Heartbreak House NYC Reviews and Tickets

72%

(79 Ratings)

Positive

66%

Mixed

29%

Negative

Members say

Great acting, Entertaining, Slow, Disappointing, Ambitious

About the Show

In this new adaptation of Shaw’s play, it’s the first days of the London Blitz. With the performance interrupted, the cast and audience have joined together to seek shelter in the theatre’s basement.

To entertain the crowd, the cast performs Shaw’s most vital paean to resistance and perseverance against tyranny, 'Heartbreak House.' Inspired by actual events as lived by Hermione Gingold during the WWII’s darkest days, this new approach strives to make Shaw’s masterpiece more timely than ever. 'Heartbreak House' brings a wildly disparate group of people together in the English countryside over a September weekend to make major decisions about their future. No stone is left unturned as each character is forced to come to terms with his or her past while finding a way to move forward in the face of the coming crisis.

Show-Score Member Reviews (79)

Confusing, Dated, Indulgent, Overrated, Boring

See it if You will like anything Terry Teachout likes. I thought I did.

Don't see it if You hate farce. Read more

Absorbing, Great acting, Intelligent, Relevant, Great staging

See it if you love Shaw and you want to see just how relevant his plays are in today's world. The actors are fully committed to this work.

Don't see it if you can't sit through a long play. However, it beautifully acted & staged that it never felt long.

Delightful, Entertaining

See it if It was delightfully entertaining. The cast was talented. The show was fun.

Don't see it if If you don’t like humorous banter.

Weird take on a weird play

See it if You're a Shaw fan. It's not perfect, but at least it's interesting.

Don't see it if You think Terry Teachout's rave review can't be wrong, and would be disappointed to find out it's quite overblown.

Delightful, Dated, Great acting, Slow, Entertaining

See it if you want to see some great NYC character actors chewing the scenery.

Don't see it if you're not interested in Shaw plays.

Not sure how i felt about this adaptation

See it if I have seen other versions of this play and this one was quirky and different which I usually like but still unsure how the production

Don't see it if If you don't like new versions of classic shows

Confusing, Quirky, Funny, Entertaining, Ambitious

See it if You like British humor and farce in an intimate setting.

Don't see it if You can't follow dialects or prefer large shows in a large setting.

Funny, Great acting, Great staging, Great writing, Intelligent

See it if you enjoy Shaw. There is great intelligence, humor and wit in this show.

Don't see it if you feel that Shaw plays are "talky."

Critic Reviews (25)

"Shaw’s stinging social commentary is clearly played out...Staller’s concept allows the cast to go over the top with their characterizations and find the rhythm and timing that is highly entertaining and intellectually engaging. This amazing cast draws you in with humor, and before you know it, you are absorbed in Shaw’s dark and truthful themes of human nature...This Gingold Theatrical Group production is well conceived and impeccably executed."
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Gingold Theatrical Group