JORDANS
Ends May 19 2h 20m
JORDANS
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JORDANS NYC Reviews and Tickets

70%
(49 Ratings)
Positive
61%
Mixed
27%
Negative
12%
Members say
Ambitious, Intense, Confusing, Disappointing, Absorbing

About the Show

A witty and imaginative play by Ife Olujobi exploring ambition and workplace diversity challenges.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (30)

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424 Reviews | 103 Followers
89
Amazing set, Wild ride, Revenge fantasy, Over-the-top, Satire

See it if you love really over-the-top satire that has crazy twists and absurd turns. Lots to unpack.

Don't see it if you aren't into crazy, offensive and weird theatrics and need to understand what is going on all the time. Nobody is likeable.

440 Reviews | 54 Followers
86
Indulgent, Edgy, Relevant, Great staging, Absorbing

See it if Underlying some of the overt messiness is an insight and searing indictment of racism, misogyny , and power dynamics. Dedicated cast.

Don't see it if An intense 2.5h that could stand a bit of tightening and trimming. Borders on pontificating, but still needs to be seen/heard.

111 Reviews | 9 Followers
80
Intense, Intelligent, Funny, Entertaining

See it if You want to see an interesting new play by a promising young writer

Don't see it if You want to see a happy show

433 Reviews | 67 Followers
70
Intelligent, Intense, Satirical, Ambitious

See it if you want to see an intense & often funny commentary on racial-sexism work politics that won't spoonfeed you into what to know & understand.

Don't see it if There are some radical and very intense moments as the show goes on that you should read about depending on your sensitivities.

152 Reviews | 12 Followers
68
Ambitious, Thought-provoking, Intense, Edgy, Confusing

See it if If you want to see a cool set and some great acting. The second act goes off the rails into horror comedy. I wish I understood it. lol.

Don't see it if You don’t want to see sex and loads of blood on stage. Literally, the first act was fine, but the second act?

763 Reviews | 330 Followers
64
You walk away saying: just what happened?, All hell breaks loose after, All white ad agency hires a blk diversity director

See it if promising p-wright; 1st act features very clever, laugh-out-loud satire of trendy ad agency that's racist/sexist trying 2 b woke

Don't see it if falters in 2nd act when abruptly turns surrealistic w super-gory blk revenge fantasy vs whites; even w warnings may shock Read more

118 Reviews | 11 Followers
60
Ambitious, Disappointing, Cliched

See it if This is an intriguing set up for a show - a shame it gets lost in a pointless relationship and a stupid slasher scene.

Don't see it if Don't want to see Get out pastiche.

269 Reviews | 26 Followers
53
Great acting, Quirky, Intense, Disappointing, Cliched

See it if you are curious and like to see new work -- although i was disappointed..

Don't see it if you are not interested in theater as an in the moment learning situation -- this is not a great show

Critic Reviews (9)

The New York Times
April 26th, 2024

"Alternating between funny and bleak...production tackles race and the modern workplace."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
April 24th, 2024

"Jordans aims to take us to a place of horror and hysteria"
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Theatermania
April 24th, 2024

"Jordans is an undeniably funny, if somewhat shaggy satire of office politics"
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Lighting & Sound America
April 30th, 2024

“Ife Olujobi has a faultless ear for the nonsense flooding the modern media world.”
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Front Row Center
April 25th, 2024

"Jordans leaves us to question how we take part in this harmful system"
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C
April 24th, 2024

"Olujobi dissects the inherent racism and misogyny...in a razor-sharp satire"
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I
May 7th, 2024

"... the piece doesn’t articulate the underlying rage quite as I’d clearly like"
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Off Off Online
April 25th, 2024

"The strokes here are broad: this is a play of ideas, not characters"
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