The Stakeout NYC Reviews and Tickets

76%

(24 Ratings)

Positive

83%

Mixed

13%

Negative

Members say

Clever, Great acting, Ambitious, Great writing, Entertaining

About the Show

A dramedy about two men on a stakeout of two men on a stakeout of them.

Sitting in a van, two FBI agents conduct a stakeout of another van, where they see a dramatic family moment unfold. It’s one that exactly mirrors their own personal histories, and which they must now confront as they proceed with their surveillance of the van. The question, though, of who’s surveilling whom becomes increasingly unclear once it’s found out they are trying to thwart an operation that’s producing a new street drug called Empathy, a narcotic that makes its users see things from everyone else’s point of view.

Show-Score Member Reviews (24)

Excellent acting, Entertaining, Delightful, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You enjoy clever insightful theater performed by two excellent actors with true chemistry. Broadway quality. A+

Don't see it if You cannot keep up with quick and clever dialogue that makes you think.

Intelligent, Great writing, Great acting, Clever, Absorbing

See it if This was an excellent and very clever script with believable acting on a stakeout. Really worth seeing! Bravo!!👍🏾

Don't see it if I have no negative comments.

Clever, Quirky, Hilarious, Great writing, Great acting

See it if you enjoy quick-paced dialogue, minimalist staging, quirky two-person shows that verge on the absurd.

Don't see it if you prefer higher production value, more traditional plays, or don't like indie shows with a quirky sense of humor.

Intelligent, Great writing, Great acting, Clever, Ambitious

See it if Imagine if A Strange Loop was told through an M.C. Escher filter. Or if Empathy was the drug Alice found in Wonderland. It’s all connected.

Don't see it if You don’t like stories that morph in unknown directions while they’re being told. Read more

Ambitious, Great acting, Great writing, Quirky, Clever

See it if you like quick and clever dialogue, often with humor, in a two-hander with minimal staging that goes in circles in an absurdist way.

Don't see it if you want a structured presentation as this is a series of skits around the same premise that does wear on you a bit.

Entertaining, Quirky, Dizzying, Great writing, Great acting

See it if you want to see a David Lynch like 2-hander. 2 FBI agents loop in time, becoming each other and the stakeout subjects, with snappy dialogue

Don't see it if you want a straight forward play, prefer musicals, or like big productions - the set is 2 chairs and the prop is 2 cans and a string Read more

Profound, Intense, Great acting, Absorbing, Clever

See it if You like quick dialogue and intense acting

Don't see it if Have a hard time following unexpected plot twist

Dizzying, Thought-provoking, Intense, Confusing, Ambitious

See it if Actors Dockery & Broaddus blast their way through author Dockery's meta, meta, meta dramatic rift w/farcical & surprisingly poignant results

Don't see it if Whirling through themes from Shakespeare, Freud & Beckett among others one is left somewhat exhausted like watching a dog chase its own tail

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