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Poor Yella Rednecks Tickets

Qui Nguyen exposes the American Dream in this new play at Manhattan Theatre Club.
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Poor Yella Rednecks Tickets

About Poor Yella Rednecks

Qui Nguyen, the wildly inventive playwright (and screenwriter for Marvel and Disney) known for his use of pop culture, pop music and puppetry, reunites with his frequent director, May Adrales, for this funny, sexy and brash new play. A young Vietnamese family attempts to put down roots in Arkansas, a place as different from home as it gets. A mom and dad balance big hopes and low-wage jobs, as old flings threaten to pull them apart. It all makes for a bumpy road to the American dream. From the world of Nguyen’s Vietgone, with its comic book and action movie influences, comes a play that melds a deeply personal story with the playwright’s trademark, killer humor. The New York Times hails the writer’s work as “culturally savvy comedy,” and this production shows you why.

Run time

2 hrs (with one interval)

Start date

October 10th, 2023

End date

December 3rd, 2023

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238 Reviews

John Ned

John Ned

171 Reviews | 180 Followers
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Delightful, Fantastic staging & production quality, Totally entertaining

See it if a show with a lot of different elements that work well together. Cast overflowing with charisma. Outstanding looking staging. Fun.

Don’t see it if you are put off by bad language. Profanity may be overused in order to feel contemporary.

chris_

chris_

293 Reviews | 104 Followers
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Great staging, Great writing, Absorbing

See it if dramedy with cool staging, a puppet and the occasional rap.

Don’t see it if Lots of profanity and tone shifts between absurd and serious frequently

Tatyana G

Tatyana G

291 Reviews | 88 Followers
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Quirky, Great staging, Funny, Entertaining, Absorbing

See it if Nice staging, rap songs that you can understand, and the history of Vietnamese immigrants' lives in America. The fight scene is hilarious

Don’t see it if "F" word was used too often (for some). Do not want to hear that immigrants were unable to find a good job or had problems at school

Bruce 6

Bruce 6

767 Reviews | 330 Followers
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Story of vietnamese immigrant family, Trying vs odds 2 make arkansas their home, Played as comic book come alive

See it if tells complng story thru unique combo profane rap/moving puppetry/side-splitting movie&kung-fu parodies/stunning enlrgd graphic novel panels

Don’t see it if turned off by cartoonish chrctrs/embarrassingly simplistic rap/2 much "we are the heroes of our own story" chest-thumping

Poor Yella Rednecks cast and creative team

By: Qui Nguyen
Director: May Adrales
Choreography: William Carlos Angulo
Producer: South Coast Repertory and Manhattan Theatre Club
Cast list: Jon Hoche, Ben Levin, Samantha Quan, Jon Norman Schneider, Maureen Sebastian, Paco Tolson
Design: Tim Mackabee
Costumes: Valérie Thérèse Bart
Lighting: Lap Chi Chu
Sound: Shane Rettig
Other info: Original music by Shane Rettig, projection design by Jared Mezzocchi, puppet design by David Valentine, arrangements by Kenny Seymour, music direction by Cynthia Meng

Venue

New York City Center

131 W 55th St, New York, NY, USA, 10019

Accessibility

Wheelchair access, assistive listening devices

Tickets

Unfortunately, tickets for this event are no longer available.

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