Staff Meal
61

Staff Meal NYC Reviews and Tickets

61%
(35 Ratings)
Positive
60%
Mixed
9%
Negative
31%
Members say
Confusing, Quirky, Funny, Indulgent, Slow

About the Show

Urbanites find solace in a mysterious restaurant that offers refuge from the world's chaos.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (35)

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535 Reviews | 137 Followers
85
Interesting writing, Offbeat, Great staging

See it if you like WTF plays that take you along on a ride without a clear destination, where each scene is played until rug is pulled from under it.

Don't see it if you don't like shows whose sum is less than its parts.Unclear what role specific characters & scenes play in the greater plan -is there one?

346 Reviews | 93 Followers
84
Profound, Quirky, Ambitious, Confusing, Absorbing

See it if This is for folks who want to see something weird, moving, frustrating, fascinating, thoughtful, and odd. I know I’ll keep thinking about it

Don't see it if If you’re looking for a straightforward narrative or a message that’s easily understood, avoid this like the plague. Read more

75 Reviews | 22 Followers
80
Relevant, Bewildering, Stream-of-consciousness, Quirky, Ambitious

See it if you like absurd/surreal stream-of-consciousness plays where you have to piece it together as you go; you’re ok w/a nonexistent fourth wall.

Don't see it if you want a concrete plot, or characters, or really concrete anything; you didn’t like the recent Grief Hotel (Public Theater). Read more

635 Reviews | 153 Followers
79
Great acting, Great staging, Quirky, Disappointing, Confusing

See it if the staging is the star of the show with moving sets sustaining my curiosity and interest; starts out intriguing and fun then turns dark

Don't see it if nothing much left to grasp onto, what have we lost and could we be morphing into non existence? not sure I have enough insight into the play

437 Reviews | 67 Followers
55
Slow, Insipid, Indulgent, Pretentious, Confusing

See it if I don't know, you want to see a play for its scenic designs. Or want, I guess, absurbist with pretentious & non understandable tones.

Don't see it if Really, this was 90 minutes long & felt longer & non-coherant than 3 hour plays.

289 Reviews | 103 Followers
30
Excruciating

See it if 90ish minutes of bizarreness that occasionally is slightly funny

Don't see it if No plot, just strange Read more

684 Reviews | 126 Followers
10
Slow, No respect for the audience, Fluffy, Excruciating, Confusing

See it if You like shows where the playwright is clearly making a jerk out of its audience for being there

Don't see it if You are looking for something that you can sink your teeth into. This is absurd and they are telling you that that is exactly what it is Read more

259 Reviews | 36 Followers
7
Lacking coherence, Not worth the money, Waste of time

See it if Don't See it.

Don't see it if No reason to see it. Read more

Critic Reviews (8)

The New York Times
April 30th, 2024

"...they lack the sting of force or surprise."
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New York Theatre Guide
April 28th, 2024

"new play serves up a slice of surrealism"
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The Observer
April 29th, 2024

It’s hard to describe exactly what happens in this show.Scenes zig and zag in dream logic.
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Theatermania
April 29th, 2024

"...a thoroughly unpredictable dip into the collective unconscious. "
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Lighting & Sound America
May 9th, 2024

"Staff Meal winds down in the second half, losing energy and resonance."
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Talkin' Broadway
April 28th, 2024

"Staff Meal keeps endeavoring to keep us off balance, and succeeds all too well."
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Front Row Center
April 30th, 2024

"...whatever you end up taking away from the viewing on the day you happen to see it."
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C
April 28th, 2024

"an undercooked series of painfully drawn-out sketches that play like college assignments"
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