THE THANKSGIVING PLAY Reviews — Page 2

Saw this in previews and I had a viscerally negative reaction to this. I wasn't simply bored, but was angry at those involved for trapping me there. I found the writing to be inexcusably lazy and puerile, amounting to 90-minute SNL sketch - the bad kind that's good for a chuckle in the first 20 seconds but leaves you waiting for a new idea for the remaining 5,380 seconds. I'm all for skewering dogmatic "virtue signaling" and "wokeness" (for lack of a better term), but this isn't it. If you were to drop Jordan Peterson in the audience, he'd be delighted.

Observer:

‘The Thanksgiving Play’ Lays Bare Liberal Pretensions Badly

In 2023, the targets of Larissa FastHorse's satire seem not just dated but also uncomfortably close to agitprop.

https://observer.com/2023/04/larissa-fasthorse-the-thanksgiving-play-review-liberal-pretension/

Extended to June 11 
 

I saw the matinee today. I liked it. I didn’t love it. The vidoes of the kids were great but found the whole thing to be a little one note towards the end. 

D’arcy Carden and Katie Finneran were incredible. Everyone in the cast was great - made me stage door again after not doing in forever just because I wanted to congratulate them all on a great performance! 
 

Overall I’d lightly recommend. Pretty funny and great performances but could use some trimming. 
 

Last thought: really surprised they didn’t try to push Katie Finneran for lead actress - definitely an ensemble piece but a good case could have be made for her  

 

jbm2 said: "What’s the run time ?"

The website says 100 minutes, no intermission but it was less than that- more like 90