The Untold Yippie Project NYC Reviews and Tickets

67%

(31 Ratings)

Positive

65%

Mixed

19%

Negative

16%

Members say

Relevant, Thought-provoking, Great staging, Great acting, Ambitious

About the Show

Sunglasses After Dark paints a picture of a divided and united America in its new play about a group of Yippies who shut down Disneyland. Based on a true story.

In 1970, liberal America seemed at the end of its rope. Out of the culture of flower children and free-loving hippies a new wave of radicals had emerged: the Yippies. Avant-garde and arrogant, the Yippies made their anti-war, anti-capitalist sentiments well known with their unique brand of in-your-face activism. When Terry, a wild but weary leader of the Yippies, gets an idea to organize a protest in Disneyland, he's looking for more than a chance to stick it to the man: He's also planning to dig into Clyde, a former Yippie and friend who has betrayed him.

Show-Score Member Reviews (31)

Disappointing, Cliched, Excruciating, Overrated

See it if you are interested in very small theatre and don't mind climbing 4 flights to get to the theatre and then sitting in a warm room

Don't see it if you are looking for a story that has been fact-checked correctly.

Cliched, Disappointing, Indulgent, Quirky, Overrated

See it if You want to see a fictionalized scree of an actual Yippie event by overwrought direction, way over-the-top acting and expositional writing.

Don't see it if You know thinly veiled charismatic activist Abbie Hoffman was bipolar and not just manic. Read more

Banal, Confusing, Disappointing, Excruciating, Slow

See it if You enjoy sticking needles in your eyes

Don't see it if You have ANYTHING else to do in your life. The only thing worse than the writing was the direction and the performances

Intelligent, Refreshing, Profound, Relevant, Must see

See it if You're a fan of the emerging fad that is three-dimensional theatre, and you don't mind a non-existent 4th wall.

Don't see it if If political plays, color/genderblind casting, or incredibly immersive theatre isn't your thing Read more

Absorbing, Clever, Great acting, Great writing, Intelligent

See it if You enjoy an untold story about little known history.

Don't see it if You aren't a fan of dramatic relationships between people

Ambitious, Great acting, Great staging

See it if You want to see great actors perform a show that is socially relevant, and like brisk staging and actors playing multiple roles.

Don't see it if You can't climb four sets of stairs, or aren't interested in counter culture topics.

Great acting, Intelligent, Relevant

See it if you like dramas based on 70's counterculture see it if you like dramas dealing with the relationships.

Don't see it if if you have no interest in the 70's . Read more

Entertaining, Confusing, Ambitious, Quirky, Thought-provoking

See it if I felt the show could have been much better. Terry was a good actor. The show had potential, but it was a little disappointing.

Don't see it if N/A

Critic Reviews (1)

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