Bump NYC Reviews and Tickets

76%
(37 Ratings)
Positive
84%
Mixed
13%
Negative
3%
Members say
Entertaining, Funny, Clever, Delightful, Great acting

About the Show

Ensemble Studio Theatre presents a new play which follows three different stories of three separate quests for knowledge, all revolving around pregnancy and childbirth.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (37)

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69 Reviews | 17 Followers
81
Clever, Delightful, Entertaining, Funny, Great acting

See it if You can appreciate a short play with funny lines and excellent acting. The father and inventor could easily have overacted, but didn't.

Don't see it if You want to see a big Broadway musical.

77 Reviews | 13 Followers
80
Delightful, Entertaining, Great acting, Great staging

See it if although it's no joke, you like funny ways of dealing with pregnancy and childbirth. Staging was creative and all actors played really well.

Don't see it if you want a story-line or some deep thoughts about pregenancy.

442 Reviews | 127 Followers
80
Clever, Entertaining, Intelligent, Resonant, Funny

See it if you would enjoy a humorous look at pregnancy and childbirth, how so much has changed over the years and yet remains somehow the same.

Don't see it if if you have no interest in pregnancy/childbirth or find this subject uncomfortable; you are looking for a Broadway style show.

394 Reviews | 34 Followers
79
Absorbing, Entertaining, Great acting, Slow

See it if you want to be entertained by talented actors in a cute play.

Don't see it if you want to see great drama. Read more

98 Reviews | 17 Followers
78
Clever, Entertaining, Delightful

See it if You like light comedic skits about reality

Don't see it if You enjoy funny suits on a common subject

642 Reviews | 71 Followers
78
Well done. clever.

See it if You like comedic takes on real life issues. In this case pregnancy.

Don't see it if You like tradional plays.

101 Reviews | 11 Followers
78
Absorbing, Intelligent, Thought-provoking, Clever, Entertaining

See it if you eant a nice evening of a well acted take on pregnancy

Don't see it if you're looking for something heavy

275 Reviews | 603 Followers
76
Ambitious, Cliched, Interesting scientific base

See it if You like theatre that is based around new medical innovation. interesting discovery.

Don't see it if I saw the last performance. Enjoyed it more than I was expecting to. Read more

Critic Reviews (11)

Theatre's Leiter Side
May 17th, 2018

"Atik's surprisingly entertaining, if…bumpy new comedy about childbirth…Under Weill's sprightly direction, the tone is consistently light and upbeat…Perhaps feeling a need to plump out her story, Atik introduces an unnecessary parallel plot…'Bump' benefits from a uniformly qualified cast…One could…question why 'Bump' dramatizes the invention of a technical breakthrough by creating fictional characters and not…somehow crediting the actual Argentinian who invented the device."
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T
May 23rd, 2018

"The play is part family drama...The play is also part historical drama...DeVito’s hysteria colliding with O’Hara’s sangfroid is the source of many hearty laughs. And the play is a meditation on pregnancy...Although every pregnancy is different, even those of the same woman, most mothers will recognize themselves somewhere in the story. And the playwright’s gentle humor should make most women unashamed of even their most outlandish behavior."
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Motherhood Later
May 28th, 2018

"The play is entertaining to its core, and while it would be great for moms, future moms, pregnant women, girlfriends, it is funny enough to please a general audience...Birth is miraculous, and this show is a wonderful reminder of the astounding capabilities of the human body, as well as the ingenuity of the human mind. 'Bump' is fresh and funny—at times ‘laugh out loud’ funny...It is well worth seeing, and Chiara Atik is one to put on your radar."
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