‘All In: Comedy About Love’ review: Starry Broadway show’s a big waste of money
NY Post
The phrase “all in” probably summons flop-sweat memories of putting every one of your chips on the poker table.
Well, at the Broadway show “All In: Comedy About Love,” the audience does the very same with their hard-earned money — and loses big-time.
Ticket-buyers are being charged as much as $800 a pop some weeks for what is little more than a sedate staged reading of New Yorker cartoon captions uttered by celebrities.
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