To My Girls
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To My Girls
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To My Girls NYC Reviews and Tickets

68%
(126 Ratings)
Positive
52%
Mixed
36%
Negative
12%
Members say
Cliched, Entertaining, Funny, Disappointing, Great acting

A world premiere play about navigating evolving friendships in a post-pandemic world.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (126)

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318 Reviews | 61 Followers
100
Quirky, Entertaining, Great staging, Great acting, Relevant

See it if Woke? Yes. Political? Yes. But, both sides (left & right are displayed, but, mostly left). Does it make “masc”, buff, young white gay men…

Don't see it if The villain 🦹‍♂️? Yes, but, it’s a relevant to the plight that gays/ homosexuals who are “others” feel. It’s remarkably entertaining and Read more

108 Reviews | 15 Followers
90
Intense, Hilarious, Thought-provoking, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if You are looking for a good laugh.

Don't see it if You haven't, it's closed...

1166 Reviews | 464 Followers
90
Profound, Funny, Relevant, Resonant, Great writing

See it if You’re gay. You will undoubtedly find some mixture of you and your friends in the characters here. How nice to feel so well represented.

Don't see it if You can’t laugh at yourself or overlook a cliché here and there. Honey, they’re there for a reason! If you’re homophobic steer clear. Read more

57 Reviews | 4 Followers
85
Fluffy, Entertaining, Hilarious, Great acting

See it if You want a lighthearted romp with a bit of a bite, thanks to great performers with crack comic timing and underlying emotional heft

Don't see it if You are irritated by gay men acting silly

350 Reviews | 163 Followers
84
Relevant, Cliched, Entertaining

See it if you enjoy stories about LGBTQ characters and enjoy stories that weave comedy & drama.

Don't see it if you don't like cliche humor. While the show was entertaining, there was nothing about it that was unexpected. Read more

665 Reviews | 125 Followers
84
Refreshing, Great staging, Great acting, Delightful

See it if Are you like something fresh, relevant and honest.

Don't see it if You are not interested in a play about old friends getting together for a weekend who all happened to be gay Read more

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180 Reviews | 26 Followers
83
Entertaining, Resonant, Funny

See it if you're a queer millennial -- the humor is very targeted, and if you're in the right demographic, it's a thoroughly enjoyable, relatable ride

Don't see it if you thought Kurt Hummel was a cliche (everyone deserves to see themselves humanized-if you only see stereotypes in this show, that's on you)

52 Reviews | 1 Follower
79
So so, but not as bad as i thought it would be

See it if You follow gay plays -- it isn't bad, and it does have potential.

Don't see it if the play seems to be half-backed, like a work in progress. Read more

Critic Reviews (13)

The New York Times
April 12th, 2022

"If this round-robin of frenemy fire puts you in mind of 'The Boys in the Band,' Mart Crowley’s 1968 play about catty and self-hating gay men a year before Stonewall, you aren’t far off. JC Lee’s muddled new comedy, 'To My Girls,' which opened on Tuesday in a Second Stage Theater production, does function, in part, as a millennial update to the earlier and much more pointed work. Call it 'The Boys in the Sand,' set not at the dawn of liberation but at its eyes-wide-shut dusk."
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New York Theatre Guide
April 12th, 2022

"Between drinks, dancing, and lip syncing to Katy Perry and the Pussycat Dolls, the friends realize they may have outgrown each other. Friendship breakups are as painful and heartbreaking as romantic breakups, but they are so rarely dramatized. And unfortunately, 'To My Girls' spends less time establishing the bond between why these millennials are friends and more on trading clever barbs"
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Theatermania
April 12th, 2022

"Lee portrays a continuity of gay life that is simultaneously heartwarming and depressing: The characters' pilgrimage to a gay Mecca, their embrace of drag, and their insistence on reuniting with chosen family beautifully make the case for a gay culture that is distinct and has value in the 21st century."
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Lighting & Sound America
April 13th, 2022

[It] has its innovations, including its setting (an Air BnB rental in Palm Springs), a diverse cast, and up-to-date references to SoulCycle, Xavier Dolan, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta. White privilege gets called out, as often happens these days. And the requisite half-naked young hunk isn't the usual dumb bunny; this time, he is un-neurotic and mature beyond his years. Otherwise, it's business as usual, with occasional feints at seriousness deflected by wisecracks about Taylor Swift, Kellyanne Conway, and Instagram. Laughs are guaranteed, but it's a little surprising to see Second Stage putting its resources into such a routine genre piece.
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Talkin' Broadway
April 12th, 2022

"Ultimately, 'To My Girls' may provide a welcome relief for pandemic-affected audiences starving for non-stop camp and fabulousness. Others, however, who have been weaned on a regular diet of charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent, would realize that a single episode of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' offers a more raucous and emotionally satisfying evening."
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New York Stage Review
April 12th, 2022

"'To My Girls' is often laugh-out-loud funny, in the bitchy, catty way gay men always are in plays about gay men. ... But the problem here isn’t the flavor of gay so much as the flavor of the play: 'To My Girls' is somehow both wildly tonally dissonant and also entirely monotonous. The boys put on Britney, the boys squeal, the boys argue, the boys turn earnest and sad; repeat, repeat, repeat, occasionally in drag. There is constant discussion of ruining or not ruining the weekend"
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TheaterScene.net
April 15th, 2022

Lee peppers his worn scenario with plenty of pop, cultural and political references, well-crafted zingers and familiar conflicts. Dating apps, Dancer from the Dance, Sex and the City are among the totems cited and a Trump supporter is declared to be a “MAGA fag.” To My Girls succeeds as a rote genre-piece for a niche audience desiring a simplistic gay play where there’s laughter, tears and resolution in drag danced to The Pointer Sisters. Lee’s thinly drawn characters are highly playable.
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Front Row Center
April 17th, 2022

"'To My Girls' is rock-solid sitcom speak. A gay fluff piece that did not rock my socks off. (Of course, this could be you cup of tea.) Call me crazy, but I am one of those theater folks that wants something to happen, even when it appears otherwise. I want a toe hold. Here, all I found was a glossy surface."
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