Written by Adam Bock
Directed by Trip Cullman
Synopsis:
Off on the bar crawl to end all crawls, three twenty-something brides-to-be find their lives going topsy-turvy when one of them begins to question her future after a chance encounter with a recently jilted handsome stranger. A wildly theatrical take on the mystique of marriage and the ever-shifting nature of love and identity in a city that never sleeps.
NEW YORK TIMES:
"But these surrealist touches cannot really disguise the fundamentally conventional — at times trite — nature of the play. “The Drunken City” is novel in its focus on characters more likely to be found in throwaway sitcoms than on the stage, but its plot is not especially interesting. "
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NEW YORK POST:
"And while it features wonderfully askew dialogue and characterizations, its giddy pleasures, like that of any alcohol-fueled romp, eventually dissipate. "
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:
"Adam Bock writes characters who behave and speak so authentically that watching his plays can seem as though you're eavesdropping on actual conversations, not watching actors reciting lines and going through their paces. So it is in his new show at Playwrights Horizons, "The Drunken City," a playful and hopeful comedy in which everybody's tipsy and everyone's shaken and stirred after one long, liquor-filled night. "
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THEATERMANIA:
" Watching a bunch of inebriated people on stage might seem like a dubious premise, but Adam Bock's bittersweet romantic comedy The Drunken City, getting its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons, has such an endearingly quirky style that it quickly draws the audience in. The show, sharply directed by Trip Cullman, provokes plenty of laughter, but also contains insightful observations about love and friendship."
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VARIETY:
"In "The Drunken City" he pulls a reverse switch, with characters whose intoxicated blather and apparent shallowness mask genuine emotional need. Love and commitment are inevitably less gripping issues than murder or torture -- the oblique subjects of those earlier plays -- but the writer's knack for subverting expectations remains sharp. That skill helps overcome the imbalance in Trip Cullman's production, which savors the comedy but struggles with the sincerity. "
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NEW YORK SUN:
"The thick tongues and scattered thoughts of his tipsy sextet in "The Drunken City" never keep Mr. Bock from listening to them with the scalpel-sharp insight that has made him such a potent force on today's theater scene. The result is tart and smart and, well, intoxicating. "
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