OEDIPUS Reviews - Page 4

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 4:53am

Could it be that they're holding them for Tony voters?

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 8:18am

They seem to be gone everywhere.  No longer on TodayTix. 

Nothing on StubHub or SeatGeek when I checked.

Previously more than a hundred were available for every performance this week.

[Huss417]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 10:39am

SteveSanders said: "They seem to be gone everywhere. No longer on TodayTix.

Nothing on StubHub or SeatGeek when I checked.

Previously more than a hundred were available for every performance this week."

There were only a handful for the final on Sunday and that is what I saw when I looked at the weekend dates. Very few for the entire weekend. Not sure when you saw "hundreds" but this was on Monday when I grabbed for the final.

 

Updated On: 2/3/26 at 10:39 AM

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 10:42am

I just called Criteron because I was curious. The entire rest of the run is sold out completely. 

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 10:57am

Huss417 said: "SteveSanders said: "They seem to be gone everywhere. No longer on TodayTix.

Nothing on StubHub or SeatGeek when I checked.

Previously more than a hundred were available for every performance this week."

There were only a handful for the final on Sunday and that is what I saw when I looked at the weekend dates. Very few for the entire weekend. Not sure when you saw "hundreds" but this was on Monday when I grabbed for the final."

I was looking at Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and when I checked more than 100 were available for each of the four performances during that span.  I did not check for the closing weekend's performances.

 

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 9:34pm

Telecharge has no ability to purchase, either.  
I’m going on Sunday and thought to grab one more to invite a friend, but the rest of the run is not for sale. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 2/4/26 at 10:08am

The rest of the run appears SOLD OUT.

[C4b2a3b]

Posted: 2/4/26 at 8:31pm

I guess I only have myself to blame for not buying a ticket earlier. I usually only buy tickets ahead of time if it's something like Hamilton or something I have the sense will be a hard ticket to get (like Mescal in Streetcar). Maybe I'll try the Today Tix lottery or going to the box office daily? I supose I could check Stubhub. Any other suggestions?

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 2/5/26 at 1:36pm

I tried setting an alert on the Theatr app...got one hit from a person selling a ticket for $2,431. LOL. No single piece of entertainment that has ever been made in the history of the world is worth that price. Absolutely insane.

[AC126748]

Posted: 2/9/26 at 1:26pm

I saw the final Saturday matinee. Quite a few stars in the audience: Samuel and LaTonya Jackson, Edie Falco (in the same row as the Jacksons), Hugh Dancy and Claire Danes. I spotted an empty seat here and there, but it definitely seemed full. The crowd gave the cast a huge hand at curtain.

The adaptation didn't work for me -- Oedipus is a story about fate and hubris, not a political thriller, and Icke's adaptation was unconvincing. I expect Mark Strong, Lesley Manville and Anne Reid will be remembered come awards season -- all three were excellent -- the rest of the cast were not on the same level, but I think that has as much to do with the writing as anything else. Glad I saw it, but it didn't bowl me over.

Updated On: 2/9/26 at 01:26 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 2/9/26 at 5:04pm

In its final week, this just broke the Studio 54 house record for weekly gross with an intake of $1,212,949.

[quizking101]

Posted: 2/9/26 at 5:46pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "In its final week, this just broke the Studio 54 house record for weekly gross with an intake of$1,212,949."

Well I’ll be a motherf*¢ķęř…

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 2/11/26 at 10:34pm

I somehow managed to see this a second time right before it closed, and IMHO it's one of the great productions of the past decade. Absolutely riveting adaptation, acting, and directing from start to finish. Give it awards and maybe even adapt it into a feature film.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 2/11/26 at 10:53pm

Agree.

This should absolutely win Play revival, Best director of a play (for its direction and adaptation) & Manville's performance.  Strong is also quite good.

[Merkin2]

Posted: 2/12/26 at 6:44am

I loved it but I wouldn’t say it blew my mind.  I enjoyed Liberation and Practice more than Oedipus. 

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/12/26 at 11:23pm

I honestly thought I had an extra week to see this! 
 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 2/13/26 at 12:06am

AC126748 said: "
-- Oedipus is a story about fate and hubris, not a political thriller, and Icke's adaptation was unconvincing. I expect Mark Strong, Lesley Manville and Anne Reid will be remembered come awards season -- all three were excellent -- the rest of the cast were not on the same level, but I think that has as much to do with the writing as anything else. Glad I saw it, but it didn't bowl me over."

The rest of the cast had far less to do.  The writing is excellent, smart and Icke's adaptation is all the things you mentioned AND thrilling -but is not a "political thriller " it's set during the last hours of a political race but has very little to do with politics. It isn't centered on high-stakes power struggles, where the fate of a nation, institution, or the world is threatened by corruption, conspiracy, espionage, or terrorism.  But it is written smartly suspenseful.  The audiences I saw it with were enraptured and shattered by the end.