Oh God, A Show About Abortion at Cherry Lane Theatre

Vulture - Recommended

"...Given the climate, given the news, given the situation, Oh God, A Show About Abortion is not the show it might otherwise be. It would be easier to enjoy if it didn't have the current crisis about Roe vs. Wade pressing on its shoulders; it might be more amusing if the issue didn't suddenly feel so grave. But all that import weighing it down also gives it substance. Alison Leiby's comic monologue at the Cherry Lane Theatre, a mild comedy-special-in-search-of-itself, doesn't have the spark that a solo show like this needs. So it's handy that Leiby is offering it to an audience already on fire."

New York Theater - Somewhat Recommended

"...I soon realized that, despite the title, “Oh God, A Show About Abortion” isn’t exactly a show about abortion. It is largely a stand-up comedy routine. Leiby gives an account of the abortion she tells us she had three years ago, but she weaves in her comic take on a range of subjects that in effect add up to what it’s like to be a woman in America"

Time Out New York - Recommended

"...In comedy, timing is everything—and the timing of Alison Leiby's Oh God, A Show About Abortion is so perfect, you may wonder whether she facilitated the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade leak as the ultimate marketing ploy. But the current judicial chaos is just another illustration of why this politically savvy stand-up has spent three years incubating a solo show about reproductive rights. Her goal is to discuss and destigmatize abortion, and her penetrating comic treatise seriously slays."

TheaterScene.net - Recommended

"...Alison Leiby’s Oh God, A Show About Abortion is probably the most level-headed work about that much debated subject, perhaps too level-headed. While the United States is going through social and political paroxysms over a leaked Supreme Court argument that portends the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Leiby’s matter-of-fact attitude toward the subject is a balm."

NY Theatre Guide - Recommended

"...Alison Leiby's comedy act Oh God, A Show About Abortion falls right in line with its stand-up predecessors at the Cherry Lane Theatre: It matches the political relevance of Alex Edelman's Just For Us and the discussion of the taboo that defines Jacqueline Novak's Get On Your Knees. All three mine fantastic comedy (and sharp insights) from unexpected subjects, but Leiby's now stands apart as perhaps the most timely political comedy special on stage right now. Had I seen Oh God the day I was originally scheduled to - May 2 - I would have left the theatre, checked my phone, and seen the news of the leaked Supreme Court brief on the potential repeal of Roe v. Wade."

New York Stage Review - Recommended

"...Theater scheduling being what it is, writer/comedian Alison Leiby’s one-woman show Oh God, A Show About Abortion, which just opened at the Cherry Lane Theatre, was on the books long before last week’s leaked Supreme Court draft opinion draft in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. And now that the entire country is talking about the likely overturn of 1973’s landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, there couldn’t be a better time for Leiby’s highly personal show about her own abortion."