What Do the Critics Think of Gruesome Playground Injuries Off-Broadway?

The reviews are rolling in for Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, which opened an Off-Broadway revival at the Lucille Lortel Theatre November 23. Neil Pepe is directing the limited run, set to continue through December 28.

Leading the cast are two-time Tony Award winner Kara Young and three-time Emmy Award nominee Nicholas Braun, as Kayleen and Doug, respectively.

The play centers two childhood friends whose lives have intersected at the most bizarre intervals over the course of 30 years, leading the pair to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together.

Read the reviews below.

AMNY (Matt Windman)

Cititour (Brian Lipton)

Culture Sauce (Thom Geier)

New York Magazine/Vulture (Jackson McHenry)*

The New York Times (Laura Collins-Hughes)*

New York Theatre Guide (Gillian Russo)

New York Stage Review (Melissa Rose Bernardo)

TheaterMania (Kenji Fujishima)

The Wrap (Robert Hofler)*

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.