Fish In The Dark at James Earl Jones Theatre

Fish In The Dark

James Earl Jones Theatre
138 W. 48th St New York

Seinfeld co-creator and creator and star of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry David returns to the stage for the first time since eighth grade, in a brand-new Broadway comedy written by... Larry David. Mr. David plays Norman Drexel, a character who is very much like... Larry David. Don't miss Fish in the Dark, on Broadway for eighteen weeks only. The comedy focuses on 15 characters as they deal with a death in the family.

Thru - Aug 1, 2015

Tuesdays: 7:00pm

Wednesdays: 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Thursdays: 7:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 3:00pm

Price: $49-$169

Show Type: Comedy

Running Time: 2hrs

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Fish In The Dark Reviews

Average Rating based on 7 reviews

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The New York Times - Somewhat Recommended

"...The fish itself - the one that figures in ads for the new play "Fish in the Dark" and can be seen on the drop curtain at the Cort Theater - is pretty great, a charming and maddening creature destined to capture your heart. O.K., if you insist: It is pret-ty, pret-ty, pret-ty great. The show for which this fish stands? Not so much."

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- Ben Brantley

Hollywood Reporter - Highly Recommended

"...David has never been an actor so much as an exaggerated version of himself, and that's exactly what's called for in a performance played in knowing complicity with the audience. His exasperated eyerolls, appalled double-takes and broadly physicalized reactions of disbelief or mock atonement are all essential parts of a shtick that fits him like a glove, and his public eats it up."

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- David Rooney

amNY - Recommended

"...David's abilities as a stage actor are limited (especially his vocal projection), but he is nevertheless idiosyncratic, relatable and sort of endearing. You may not want to see him do Shakespeare, but you do leave the theater wanting to hang out with the guy."

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- Matt Windman

Washington Post - Somewhat Recommended

"...David's raspy delivery of Norman's dyspeptic rants is supposed to be the rechargeable battery that holds the evening's power. At times, the playwright-star musters a surge of amusingly rough-hewn stage energy. For a more reliable demonstration of his gifts, though, you'll have to turn on your TV."

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- Peter Marks

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...In its best moments, it feels as if David actually has succeeded in forming a new and potentially lucrative stand up-TV-Broadway fusion, a show that combines the freedom of a guy who runs a powerful brand and can do what he wants (anywhere) with an affectionate updating of one of the great theatrical traditions - the old Jewish family comedy, as wrought by great craftspeople in the esteemed tradition. At times - heck, most of the time - you get the sense the actors mostly are trying to figure out what Norman might do or say next and where they should stand when that happens. There is plenty of dead air."

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- Chris Jones

NBC New York - Somewhat Recommended

"...It's a pret-tay, pret-tay good time for some, but too much of nothing for others. What plays well on the small screen occasionally generates honest laughs on stage, though "Fish" becomes ponderous and ultimately feels like a sitcom episode tenuously stretched over two-plus hours."

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- Robert Kahn

Time Out New York - Highly Recommended

"...Fish in the Dark may be new, but its comic ingredients are classically aged: horny old ladies, greedy relatives, philandering dads, luscious blonds and preposterous deceptions. The DNA has been passed down from Aristophanes to Plautus, Wycherley and sex farces popular on Broadway in the '60s. David's contribution is mainly to be himself, the Everyputz he played on Curb Your Enthusiasm: cheerfully cynical, blithely petty and amazed that anyone should be offended by his honesty."

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- David Cote