Thank You For Being a Friend NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (36)
See it if Love to be entertained! Great singing and performance!
Don't see it if you are expecting conventional performances.
See it if For a night of hilarity hit the cutting room for a great time. I laughed so hard I cried. This was so witty + funny very well done! See it
Don't see it if seeing the Golden girls in new twist isn't your thing or you don't want to laugh or have a blast...I can't wait to see it again!
See it if You love the golden girls and enjoy drag shows. You want to laugh a lot/
Don't see it if Drag shows aren't your thing, you're not interested of have not seen the golden girls
See it if you love the Golden Girls and can appreciate a drag show.
Don't see it if you don't like the Golden Girls &/or don't like drag queens
See it if Drag queen performances, cabaret show and the Golden Girls and Maude television shows amuse you.
Don't see it if Sexual references and transvestite or transgender humor or subject matter offends you.
See it if you loved The Golden Girls, and like musicals featuring Drag Queens. A hilarious outing! Bea Arthur never looked so feminine!
Don't see it if you're a prude, are intimidated by Drag Queens, can't laugh, or just generally don't like The Golden Girls or being entertained.
See it if fan of the golden girls and want to see a very funny drag show
Don't see it if don't like to laugh or fan of drag queens doing a show about the golden girls.
See it if you like a solid, campy and fabulous parody.
Don't see it if if you are looking for high brow humor or high production value.
Critic Reviews (9)
"The energy level is high, the jokes keep coming, and the dance numbers are entertaining. The girls have to deal with Ricky Martin holding gay sex pool parties next door. All the actors are appropriately dressed, speak with the proper cadence, and nail the hand gestures of each of their characters. On the negative side, the technical engineer was sloppy, the story is weak and untenable, and the songs are forgettable. But the audience seemed to love the show and have a fantastic time."
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"With spunky musical numbers and nods to the source material, this show is a spirited romp...A charismatic ensemble cast work fantastically together...Featuring high-camp drag portrayals of beloved television characters and snappy innuendos, the timing and sass of 'Thank You' is a breath of fresh Floridian air. The show is still finding its feet with some of the nuances of timing and delivery, but the charm and wit of 'Thank You' carries the production quite a distance.
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"To feel the love for 'The Golden Girls' you have only to see the capacity crowd gathered for ‘Thank You for Being a Friend.'...So you have to wonder what that audience takes away from this drag parody, directed by Nick Brennan, which is so raunchy and overwrought, it’s hard to call it affectionate…The show concludes with a disco-ish ode to Miami, but by that time the desecration is complete."
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"If you can stomach some lighthearted vulgarity, then you're sure to find ‘Thank You For Being a Friend’ to be a downright hilarious evening of theatrical fun. This highly irreverent yet loving send-up of TV's ‘The Golden Girls’ proves to be simultaneously evocative of the greatest moments from the original and a show with a voice all its own…Most of Thomson's score seems to be directly lifted from other musicals, which isn't all that bad in light the outrageously crude lyrics."
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"Like its source material, 'Thank You' never fails to elicit fits of hysteria, gasps of embarrassment and outbursts of applause...The most successful elements of the show are the three 'ladies'...Collectively the cast is an effective ensemble clearly relishing in the nonsensical madness that is this show...This show is high camp done very, very well, and from the moment the lights went down until they came up again, a packed theatre was in absolute hysterics."
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"'Thank You For Being a Friend' stands on its own, not requiring much, if any, knowledge of the original. It’s a raunchy, hilarious, lighthearted good time. The story line is as preposterous as it should be...Witty, cutting dialog works better here than the songs, which are brief, enthusiastic and sometimes funny, but not as strong. This is basically a drag show with familiar characters. And it works. It’s perfect dinner, drinks and a show fare and a darned good time."
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"As dinner theater entertainment goes, 'Thank You For Being a Friend' makes for a super fun night out. Each of the cast members have their share of the stage...As a group, they complement one another very well and seem to have an intricate knowledge of the others’ rhythms, which only further helped the comedy along...If you’re in the mood for some great food, drink and some raucous laughter, then you’ll love 'Thank You For Being a Friend.'"
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"This musical parody suits up a cast of dudes in their best horrendous 80s fashions for a breezy, bawdy romp. Across-the-board-funny, each member of the faux foursome comes to the table with a loopy, exaggerated take on the icon they’re tasked with playing...A premise as thin as the set’s two-dimensional wicker furniture...High culture it ain’t, folks — but for lovers of the cult TV show who like a little good, clean, gay-friendly raunch, this one’s a Hump Day must."
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