Sarah Silverman's THE BEDWETTER musical at Atlantic Theater Company - Previews — Page 2

I was there tonight. I personally enjoyed this a lot. It’s like a mix of Annie and Fun Home run though the twisted mind (and mostly very real experiences) of Sarah Silverman. Lauren Marcus was very strong, I very much enjoyed her. This is very much an ensemble piece and everyone had a lot of time to shine. I agree that there is a very special show here, it just isn’t there yet. I thought a lot of the stuff about mental illness was very poignant, and as for the humor, I’d say about 75% of it worked for me, and the audience seemed to enjoy it a lot. I’d definitely recommend this, and I hope we get a cast album eventually, I’ve had the title song stuck in my head since leaving the theatre.

I was there tonight and it’s a fine show overall. Lauren Marcus was great as the mom. The interaction between her and Bebe was underwhelming. Hopefully they expand that into a longer scene. I think the mothers storyline is the most interesting and could make a good show as well.

Caissie is still out? 🤔

I saw this last night and really loved it! Agree it probably needs some work to move on, but I would be disappointed if it ended here. Thoroughly enjoyable the entire time, even if it didn’t necessarily reach the highest heights. I think the comedy is at the same time its strength and what’s holding it back. My audience was far from stone cold silence, but also definitely not riotous laugher (although maybe you could say so for the dad’s song). Personally I’d say I was consistently laughing but never was close to dying laughing, and it needs some of those moments to reach its fully potential.

I really liked the way it approached the mental health stuff (at least as it related to Sarah, pretty neutral on the Beth Ann side), there were some intentionally absurd moments, but aside from those it just felt real. The characters didn’t have answers, the show didn’t have answers, and that was the point. It was presented really well. The reprise of I Don’t Know This Person was devastating.

The whole cast was really great. Lauren Marcus is still in as Beth Ann (I completely agree with all the praise for her!) and Annabelle Watchel was in for Amy and was also great. Zoe Glick is perfect as Sarah. Ashley Blanchet owns every scene she’s in as Miss New Hampshire. It’s interesting how spread out the material is, everyone has at least one song (the trio of girls share theirs) and it works really well since they all do great with their moment.

Updated On: 5/14/22 at 01:08 PM

I caught the matinee today, and my friend and I both loved it. The whole audience was laughing hysterically throughout. Performances were great, the score was catchy, and the direction lively. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did after reading previous comments. Highly recommended!

Caissie will be back tomorrow, finally.

According to the website, it's still the 23rd, and, no, she's hasn't played a performance yet, so it's a very unusual situation.

Whoops, who knew? There certainly isn't much evidence of it on social media.

What seats/price?

EDSOSLO858 said: "TaffyDavenport said: "According to the website, it's still the 23rd, and, no, she's hasn't played a performance yet, so it's a very unusual situation."

She has played a performance, and my friend was lucky enough to see her."

Yep. She was on 11th May evening performance at least I was there and she was excellent - had no idea it was one of her first / first performances.

toddles said: "Where are the lottery tickets located?"



Behind the last row. They have 7 seats (M 1 -7) that fold out from the wall. I personally wasn't a fan of these seats. You really couldn't see much of you saw in them. I stood for part of the first act. Lucky I found an empty seat for the second act that was much better.

(I tried posting a photo of the seats but don't know how.)

LarryD2 said: "Opening night is now Tuesday, June 7. Press performances have been rescheduled for the first weekend of June."

I see on their website that they have also now extended performances to July 3.