The Bedwetter (Atlantic Theater Company) NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if You want something a little different - not broadway but just as impressive. Seeing Bebe Neuwirth in person was a definite highlight
Don't see it if You're looking for something serious
See it if you want to see a show that isn't just fluff with a 100% talented cast; you want to see Bebe Neuwirth on stage - she's more than Lilith!
Don't see it if You are offended by off-color language; the subject matter doesn't appeal to you; you don't care much for musicals
See it if you enjoy Sarah Silverman's type of humor and like hilarious, touching small musicals and don't mind profanity. Laugh out loud funny!
Don't see it if you aren't comfortable with profanity and don't enjoy Sarah Silverman's type of humor.
See it if you want to see a funny, clever new musical from the mid of Sarah Silverman. This was pure fun and laughs throughout
Don't see it if you don't like humor that is sometimes adult and rauncny (despite being a coming of age story).
See it if you like a funny show about a serious issue.Great exploration of how we learn to hate ourselves.Acting is sensational.
Don't see it if you only like Shakespeare.This about families and secrets.A very serious subject handled with humor.Acting, singing, staging are terrific.
See it if You want to see a funny show. It is laugh out loud funny. It is very much a sarah Silverman show, so it is not PC.
Don't see it if You want a splashy show with creative choreography or are easily offended by vulgarity.
See it if you like off-Broadway musicals, like mildly raunchy shows, like clever lyrics and snappy dialogue, appreciate a good story.
Don't see it if You don't like musicals, are easily offended, especially by dirty jokes and adult language, don't like simple shows. Read more
See it if If you want to laugh with a terrific book and songs with very funny lyrics, go and enjoy The Bedwetter
Don't see it if If you only like dramas.
Critic Reviews (19)
"As long as it sticks close to young Sarah’s resilience as she tries to make friends without revealing her mortifying condition, 'The Bedwetter,' an Atlantic Theater Company production, is a potty-mouthed pleasure. But in jimmying the original into a more serious musical format as it proceeds, it achieves only a middling geniality."
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"Sarah Silverman’s pungently irreverent and profane brand of comedy makes the leap into musical theatre with her funny but uneven new show, 'The Bedwetter.'"
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"Sarah Silverman’s autobiographical(ish) 'The Bedwetter' deals with a rocky time in the younger Sarah’s life. The musical itself is rocky too — dramatizing a 10-year-old’s emotional breakdown in song poses difficulties for the stage."
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"What is surprising about 'The Bedwetter' is the soft center wrapped inside its crunchy comic exterior. Sentiment is not generally part of Ms. Silverman’s playbook, but 'The Bedwetter' succeeds at illuminating Sarah’s trauma, which piles up like sheets waiting to be washed, threatening to bury her."
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"All in all, 'The Bedwetter' is an amiable summer diversion, adeptly directed by Anne Kauffman and performed in a loose, affable style with an unimpeachable message of acceptance for everyone, warts and all."
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"Potential abounds in the tangled show, ... especially in its central idea: that, to the mile-a-minute mind of a 10-year-old, waking up wearing wet pajamas can feel as emotionally traumatic as an adult dealing with divorce or depression. Life already sucks, even at 10."
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"I'm sure that Broadway is the goal for 'The Bedwetter,' but it still feels too small and unfinished for that designation right now. With the right kind of revisions, this uproarious and dirty little show could easily find a nice little home in the West 40s."
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A likable, scattered, frequently raunchy show, which uses musical comedy pizzaz, not always successfully, to sell a story shot through with heartbreak…The Bedwetter wears itself thin trying to straddle its conflicting moods; if it wants to go forward, it needs a better balance of laughter and pain, more focused direction, and (in some cases) better songs.
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