Next door at NYTW presents this new work that begins as a farce, and evolves into a fantasia, on the subject of the closet. More…
Balti and Jaker begin the play as two gay 20-year-olds enjoying the romantic and sexual possibilities on their contemporary college campus. But when Jaker asks Balti to pretend to be straight for the duration of Jaker's Grandmother's visit to the campus, a chasm opens in the friends' consciousness, and Balti finds himself traveling back in time, with the help of a Cherub from the wrong side of the tracks.
See it if You like quirky, out of the box style shows. Lots of dream like sequences (too many for my taste) and metaphorical bits.
Don't see it if You want to see an easily understandable show or one that ends up making sense at all.
See it if had very good acting and excellent staging. They used the stage well. If they rework the last 20 minutes, this could be a good one.
Don't see it if The last 20 minutes hurt this show, it became not so much confusing as it got away from the main plot.
See it if you want to support some talented young actors who commit wholeheartedly, earnestly and boldly to some agonizing theatre (& deserve better).
Don't see it if you bristle at the idea of an "arty" playwright trying to be "edgy" & "experimental", producing unintelligible nonsense masked as "high art"
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See it if Burkhardt's epic historical time-tripping gay fantasia is an edgy mash-up of Foucault, Whitman, Kushner & Hammett Golden's cherub is great!
Don't see it if Dense, philosophical, post-ironic dialogue often confusing & rigorously demanding but worth it Last 1/2 hr of script spins out of control
See it if experimental theater is your idea of an interesting evening. Starting from a gay college romance, it evolves to something utterly unexpected
Don't see it if you like conventional plot and predictable characters.
See it if Ditzy gay relationship complicated.by arrival of uptight grandma. Lesbian friends try to help. All four actors play the old lady for a while
Don't see it if you can't follow a non-linear narrative with quite a bit of fantasy. Confusing but hypnotic. Chubby chasers will also find a lot to like.
See it if you like being confused by who people are, where they are, and what they are saying.
Don't see it if small, black box spaces aren't for you. Or if you have a choice.
See it if You'll see anything with a queer spin to it no matter how derivative it is of other gay works.
Don't see it if You want to see a play with good writing and acting.
See it if You can send experimental mishmash theater
Don't see it if You Want an understandable linear plot that you can follow
See it if you want to suffer through a play that has too many confusing twists and turns, even if the gay elements in the first half are interesting.
Don't see it if you prefer a linear play with characters that speak with more than lyrical gibberish and a plot that makes more sense than this one does.Ugh
See it if seeing a gay family drama performed in a confusing way will interest you
Don't see it if you have something better to do or if you are not sure of the description of the story line
See it if You either know someone in the show or want to waste 1 hour and 40 minutes of your life.
Don't see it if You expect to see something with a clear story, interesting characters, and having a point.
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See it if you like sweet gay comedies and are willing to leave after the first 20 minutes before it all changes and gets weird.
Don't see it if you can't follow numerous time and reality jumps with a multitude of characters, only some of whom even remotely make sense.
Also I really wanted to like this confusing mess of a show. I give the cast... Read more Read less
See it if like complex, layered, queer narratives. Inventive staging and challenging ensemble work. Great use of music and physical acting.
Don't see it if you need linear stories with easily consumable takeaways. The play definitely veers into fantasia halfway through act I.
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See it if You like anything with a gay theme regardless of plot and dialogue. Love shows with sex crazed cherubs- you think smoke machines are cool
Don't see it if Overly written confusing plot with no pay off . Actors who play multiple roles of characters that no one cares about.
See it if I can’t think of a reason to recommend this show
Don't see it if You are not open to weird, complex new works
See it if you love fantastical strange and beautiful queer stories that break genres, forms, and conventions
Don't see it if you don't like anything non-traditional, non-linear, and somewhat intentionally confusing
See it if you enjoy a quirky gay comedy that is non-linear and explores intolerance, Foucauldian discourse, queerness, and family secrets
Don't see it if you are impatient with a modern play that abandons its main plot to detour into a side character's back story, narrated from 1920-on. Yawn!
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See it if you want to see some fine young actors tackle very dense and confusing material with great skill and determination.
Don't see it if you don't like experimental theater even if it's a valiant but failed experiment.
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