Eureka Day NYC Reviews and Tickets

88%
(28 Ratings)
Positive
96%
Mixed
4%
Negative
0%
Members say
Great acting, Relevant, Thought-provoking, Funny, Intelligent

About the Show

Set at a private school in Berkeley, CA, this east coast premiere from Colt Coeur dives into the vaccination debate and asks: how do you find consensus when you can’t agree on the facts?

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Show-Score Member Reviews (28)

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112 Reviews | 28 Followers
99
Relevant, Must see, Great writing, Great acting, Exquisite

See it if you enjoy thought-provoking comedies and want to hear some top-notch writing coupled with a superb ensemble.

Don't see it if you’re not a fan of satire, provocative comedies, or plays about current events Read more

774 Reviews | 246 Followers
95
Relevant, Masterful, Thought-provoking, Funny, Exquisite

See it if Hilarious, exquisitely acted satire of a dysfunctional progressive school board. Poses questions of leadership and how to handle crisis.

Don't see it if You'll be offended by a vaccination conflict and mocking of excessively accommodating attitudes. Read more

69 Reviews | 18 Followers
95
Great writing, Great acting, Biting, Hilarious, Delightful

See it if brilliant satirical treatment of the breakdown of polite liberal behavior under duress can make you howl with glee

Don't see it if you are a liberal who can't cop to the fact that sometimes we can be douchey, opinionated and hard to take Read more

642 Reviews | 69 Followers
95
Terrific story acting writing.

See it if You appreciate a good story well done about an important timely issue.

Don't see it if You don’t like serious theatre

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243 Reviews | 67 Followers
94
Thought-provoking, Relevant, Great writing, Great acting, Funny

See it if you have ever experienced trying to reach consensus in a group and realized that even like-minded folks can hold very divergent POV's

Don't see it if you think CA left leaning parents dealing with issue of mandatory vaccination is beyond tedious and endless parsing of the subject boring Read more

271 Reviews | 66 Followers
92
Great writing, Relevant, Thought-provoking, Funny, Intelligent

See it if You want a fairly even-handed take on PC-ness.

Don't see it if You have fixed ideas and don’t want to engage with different points of view.

52 Reviews | 26 Followers
90
Great acting, Funny, Relevant, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You want to see a great ensemble of actors, great direction, and the best use of facebook live ever.

Don't see it if you like plays that seem short but have a long intermission and longer second half...Could have been 15 minutes shorter and no intermission

117 Reviews | 34 Followers
90
Excellent

See it if you would like to see a funny, well-written and well-directed show that delicately skewers many of today's PC platitudes and hypocrisies

Don't see it if you are a social justice/anti-medical establishment warrior with no sense of humor

Critic Reviews (9)

The New York Times
August 29th, 2019

CRITIC’S PICK "Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’: Jonathan Spector’s lively portrait of a debate over mandatory vaccinations is the perfect play for our age of disagreement."
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Time Out New York
August 30th, 2019

4/5 Stars "Under Adrienne Campbell-Holt's alert direction, Spector and the expert cast extract comic gold from the little tugs-of-war for control among the members of the committee. But in the second act, this comedy of manners yields to a serious probing of interpersonal responsibility and the limits of consideration."
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Lighting & Sound America
August 30th, 2019

"One is struck by Spector's remarkable facility for skewering his characters' affectations while allowing them their humanity. It's a pretty devastating combination and it helps to explain why " 'Eureka Day' is both loaded with laughter and armed with plenty to say about the way we live now."
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New York Stage Review
September 9th, 2019

5/5 Stars "Jonathan Spector's Cyclonically Funny Outrageous New Comedy: The invasion of the anti-vaxxers, from-where else?-Berkeley"
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New York Stage Review
August 29th, 2019

"'A comical Clash from the Current Culture Wars': A smart new comedy takes a satirical shot at the antivax issue"
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TheaterScene.net
September 6th, 2019

"Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day now at Walkerspace is a blisteringly satiric and provocative play torn right out of the headlines. Ostensibly about how one progressive elementary school handles a case of mumps due to many anti-vaxxers, the play also tackles many other hot button topics."
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Theater Pizzazz
September 5th, 2019

"'Eureka Day'.,.gives the incipient fall season a well-needed shot in the arm with its clever way of exploring the ramifications of compulsory vaccinations… Politesse in the name of political correctness has rarely been so finely shaded…Deserves a longer life."
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Theatre Reviews Limited
September 11th, 2019

"What could go wrong at a private school whose board of directors (all five of them) make all decisions based on consensus and have only what benefits the community at heart. What happens, indeed, when a mumps outbreak at the school forces the board to examine the facts about vaccinating infants and herd immunity?"
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