Ripcord

When Unilocal and Ruggy hooked us up with tickets to this play, I was beyond excited! Familiar with the lead actors, I was very much looking forward to seeing them live. They did not disappoint! I laughed. I held back tears. I cried regardless of how hard I tried to hold back tears. I laughed some more. The set and set changes were impressive, but the actors were even more impressive. I related to the characters. I got attached to the characters. I left the theater unable to shut up about the play. It was a good time! Yes, I’m grateful for Unilocal giving us tickets to the show, but I would definitely pay to see it again.
BRAVO!

RIPCORD by David Lindsay-​Abaire is very funny!
Mary L. Burke is perfectly paired with Holland Taylor. Both ladies was quick and sharp with the jokes. The two made a great comical duel.
Rachel Dratch from SNL was very entertaining also
This play is one of my top 5 for the year.
In summary the performance was great and the supporting cast was also entertaining.
I definitely recommend seeing RIPCORD.

Ripcord. Interesting name.
I wasn’t expecting much reading the summary of this play. However, I did read online that this play was very much anticipated among theater goers. So I had an idea that this play was supposed to be good.
Holland Taylor and Mary Louis Burke were the main actresses, directed by David Hyde Pierce. Very well known names. The acting and directing was fabulous.
What I saw surprised me. The play was hilarious and it really didn’t drag at all. Its about two women, situated in a nursing home, with one (Holland Taylor) trying to get rid of the other (Mary Louise Burke). The two get to know each other, through a bet they make. While one woman is trying to get the other to lose, some hilarious hijinks occur along the way. I don’t want to give away the ending, so I’ll stop here.
Thanks Ruggy and Unilocal for the tickets. Much appreciated. It was a hilarious Friday night at the theater.

Ripcord, directed by David Hyde Pierce, was a very pleasant surprise. I did not have high expectations about a play set in a retirement living facility. But, it turned out to be one of my most enjoyable nights in the theater this year, which is significant because I spend a lot nights in the theater.
Ripcord is not a deep, serious, intellectual play if you are looking for that. Rather it is a well-​crafted comedy that is laugh out loud funny and thoroughly engaging and entertaining with moments that are also clever, silly, touching, and heartfelt. The lead actresses, Marylouise Burke and Holland Taylor, were excellent with perfect comedic timing. It was also a delight to see Rachel Dratch on stage, and she graciously signed our playbills and took a photo with us in the lobby afterwards.
Ripcord runs until December 6, 2015 at the Manhattan Theater Club at New York City Center. Don’t miss it!

I honestly didn’t know what I was walking into for this performance on Friday night. After pondering and talking about it with my fiancé on whether we should cancel last minute on attending the performance (we both stayed late at work and we were tired), we decided to give it a try.
The play (shown in the basement of the New York City Center) had about 90% of its seats filled. The performance was slow at first, but picked up quickly, and I fell in love with its storyline.
It had all of the emotions it needed to make it a great story, and the actors (all well known!) made the show an amazing performance.

If you want to laugh non stop, cry and laugh some more, you should definitely come see this show.
Ripcord is a comedy starring Mary Louise Burke (the mom from Sideways) and Holland Taylor (Two and Half Men). The two ladies are amazing actresses!
They play two geriatric women in a assisted living facility trying to best another at a emotional bet. Marilyn is a spunky, outgoing, active lady. Contrast that personality with Abby, a cold rigid matron.
Plot: Marilyn moves in with Abby and there is immediate tension. Abby wants Marilyn out of the room and Marilyn wants to be Abby’s friend. After some shenanigans, they make a bet. If Abby gets mad, Abby moves out of the room. And if Marilyn can scare Abby, Marilyn gets Abby’s coveted bed by the window.
There is something so charming about these two personalities as they fight for space, companionship and respect.
And I love to see Rachel Dratch working again.
I had a wonderful time. My husband, who usually doesn’t enjoy these shows, really enjoyed the comedy. Love it!
Go see it!

Ripcord was an amazing play!!! I was hysterically laughing throughout. Even when there were dramatic parts, it ended with laughter. Great acting by the protagonists Holland Turner and Mary Louise Burke. Amazing comedic timing by these two great actresses. As two ladies in an assisted living facility, one tries to get along with her roommate while the other one tries to get her roommate moved to another floor. They formulate a bet that would sure give the victor what they really want. Some dark and troubles from the past do come into play when the protagonists, Abby and Marilyn, try to win the bet. However it all ends with laughter. Just have to watch this amazingly directed and comedic play. Limited showing. .. so go now and laugh the night away.

Man, what a great experience! I didn’t know what to expect and this exceeded any expectation I could have had. We picked up our tickets upstairs, but the theater was downstairs.
We went downstairs to a theater where any seat is a great seat. The stage was set for a nursing home. One door they opened looked like a real bathroom inside. Their window looked like actual sun was shining through. The set changed a few times. One time the characters had a massive screen behind them so it appeared as if they were sky diving.
There weren’t many actors/​actresses in the play, but they were all good. The two older women were hilarious!!! I laughed throughout the entire play. The cranky lady’s humor were those one liners I wish I could always think of that pack a big punch in only a few words.
I’d absolutely recommend this play to people. I wish them a lot of success because it was a wonderful way to spend a Friday night.

If you want to laugh until losing your breath, you must come to see this show.
Ripcord is a comedy Broadway show that is Directed by David Hyde Pierce, where also you can see the famous actor Holland Taylor (Evelyn Harper) from Two and Half Men, but now she is playing (Abby Binder) you also can find others great actors likes RACHEL DRATCH (Colleen), MARYLOUISE BURKE (Marilyn Dunne), GLENN FITZGERALD (Benjamin), DAOUD HEIDAMI (Derek, Zombie Butler) and last but not least NATE MILLER (Scotty).
This play tells us the story, of how two women that were living in a nursing, ended like roommates, Abby with a cold and calculating personality, which said that nothing could scares her and sweet Marilyn a friendly and nice women, which she said that nothing could get her mad.
Abby did not like anybody, and she like to be alone, she was able to manage to be by herself in the room for years, and Marilyn for one strange reason she did not mind to be roommate with Abby. Abby want the room for only herself and try to get Marilyn out of there, but she couldn’t. Marilyn want to exchange bed with Abby because the bed was next to the window and that windows had the best view of the all building.
They decide to make a bet; that if Abby may Marilyn mad she had to get a new room and if Marilyn scare Abby she had to exchange the bed with her.
They play a lot of prank to one each other, which I can highlight, the followings;
Abby put the number of Marilyn in craigslist saying they were giving away free stuff from this number.
Marilyn and her family drugged Abby, and make her sign a document, which said that she was going to jump from a plane.
The son in law of Marilyn posed as a thief and tried to assault Abby.
Abby write words in Marilyn Sudoku. And more
All ended when one of the Abby son, came to visit, which had more than 5 years without seeing. Do you want to know how it ends? You must come and see this play.
I really do recommend it 100%, you will laugh from start to finish with all the occurrence of all characters that are in this play.
Thanks Unilocal,Ruggy and both staff of Ripcord and The Manhattan Theater Club for this opportunity too see this play.

I had reviewed this under City Center but didn’t realize clever Sally created a Unilocal category for it. Like a version of the Odd Couple but set in what must be the most glamorous assisted living facility I’ve ever seen, Ripcord is a hilarious comedy of two roommates in an all out war to win a wager. In one corner is Marilyn, so effervescent and eternally cheerful you wonder if she emerged from a bubble blower. In the other corner is Abby, a reclusive misanthrope with an acerbic wit who only wants to be left alone with her IPAD filled with her books and desperate to get rid of the chipper, chatty Marilyn. The two women after the obligatory exchanges to solidify their characters make a bet, that Abbie can’t make Marilyn angry and Marilyn can’t frighten Abby. If Abby wins, she gets rid of her roommate forever. If Marilyn wins, she not only gets to stay as Abby’s roommate but gets Abby’s bed, closer to the window and more sun. Without giving anything away, I can say that the machinations that ensue, while becoming more and more vicious, are also quite comic, with Abby having some of the best lines. There are sobering moments, as you find out that both women have tragic pasts. Whereas Marilyn has dealt with hers by finding the unquenchable joy in everything, Abby prefers to steep in her bitter memories, chasing out all her prior roommates so she can stew alone. Both women were good but I thought Holland Taylor was magnificent in her role, with her facial expressions and her sarcastic delivery. I did think it was flaw of the writing that for me, the character of Marilyn came across almost as a caricature. I think life is joyous and want to drink it in but Marilyn’s nonstop chatterbox cheeriness seemed at times more a passive aggressive approach to irritate Abby, as Abby even stated at one point during the play. Marilyn reminded me of a person I tried to avoid for years, who found enchantment in every little thing, and acted as if a trip to the dry cleaner was an adventure. I wouldn’t have made a bet with Marilyn; I would have suffocated her with a pillow! If the play was about Abby opening and growing, then perhaps it could have been balanced with Marilyn shutting up and merely being. All in all, Ripcord was excellent entertainment and comedy and I would recommend it to anyone.
The Manhattan Theater Club has nice comfy seats, stadium seating, and elevators for those who can’t navigate the long flight down to the theater and who don’t want to. It was a nice evening, made even nicer on Unilocal’s dime. Thanks Ruggy and Unilocal for some lighthearted entertainment.

Wonderful play. Has a sitcom TV feel to it. Sort of like the Odd Couple. Super funny and engaging. 1^st act i couldn’t stop laughing and in the 2^nd act it has a nice turn of being dramatic and comedic as well. Tears at the heartstrings. Wonderful theater spot at NY City Center as it is small enough to be intimate which was great for a play like this. Cast was wonderful. You definitely see the comedic timing and chemistry between Holland Turner and Mary Louise Burke. David Hyde Pierce does a wonderful directing job as well. The comedy just keeps on going as two roommates at a assisted living facility combat each other and tries to one up each other on a bet. Wonderful broadway night that would appeal to all.

This show is hilarious. I couldn’t stop laughing. I was laughing so hard I bumped my head a few times because I tossed my head back and banged my head. OUCH. But it was worth it.
This play is one of the best plays I saw this year. I saw a lot of plays and I am sure this is in my top 10 of 2015. Then again there might be too many in my top 10!
RIPCORD is a brand new play written by David Lindsay-​Abaire, who also wrote another great play, Rabbit Hole that played at another Manhattan Theatre Club. RIPCORD stars Marylouise Burke, Rachel Dratch (from SNL), Glenn Fitzgerald, Daoud Heidami, Nate Miller, Holland Taylor
I knew it was going to be funny when I saw that David Hyde Pierce directed this play. but by no means did I know it was going to be so laugh out loud hilarious, I guffawed! I had no clue how absolutely funny this play is. I thought it would be a little more serious but it is not. It is way better than I thought it would be.
I love Holland Taylor from Three and a Half Men. She plays the feisty mom of Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen on Three and a Half Men. She has great comic timing so I knew I was in for a treat. This play was way better than I could ever imagine.
This play takes place at a senior home, or as they call it nowadays, assisted living facility in a room that probably is on the top floor, or near it, because they have a nice view outside the window without any interference from other buildings. I totally get it, I live in a sunny apartment too on the top floor. Abby, played by Holland Taylor, is the resident of this room for over 4 years alone and now has to share her room with a roommate, Marilyn, played by Marylouise Burke. Marilyn annoys Abby with her super peppy personality. All Abby wants is to get rid of her way too cheery gregarious roommate. A friendly bet was proposed when they were walking around a Halloween Haunted House… hahaha, those scenes in the spook house were hilarious. Marilyn bet that she could scare Abby since Abby said she is never scared of anything. And Abby in return bet that she could make Marilyn angry, since Marilyn claims to never get angry at anything. They spend the rest of the play trying to out do each other. They get into crazy schemes. I could not stop laughing. These two unlikely people grow to be friends which warmed my heart and I admit it, I was crying at this play too. I had to find a tissue to dry my face and blow my nose!
The play did reveal some deeper and darker things in Abby’s and Marilyn’s lives which gives this play and characters some depth which makes this play more than just a funny play.
I highly suggest you get up, leave your home and run to the Manhattan Theatre Club’s NY CIty Center Stage 1 to see this great play! I don’t ever remember ever laughing at a play this hard!

Thanks to Minh L. I was able to see this play for free via Unilocal on Broadway. It was cute and had genuinely hilarious moments but the tickets also start at $ 90 which I felt was steep for what I saw. Discounts can be obtained via
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I can see why the show won several awards. Although the writing was nothing out of this world, the two leads really knocked it out of the park. As someone accurately pointed out before me, this show had a sitcom feel, so even though it was predictable, it was extremely well acted regardless.
As two elderly ladies at war to win a bet about their nursing home accommodations, Holland Taylor and Mary Louis Burke were lively, but more than that, the characters they portrayed had balls. These broads had an amazing amount of spunk and while Rachel Dratch stole some of the scenes she was in, these grand dames radiated humanity and whether happy or sad, they remained the most hypnotic.