boom NYC Reviews and Tickets

74%
(19 Reviews)
Positive
63%
Mixed
37%
Negative
0%
Members say
Quirky, Funny, Entertaining, Clever, Ambitious

About the Show

This dark comedic allegory of survival in the face of impending doom offers an exploration of environmental inevitability, denial, and who gets to survive.

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1015 Reviews | 420 Followers
79
Slow, Thought-provoking, Entertaining, Quirky, Clever

See it if You liked The Twilight Zone or watch Syfy Channel, Black Mirror or that type of program.

Don't see it if You want all your questions answered for you or if you want a show that makes sense from start to finish. Part of the fun here is the ???

892 Reviews | 259 Followers
80
Clever, Quirky, Entertaining, Funny, Great staging

See it if you appreciate what can be done on a small stage, this one with a furnace filter decor! Boom is about the doom of a predict meteor plan.

Don't see it if you do not like loud "booms" or silliness, but you will be missing great acting by the museum docent and the others this energetic cast.

754 Reviews | 124 Followers
69
Original, Amusing, Quirky, Resonant, Ambitious

See it if you have environmental concerns. There are some wonderful comic awareness raising moments.

Don't see it if the idea of a story within a story within a story is bothersome. The various layers don't pay off as well as I had hoped.

670 Reviews | 156 Followers
66
Intermittently funny, Sour, Overwrought

See it if you'd like to see an adequate revival of a recently popular play so you can assess whether it is any longer relevant.

Don't see it if you are looking for something fresh. Read more

466 Reviews | 238 Followers
68
Ambitious, Banal, Clever, Funny, Edgy

See it if Science fiction

Don't see it if Lackluster plot

414 Reviews | 72 Followers
69
Over-acted, Clever writing, Funny, Quirky

See it if Archeologist-museum curator studies evolutionary pinch point that threatens to terminate higher life forms but surprisingly has happy ending

Don't see it if You don’t like unnecessary loud drumming, yelling, and screaming. You don’t appreciate pushing absurdity for laughs when subtlety will do.

309 Reviews | 86 Followers
67
Lightweight, Quirky, Moderately amusing

See it if you're a fan of those low-budget "doomsday" sci-fi stories that might be based on genuine science but are just laughable

Don't see it if you expect a truly affecting "dark comedy-" this one is silly, totally toothless & played for absurdity Read more

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280 Reviews | 75 Followers
71
Quirky, Great acting, Clever, Ambitious

See it if can appreciate a good-enough if uneven contemporary play, a mixture of a realistic-style with wacky outbursts by 3 talented likable actors.

Don't see it if over-critical of new work by small companies Read more