Posted: 9/20/26 at 11:18am
Now in performances at Playwrights Horizons through October 11th. I quite enjoyed this and haven't seen anyone talking about it -- curious to hear the general reception!
Posted: 9/20/26 at 12:05pm
Looking forward to seeing it next week! What was the run time when you saw it?
Posted: 9/20/26 at 12:54pm
mlledir said: "Looking forward to seeing it next week! What was the run time when you saw it?"
Run time is 2 hours 45 minutes, including a 15 minute intermission.
Posted: 9/23/26 at 12:00am
Really enjoyed this. Else Went has a nack for taking plot lines that could border on melodrama and makes them feel very real and lived in and emotional. I felt similarly about Initiative. It’s reflecting a real undercurrent that is affecting so many young men and women these days, and treating it with respect and reverence and weight.
Posted: 9/24/26 at 10:00am
the entire (very short) run of this is sold out ... i assume news of an extension is imminent?
Posted: 9/26/26 at 8:09pm
Posted: 9/30/26 at 9:11am
‘Degenerates’ Review: The Longing Beneath the Hate and Self-Hate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/theater/degenerates-review-the-longing-beneath-the-hate-and-self-hate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFE.2I4Q.Z45ent_84mff&smid=nytcore-android-share
Posted: 10/17/26 at 3:46pm
Really enjoyed this. What do we thing the bullets in the chicken nuggets was about?
Posted: 10/18/26 at 6:19pm
Final extension. Must close November 8
Posted: 10/19/26 at 11:33am
I thought this was mostly exceptional. It took me a bit to get into (although that opening sequence is more terrifying than anything in PARANORMAL ACTIVITY), but once the plot really got going, I was all in.
Christopher Dylan White is giving a stunner of a performance, matched by an equally memorable Zachary Desmond. A couple of walkouts around me, but that's their loss.
Flaws and all, I highly recommend rushing to grab a ticket to the final extension.
Updated On: 10/19/26 at 11:33 AM
Posted: 10/19/26 at 12:16pm
Posted: 10/19/26 at 12:46pm
It’s definitely more of a queer take on degenerates. I enjoyed it overall but didn’t necessarily love it. And the bullets in the chicken nuggets was a little too abstract and random for me.
Posted: 10/19/26 at 4:58pm
My understanding was that they were the BBs he himself had previously joked about shooting at the chickens - and the meaning I took away was as follows: he accused his mother of trying to kill him, when in fact the BBs were the direct consequences of his own actions -- and that this may be how he looks at life, blaming others for the results of what he himself does.
Posted: 10/19/26 at 6:05pm
Oh wow that actually escaped me. I pondered this for so long, forgetting about him shooting the chickens. I was thinking he was imagining his mother trying to kill him and blaming her for his problems. Or perhaps a commentary about parents being complicit in their children’s degenerative state.
Posted: 10/30/26 at 7:44pm
Posted: 11/2/26 at 5:08pm
It's transferring to their larger space, with performances from 12/22 - 1/24/27.
Posted: 11/2/26 at 5:34pm
I really liked this play, it really speaks to today, but it’s not necessarily a must see. I’m surprised it’s so popular that they keep extending. Meanwhile their other show, the ripple, is not that far behind in quality and it’s being papered
Posted: 11/2/26 at 5:37pm
