JOB Reviews

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 12:01am

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 10:12pm

DTLI Consensus: A Job decently (but not well) done. 

7 mixed (including the NYT), 5 positive, 1 negative. 

https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/job-the-play/

Updated On: 7/30/24 at 10:12 PM

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 10:22pm

BroadwayWorld.com

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/JOB-On-Broadway-To-Launch-Post-ShowConversation-Series-20240730

3 Positive, 5 Mixed, 3 Negative

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 10:37pm

Certainly not what the producers were hoping for in reviews, especially given how poor the sales are up to this point.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 11:04pm

certainly surprising to see these mixed reviews seeing the raves off-broadway

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 11:26pm

i loved this downtown, and fine if others dont enjoy

but i gotta feel for producers that make decisions based on expectations of critical acclaim only to be caught pants down like this. 

[Kad]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 11:33pm

Very surprising, especially compared to the wildly successful trajectory of Oh, Mary!- despite being very different, the two productions were often spoken of together as signs of a rejuvenation of commercial off-Broadway. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 11:57pm

I just recently saw this and enjoyed it very much. HATED the ending but liked the play, as a whole. 

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 7/31/24 at 12:12am

I think the difference between this and Oh Mary is that Oh Mary deals with outsized emotions and broader comedy, which both translate decently well to a slightly bigger stage, not to mention that there just aren't that many comedic plays currently running.

Job on the other hand is a small show that deals with the nuances in two people's interactions.  And though it was sold out in both of its off Broadway runs, I never heard the same buzz around it as Oh Mary, which had reached beyond the circle of just theater people (at least for me it had).  And Oh Mary has done some smart promotion, whereas I'm not too sure what if any marketing Job has really done, outside of sending discount codes to mailing lists of people who have already seen the show.

I also thought it was fairly telling that so many people on this board liked the show but mentioned they wouldn't necessarily want to see it again.  I definitely walked out of it wanting to give it another watch after seeing it at SoHo Playhouse, so I'm not sure if it's just that other people in general liked it less, or if there's something about the intimacy of a smaller venue that makes it feel less gripping (Theatermania essentially said as much in their review)

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 7/31/24 at 12:27am

this had like a 8 week extension built in but i have to imagine that trigger doesn't get pulled now

[JasonC3]

Posted: 7/31/24 at 6:16am

Oh Mary also has received tons of major media exposure, only adding to its buzz. I've seen Cole on The View, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Tonight Show, and at one point there were a couple of articles about him and the show on the NYT home page.

[Falsettolands]

Posted: 7/31/24 at 2:49pm

Word on the street is we might only have this for a couple more weeks.

It's a shame. I really love these two actors in spite of the material.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 7/31/24 at 3:13pm

OH MARY has always had a greater level of recognition and a core (gay) audience that could be tapped into and then expanded upon. I think it also sold-out at a much higher price downtown, as opposed to JOB which was more of a slow burn. JOB always seemed like a bigger risk than O,M! and now that risk is proving itself to be true.

[VotePeron]

Posted: 7/31/24 at 8:56pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: “JOB always seemed like a bigger risk than O,M! and now that risk is proving itself to be true."

Also doesn’t have great appeal. Multiple people walked out during my performance last week, even before the big “twist.” And it’s only a 75 minute play… 

These reviews are spot-on. If producers thought this deserved a longer/more prolific life, they should’ve done a flashy off-broadway encore.