The Imbible: A Spirited History of Drinking NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (155)
See it if to learn how to produce your own liquor. Great fun evening.
Don't see it if you are on the wagon.
See it if You want to learn about the history of alcoholic beverages in a entertaining environment and enjoy three "free" drinks
Don't see it if You want a traditional play
See it if You want a surprisingly engaging, entertaining and informative show, with alcohol thrown in. See it even if you are not a drinker!
Don't see it if You don't like barbershop or are opposed to any show about alcohol.
See it if you love history told with humor and a side order of a barbershop quartet and a dash of alcohol. Plus this charming show is in a speakeasy.
Don't see it if you're looking a huge, big budget production, or hate getting served alcohol during a performance.
See it if you are intellectually curious and don't mind smiling while you learn. This is an entertaining and occasionally interactive lecture.
Don't see it if you are looking for a conventional production that respects the fourth wall.
See it if You enjoy a live version of a PBS show explaining the history of alcoholic beverages that includes 3 beverages served during the show.
Don't see it if You don't enjoy history, or alcohol.
See it if you like yo imbibe three drinks in 95 minutes: A shandy, and old fashioned, and a gin and tonic. Pay attention, because there's a quiz.
Don't see it if if you do not drink or care about any form of alcohol. The upscale theatre bar might change your mind.
See it if You drink
Don't see it if You don't ever drink
Critic Reviews (18)
"Before you think that this show is nothing more than a dry lecture, I have to stress just how much fun a show 'The Imbible' is. Anthony Caporale is an excellent host, exactly the kind of raconteur that you want across from you at the bar. His stories are meandering without being vague, funny without being pithy, and full of enough references that you feel hip..I highly recommend that you take a trip down for what promises to be a most informative and entertaining evening."
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"Theater is best when it both entertains and educates. If you're very lucky, it also gets you a little drunk. 'The Imbible: A Spirited History of Drinking,' part of the 2014 New York Fringe Festival, succeeds on all three counts...Caporale wets your appetite (literally) with silly a capella music, wry comedy and yes, free drinks for the audience (one of the few examples in off-Broadway theater where the second act is more fun than the first)."
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