Really Really Gorgeous NYC Reviews and Tickets

70%

(30 Ratings)

Positive

50%

Mixed

43%

Negative

Members say

Quirky, Disappointing, Slow, Clever, Great acting

About the Show

This new work traverses the dystopian, the outlandish, and the magical to arrive at the collision between love, celebrity, and the apocalypse.

From the show:

Enter America's disgusting and sensational future-everything is underwater, but the TVs still work. In a moldy shack, two women slosh through life together, each the other's only remaining companion, sharing dreams of stardom and power that will never, ever, ever come true. Except when they do. Directed by Miranda Haymon (In the Penal Colony at The Tank, Next Door @ NYTW), Nick Mecikalski's Really Really Gorgeous traverses the dystopian, the outlandish, and the magical to arrive at the collision between love, celebrity... and the apocalypse.

Show-Score Member Reviews (30)

Thought/conversation-provoking, Great lighting and sound, Great cast and direction, Absorbing, relevant, Clever, quirky, entertaining

See it if You're up for a terrific cast in a serious farce about power and survival. And love, in a world where what's gorgeous is anyplace that's dry

Don't see it if You dislike farce or SciFi; don't think the climate's changing or the president lies constantly; you believe everything you hear on TV. Read more

Great staging, Solid acting, Disappointing

See it if you want to see a play with great promise that actively deconstructs American Myths.

Don't see it if you will be overly disappointed by a play that supplies new American Myths worse than the old. Read more

Insipid, Confusing, Dystopian, Disappointing, Slow

See it if you enjoy dystopian political fantasy with absurdist leanings.

Don't see it if emotional realism is something you value in drama. I found the relationships only word deep without supporting actions.

Quirky, Funny, Dizzying

See it if you enjoy quirky non-linear silliness with elusive meaning.

Don't see it if you prefer serious story telling with clear morals. Read more

Bechdel test passing, Dystopian, Quirky, Funny, Clever

See it if you're drawn to imaginative after-catastophe narratives. You want to support new work in a theater that consistently encourages it.

Don't see it if repetition drives you out of your gourd and/or your imagination only functions with an assist from Hollywood level sets and special effects.

Entertaining, Funny, Quirky, Intelligent, Clever

See it if You enjoy dystopian allegories for the dystopia we currently inhabit, that touch on multiple themes and maintain a sense of humor.

Don't see it if You struggle with metaphor or aren't in the mood to tolerate a play that is sometimes slow. Read more

Thought-provoking, Great writing, Great acting, Absorbing, Ambitious

See it if In-depth themes of current day reality set to dystopian extremes. See what the future could be...if we let it.

Don't see it if You are looking to sit back, relax, and not think.

During previews

Great staging, Relevant, Great acting, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You want to see a very clever and well-acted play. Very interesting premise and provides some very timely critique on present day government

Don't see it if you don't enjoy political satire. Read more

Critic Reviews (3)

"Poets Vie for the Golden Ticket in ‘Really Really Gorgeous’: In this dystopian satire, 'American Idol' and '60 Minutes' still reign, the White House is in Cleveland and a pair of writers compete to save the world."
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"A Wildly Conceived Climate Change Comedy 'REALLY REALLY GORGEOUS' at The Tank"
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"Nick Mecikalski's 'Really Really Gorgeous' (directed by Miranda Haymon) is set in a dystopian world that will seem familiar or at least largely plausible to audiences in 2020. In the play, dramatic shifts in climate have left much of North America underwater (both literally and figuratively)."
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