hoody (from designer Rodrigo Muñoz), it is as though he is talking to you from his own living room.
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"Kayne builds subtly to big emotional moments effortlessly and is self-deprecatingly, gently hilarious. 'Sorry For Your Loss' is that rare thing – smart, funny, warm, moving and only 75 minutes long."
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"I have not experienced a show so personal and funny and graceful before, and I encourage you to take yourself and experience every moment of the evening. And remember you will laugh and feel joy as well as touch your own grief. There are two sides to grief, go discover them."
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Sorry for Your Loss is a perfect title, summing up in four words the impossibility we all feel in consoling the aggrieved. Yet, for all its obvious banality, the phrase offers a convenient way to express the inexpressible by showing that, even though we can’t do anything about it, we care, at least enough to share the sentiment....Kayne’s monologue—it’s hard to call it a “play”—at least allows us to agree that there are no simple solutions to handling grief, or commenting on it, while at the same time offering the opportunity to laugh at the dilemma.
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