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Kurt Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June Discount Tickets
About Kurt Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June on Broadway
Duration
2hrs 10 Min (Includes One Intermission)
Audience
Suggested for Ages 13+
Previews
Oct. 18, 2018
Opening
Oct. 23, 2018
Closing
Nov. 29, 2018
Story for Kurt Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Wheelhouse’s critically-acclaimed revival of Vonnegut’s rarely-produced play returns to NYC for 6 Weeks Only! After being presumed dead for eight years, respected war veteran and big game hunter, Harold Ryan, returns home and brings with him an old way of thinking, celebrating a Hemingway-esque machismo and American exceptionalism. Harold soon discovers that the society he returns to has made attempts to progress into a more modern, enlightened cultural narrative. Taking a searing and darkly comedic look at American culture through the brilliantly perverse lens of its iconic author, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE is a dynamic and often hilarious meditation on toxic masculinity and American exceptionalism.
Critics’ Reviews for Kurt Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June
"Vonnegut’s 1970 play, about a chauvinist blowahard aggressively clinging to antiquated social mores, has found its moment."
The New Yorker
"Zingingly relevant… Hilarious and explosive… A ferociously funny revival from Wheelhouse Theater Company!"
The New York Times
"A real gem of a revival… as gripping, immediate, and relevant as it was nearly 50 years ago… it’s definitely worth the trip!"
GAY CITY NEWS