I've been to Drunk Shakespeare twice now (thanks, Groupon!), and cannot rave enough about my experiences. Yes, I am a Shakespeare nerd. Yes, I love fancy, fun cocktails. And yes, I love exploring Manhattan with my husband.
This past Saturday, my husband and I took in the 6pm performance of Drunk Shakespeare. Upon entering, we were greeted with too-sweet-and-sugary-shots (but they were included with the price of admission, so score!), and were immediately shown to our seats in the all-too-enchanting-library-setting. Once in our seats, we perused the cocktail offerings (and swigged our too-sweet-shots). I wound up with an awesome sour/tart whiskey lemonade (I've already forgotten the Shakepeare-y name they gave the concoction). My husband had a blackberry cocktail, which was equally tasty--and went down easily.
The play--an ad libbed, but semi-scripted version of Macbeth, was hilarious from the outset. This is the Shakespeare experience to take Shakespeare naysayers to in order to get them to change their minds. From the moment the actors began, I laughed so hard, my cheeks hurt--no exaggeration.
My only qualm--and this isn't a deal breaker in least--is that we got to see Macbeth. The first time I saw Drunk Shakespeare (for my birthday in 2018), they performed Macbeth. Now that I've seen it twice, while beyond enjoyable both times, I'm pretty sure I'm ready for something different. I've no doubt, say, A Midsummer Night's Dream could make for a fall down hilarious show...
This is well worth the price of admission and the price of a couple cocktails.