Whirlwind NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (45)
See it if If you like new plays in a smaller setting. If you want to see a play on alt energy.
Don't see it if If you want something that goes a little deeper or has better writing to it. Acting is passable, story is we as k and slow.
See it if you like issue based dramas preformed by young actors.
Don't see it if you require logical plot progression. There are jumps in the story that left me speculating as to what was going on.
See it if You like new plays with an environmental conscience, dilemmas with no easy solution, impact of physical attraction on ethical matters
Don't see it if You’re not a fan of environmental consciousness & messages, feel 80 minutes is too short for a play, disturbed by depictions of explosives
See it if Great trio of actors. My favorite is Annapurna Srinam. Clever use of the small stage with the gardens in the office scene and the ALSO .
Don't see it if .75 minutes... Public transportation is a problem.. Read more
See it if you want to see a play about animal rights done in a weird and corny way
Don't see it if You like plays that makes sense. These characters are all unrealistic and would never end up interacting with each other the way they did Read more
See it if Nifty three-hander of bird activist, environmental manager, and her boss at a wind farm company. Policy tensions mirror personal desires.
Don't see it if Clever dialogue, superior acting and directing. The environmentalism element is never boring in the least. Ending is a little far-fetched.
See it if you’d enjoy a politically relevant comedy, and especially if you saw Jaffe’s Crude at Ars Nova - this is part of that series.
Don't see it if you aren’t open to examining the unexpected environmental costs of trying to protect the environment.
See it if you enjoy excellent and extremely nuanced acting, interesting and plausible plot line, thought provoking subjects., women playing the game
Don't see it if you don't care a feather about environmental issues, office politics and sexual innuendo; you prefer mindless musicals.
Critic Reviews (4)
“Don’t judge a play by its ending: Jordan Jaffe’s 'Whirlwind' features a slightly preachy coda that feels tacked on, especially after the delightful eighty minutes that precede it. Jaffe has come up with that rare theatrical beast—the unabashed romantic comedy...Sriram’s quick-witted performance powers Dan Amboyer’s production, which noticeably slackens when she’s offstage. Fortunately, that does not happen much.”
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"These two mild points aside, Jaffee's script is nevertheless hugely successful in conveying this man-vs-nature clash; his use of clever dialogue and idiosyncratic characters keep the topic in the forefront with much humor and without any preachy heavy-handedness."
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"Here, believability and hilarity are in equally short supply. Ultimately, a show that promises to be a boisterous maelstrom instead merely kicks up dust...The target is the disconnect between modern environmentalism’s progressive goals and some of its practitioners’ dubious motivations—profit, personal ambition, and sexual conquest. It’s a legitimate, if somewhat feeble, critique. The play’s central political conflict, however, rests on shakier ground."
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"It’s the intimate scenes that work most memorably, the character interactions, often with a gentle satiric humor...Amboyer takes full advantage of his two stars’ chemistry and charm. They manage to paper over the play’s illogic on occasion and they deliver even the most innocuous dialogue with a delicate touch...Their star-crossed relationship is a memorable one, and Jaffe’s climax proves a bittersweet conclusion to a production of modest means yet ample satisfactions."
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