The Immortal Jellyfish Girl
Closed 1h 20m
The Immortal Jellyfish Girl
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The Immortal Jellyfish Girl NYC Reviews and Tickets

81%
(177 Reviews)
Positive
92%
Mixed
7%
Negative
1%
Members say
Clever, Entertaining, Great staging, Enchanting, Quirky

About the Show

When Earth's population faces extinction in the distant future, an Immortal being finds hope.

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Member Reviews (177)

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1114 Reviews | 288 Followers
71
Edgy, Dizzying, Confusing, Clever, Absorbing

See it if If you like puppetry, comedy to resonate for serious subjects. Good direction and excellent puppetry.

Don't see it if If you need a show that brings finality. A non confusing, laid out complete written play.

1015 Reviews | 420 Followers
92
Enchanting, Delightful, Clever, Great staging, Ambitious

See it if You like science fiction and shows that are a bit quirky, out of the box presentation wise. This is beautiful extraordinary storytelling.

Don't see it if You can’t be a little patient to let the full premise/experience of this show bloom. It takes a minute to grasp what they’re saying/doing.

657 Reviews | 130 Followers
90
Quirky, Refreshing, Great acting, Great staging, Clever

See it if This is excellent puppet work. The whole show is excellent.

Don't see it if You want a musical and not for kids.

499 Reviews | 250 Followers
88
Intelligent, Great staging, Entertaining, Clever, Absorbing

See it if An interesting & very creative story surrounding puppetry & protecting the earth.

Don't see it if If you do not like puppetry, then skip this one.

496 Reviews | 133 Followers
85
Very wacka wacka, Quirky, Funny, Visual genius, Beautifully done

See it if prefer the possibilities of puppetry & imagination, out of mainstream work is 4 U, like humor with your apocalyptic messaging

Don't see it if small scale is not for U, imagination is not 4 U, sci-fi give U the creeps, humor is not of interest 2 U

476 Reviews | 122 Followers
73
Intense, Great puppetry, Dark, dark, dark

See it if you are interested apocalyptic plays steeped in " progressivism".

Don't see it if the fact that progressivism can never escape from its fundamentalist, Christian roots makes a play difficult to watch Read more

505 Reviews | 73 Followers
79
Post-apocalyptic ya adventure via puppets

See it if Absurdist radical in a mask narrates a bleak apocalyptic future veiled in a "kids" puppet show. Fun puppetry. Plot's clear as jelly :P

Don't see it if Some creepy puppets (Dark Crystal), killing, PG-13/Rish, some profanity, breaking 4th wall, dystopian future, love romance aren't your thing Read more

446 Reviews | 72 Followers
80
Relevant, Masterful, Enchanting, Entertaining, Delightful

See it if you enjoy physical theater and terrific puppets.

Don't see it if you don't like science fiction and prefer human actors to puppets.

Critic Reviews (4)

The New York Times
January 20th, 2023

CRITIC'S PICK! "It's not just that the story is set in a poetically rendered 2555, but that Waage and Warnock, who also directed, blithely ignored the memo about coddling young audiences: Their show, for viewers age 10 and up, does not shy from the violence and death intertwined with life"
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AM New York
February 5th, 2023

“ ‘The Immortal Jellyfish Girl’ makes for ideal far-out experimental theater, with an otherworldly and fully transporting design scheme that evokes a classic Coney Island circus sideshow, ominous political overtones, wacky humor, and unapologetic strangeness – even if the plotting gets confusing.”
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Theatermania
January 18th, 2023

“This is perhaps the goriest, most violent show currently playing off-Broadway. It's really not a children's show...’The Immortal Jellyfish Girl’ is here to remind us that nothing is forever, and none of us will likely be around to witness what comes next.”
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Talkin' Broadway
January 18th, 2023

“ 'The Immortal Jellyfish Girl,' running 80 minutes, is an exceptionally theatrical piece of puppetry, and everyone involved in the production should be credited for this grand collaborative effort...It is a stunningly original theatrical work.”
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