White Girl in Danger NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (193)
See it if you like quick, smart, very very campy musicals, Tarra Conner Jones steals the show, incredible singing/acting, very clever writing, smart.
Don't see it if you are ignorant, white, and don't like to be challenged or payback upsets you, you hate over the top acting, musicals , the 90s,soap operas
See it if You like the works of Michael R. Jackson. I think I like this even better than a strange loop
Don't see it if you don't like whimsical plots and provoking language
See it if Strange Loop author delves into race with a twist. Black soap teen want to have the White girl parts including the danger. Hilarious.
Don't see it if The fast moving song lyrics are often lost in the bad sound design. It's a shame. If you think Black people are treated equally don't go.
See it if You're not easily offended, can handle its 3-hour runtime, and can appreciate a diamond in the rough.
Don't see it if You don't have the patience for an overlong, indulgent, and often crass musical about racism and class. Read more
See it if You'd like a wild mashup of daytime and nighttime soap operas that exposes hypocrisy and old tropes in cinema and beyond.
Don't see it if You like only clear, concise musicals. This one is a bit nonsensical, too long, and uneven in spots, though totally enjoyable.
See it if you like raunchy satires about 90s soap operas and sitcoms.
Don't see it if you don't like raunchiness. Think John Waters-esque. Also don't see it if you're not willing to go the full 2 hours and 45 minutes. Read more
See it if You want to experience an original, different, and a mad-genius kind of show crammed full with the writer's brilliant id on full display.
Don't see it if You don't want to sit through almost 3 hours of content that can benefit from some editing and more focus.
See it if you're a fan of MRJ and will see any of his work. WGID has many flaws, but it's not boring. It's funny, witty, very long, but NOT repetitive
Don't see it if You're prudish, can't tolerate racial unfiltered topics. You have to wait till the very end to fully realize the point of this production
Critic Reviews (11)
“...his attempt reminds us that ambivalence of all kinds, about people and love and stories and theater, is not a failure no matter what world you live in. Nor is it a success. It’s a start.”
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“But what you want more is for the author of 'White Girl in Danger' to go back, pull together another draft, and work those ideas into the bones of the show itself.”
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“Mr. Jackson’s unbridled imagination brings the show a certain amount of energy and satirical thrust, although subtlety is not...Clearly, Mr. Jackson has provocative, and personal, ideas he wants to share, but the forum he has crafted here is an unwieldy vehicle for them.”
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“Despite its flaws, ‘White Girl in Danger’ is a musical bursting with big ideas about the transactional relationship between storytellers and consumers...a must-see new musical from one of the sharpest voices in the theater today.”
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“What unfolds on the Tony Kiser Theater stage is sheer chaos, on a level I haven't seen in decades, and it raises some painful questions.”
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“Jackson's belabored ‘White Girl in Danger’ is not nearly as sure-footed and effortless. And that's a crime.”
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“ ‘White Girl in Danger’ is not entirely a shambles or a sham, but it is a shame...All the same, any disappointment they may currently experience is understandable.”
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"Watching 'White Girl in Danger'...is a bit like spending a three-hour meal with someone who insists on having an entire conversation with his mouth full. You know he’s trying to tell you something important, but you just only make out bits and pieces of what he’s trying to say!"
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