Has anyone seen Wakey, Wakey yet?

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Has anyone seen Wakey, Wakey yet?#1
Posted: 2/9/17 at 2:19pm

Still debating getting tickets to this (love Michael Emerson but I've never been a fan of Will Eno.) Any early reports?

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Has anyone seen Wakey, Wakey yet?#2
Posted: 2/25/17 at 7:47am

I saw this last night. It's a very very bad play -- warmed over Beckett/Albee/Ionesco, dumbed down and cuted up. You'll see where it is going soon enough. The actors do their best, but it is a losing battle against a silly sophomoric text. The most interesting thing about the show was that it got me wondering if Signature ever returns a play to one of their Resident Playwrights because it simply isn't good enough, or is there some kind of contractual loophole whereby they have to produce everything the playwright submits? And it got me wondering who at Signature pissed Will Eno off so badly that he'd dump this empty headed scribble onto their stage?

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Updated On: 2/25/17 at 07:47 AM

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Has anyone seen Wakey, Wakey yet?#3
Posted: 2/25/17 at 7:56am

"Empty headed scribble" is a great way to describe Eno's past work, so at least he appears to be staying consistent.

Isherwood was a major champion of his plays, so now that he's gone maybe Eno will be shown the door too.

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