The Ones Upstairs NYC Reviews and Tickets

See it if You want to see a play that involves people holding on to loved ones that have passed away

Don't see it if You are expecting something that is polished, cleaned up and ready for an audience Read more

See it if you like to support smaller local theaters, new writers; want something inexpensive

Don't see it if you found the premise (funny, touching play about connections between the living & the dead) intriguing - it disappoints .. Read more

See it if You want to support new plays. The bones of a fun story are somewhere in there.

Don't see it if you want a tight, coherent story. Too many plotlines that come out of nowhere. Over long. I thought it ended, but now, one more scene to go. Read more

See it if you want to support shows/co's @ Theater for New City. Cute show, w/a few funny performances. Saturday matinee was packed, lots of chuckles.

Don't see it if you can't sit through slow 100min show w/no intermission. Wanted SO much to like it more, but playwright doesn't deliver on premise promise. Read more

See it if You want a funny show about the trials and tribulations of dating

Don't see it if You want a satisfying conclusion to the story of some sort.

See it if you want to torture/punish yourself for any misdeeds,

Don't see it if you like characters who do not make sense with lines or with voice inflections.

See it if You want to be exposed to a kernel of a potential concept or idea.

Don't see it if If that kernel never goes beyond an idea of a concept.

See it if You want to support a new work of art

Don't see it if You’re expecting writing or acting quality superior to that found in a high school production Read more