Election Selection or You Bet! NYC Reviews and Tickets

55%

(3 Ratings)

Positive

34%

Mixed

33%

Negative

33%

Members say

Original, Intense, Entertaining, Disappointing, Great singing

About the Show

The Theater for the New City's annual free summer street theater show is a rip-roaring operetta that transforms three everyday New Yorkers into community activists.

An election-season musical about three disparate New Yorkers: an irascible, high-strung grandmother who is sure that the world is doomed; an eager-to-vote, right-wing, African-American conservative; and a survivor of the 2008 Great Recession who works 12 hours a day at three part-time jobs to make ends meet. In this fast-paced show, these unlikely heroes are taken on time-traveling tour through the struggles of American history, from Shay's Rebellion to slave rebellions to the 60's draft card burnings to Occupy Wall Street. This free show is performed outdoors at various locations throughout the five boroughs. Check out the show's official website for the complete schedule.

Show-Score Member Reviews (3)

Original, Intense, Edgy, Dizzying, Great singing

See it if You don't mind being outside (on the street) or you like to support musicals that have an amateur-like feel to it - like a high-school play.

Don't see it if You care about production valves being of the highest standards. Also, if you think that seeing at indoor performance is the only way to go.

Enchanting, Entertaining, Original

See it if You want to see good amateur actors, if you love or want to discover a real street theater show

Don't see it if you don't hate street theater

Disappointing

See it if you like all political theatre.

Don't see it if you like good theatre.

Trailer

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