Wakey, Wakey NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (129)
See it if Enjoy a well-written and presented dialog on the meaning of life's last moments. Not at all morbid, funny at times.
Don't see it if You don't like serious works that leaving you thinking about what you just saw.
See it if you want a light drama on the subject of reflecting on one's life as the end is near.
Don't see it if you want a play that meaty or substantive. Entertaining, but not enough there. Virtually a one-man show.
See it if Really a one man show with interesting video/technical additions
Don't see it if you'd like a more traditional drama
See it if existentialist, meaningful
Don't see it if meaningless, rambling
See it if Are interested in a truly excellent performance, and ok with ultimately a 70 minute monologue - albeit a very funny and thoughtful one.
Don't see it if you're expecting a straightforward story, because what you're getting with "Wakey" is more so a hazy meditation on death.
See it if Want to see another play about death
Don't see it if Want to see a good play about death. Like will eno plays but this one had me bored
See it if you're solely interested in very good acting.
Don't see it if you desire a play that will keep you awake. Sorry Will E.
See it if You are a fan of Will Eno's plays. Great acting by two person cast. Unique story makes you contemplate your mortality.
Don't see it if You prefer more traditional,straight forward story. It was confusing at times.
Critic Reviews (35)
"Emerson doesn't disappoint. He's perfectly suited for Eno's perfectly 'normal' dialogue contained in what appears to be a well-made play but actually makes you question the whole form and shape of a theatrical experience altogether...This play was simply a rich, beautiful experience filled with thoughtfulness and mystery...Here are five solid reasons why you should see 'Wakey, Wakey:' 1) Will Eno 2) Life 3) Death 4) Gratitude 5) It sticks to your ribs."
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“Though it may seem to be a mediation on death, ‘Wakey, Wakey’ is really a celebration of life...Without being maudlin, or resorting to clichés and affirmations, Guy involves us in his compelling contemplation of mortality. Emerson’s casual, beautifully paced performance, as well as Eno’s sharp writing, make for a hypnotic duo. The ending is a spectacle that leaves the audience with a huge collective grin.”
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"The production itself is excellent. Emerson commands the play’s short running time without really physically moving at all...But Eno (directing his own work for the first time) is the star of 'Wakey Wakey,; and he’s at his most achingly, triumphantly humanist here...Eno has, in this wonderful, wonderful play, actually struck on something resembling a satisfying answer to death, buried somewhere in the knowledge that we live a million rebirths in even the smallest of gifts we leave behind."
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