Next Fall

This play is excellent. Truly a must see show that I would recommend to everyone. The play alternates between scenes that take place the present day, where our characters are all in a hospital because of a terrible accident and scenes take place over a 4 or 5 year period and are flashbacks involving the main characters. The play is 75 percent sitcom and I laughed hysterically through most of it. The other 25 percent is both sad and thought provoking and I was just haunted by it for entire weekend.

By far, the best play currently on Broadway.
Brilliantly funny yet heartbreaking, it is powerful in both the current-​ness of its subject matter and the timelessness of its lessons.
Tickets are generally easy to get through TKTS and the theater is small-​ish guaranteeing a good experience.
The acting is top-​notch even if there are no big names («wasn’t he on gossip girl?» «didn’t that guy sleep with Miranda on Sex & the City?»).
What’s it about? Well, I figure the less you know, the better, here’s a Twitter’ish synopsis: Loved son/​friend/​boyfriend is put in coma in car accident. Parents/​friends/​boyfriend forced to deal with each other and situation. Laughs, tears, excellence.

I went into «Next Fall» with nada clue about it and came out completely loving it. A friend from out-​of-​town had heard great things about the show from it’s Off-​Broadway run, so we bought $ 49.50 mezzanine tickets (thanks, BroadwayBox), which were fine ’cause the theater is small. Since the storyline revolves around a traffic accident, I was expecting something dark and Arthur Miller-​like, but I was very much mistaken. «Next Fall» turned out to be a smartly written, humorous show with interesting characters, events, and dialogue. The conversations flow quickly with wit and lightness. A hilarious scene was when Luke, a gay man not yet out to his parents, was rushing to hide his purple Teletubby plush toy in an effort to gay-​proof his apartment for his dad’s visit. The play is endearing, and I highly recommend it to anyone for a nice theater experience.
Ladies, for once, the restroom line is in our favor. With so many gay couples seeing the show, there is hardly a wait for the ladies’ room during intermission.
Student rush tickets are subject to availability (basically, not guaranteed for every show), could be partial view, and are sold two hours prior to the show. Tickets are limited to two per valid ID at $ 26.50 each.

Brilliantly written. Impeccably acted.
You will laugh and just may cry.
See. This. Play.