Of Good Stock

If you are a fan of family dramadies, with an emphasis on family drama, you may enjoy «Of Good Stock.» Without giving too much away, three sisters visit their family’s vacation home at The Cape. Like most families, they have tragedies and issues but also joy. And like all families, alcohol helps.
Renowned Vegan and regurgitater, Alicia Silverstone, is probably the only household name, she is neither the star nor the most captivating actor in the cast. She was pretty good, so that’s really saying something.
This play was 3 stars in my opinion, and my opinion is by no means right. I laughed a few times and I didn’t get emotional (I never cry in public), but it did make me feel sad at some points. The dialogue was laborious at points. The fighting and whining were tiresome. But the little snippets of background history and God in the details held my attention. The tickets retail for $ 90 but Unilocal was so gracious to invite me as their guest. Thanks, Unilocal!Thanks,
Ruggy!
If you are a fan of Alicia Silverstone or a fan of the morbid schautenfreud catharsis of families more screwed up than yours, Of Good Stock is the play for you. It’s a nice evening out.

I’m gonna go against the grain here and give this play 5 stars. Maybe I’m simple and easy to please, but I enjoyed this play.
I was aware at the start of this play, that it did not receive critical acclaim from the off-​Broadway critics, who mostly gave this play two stars. But I was pretty excited to watch this play anyway, when I saw that a Hollywood actress was headlining.
Alicia Silverstone, from Clueless, who isn’t really known for her acting abilities, was surprisingly fabulous in this play. Perhaps it was the role she played, but i must say, girl can act.
Now although, I can see why the critics disliked this play, i.e. the complaining of the actors and actresses throughout the play, for some reason, maybe because my expectations weren’t set too high, I was able to see this play for what it is.
Beyond the complaining, there are several storylines, that show each character’s attempt at resolving a key family issue and how these issues intertwine, within the overall family theme. The way in which these issues are brought to the surface, really provided the drivers to the heart of this play and its family theme.
Again, because my expectations weren’t set that high, I wasn’t really looking that deeply at the character or plot development. I suspended that effort, early on. Really, I was only looking for something that resembled a sitcom and a way to enjoy a Friday night, watching an off-​Broadway play. I wanted to laugh.
And laugh I did. Quite simply put, the actors and actresses were funny and Alicia Silverstone, stole the show. Note: Alicia Silverstone doesn’t appear until 20 minutes into the play.
Big thanks to Ruggy and Unilocal.I had a great time!

Im usually pretty generous when it comes to Broadway shows since I am easy to entertain, but this production wasn’t worth 5 stars
I was really glad to see Alicia Silverstone, she really was the star of the show with her funny temper tantrums, the story line really is good thanks to her, with such a dysfunctional family not getting along, but yet they love each other, it shows you there is a thin line between love and hate, and it focuses primarily on sisterhood and love.
the stage is rather small and if you sit in the front row you wouldn’t really enjoy the view, the sound and lighting was good though
it was nice how the stage spinned from one scene to the next, the home had some ugly funky décor but it was just a family summer house so I guess it wasn’t supposed to be luxurious
I think the first part of the play was a bit dry in terms of humor, it was more of just an overview of you getting to know the family, but after intermission that’s when the play became really intense and dramatic, you really do start to feel for the stockton girls when they overlook their past
one couple has young puppy love, the other couples are absolutely miserable, overall the cast is very small with only 6 people.
ive never heard so many f words being thrown in one sentence, lol that scene was enjoyable
I also enjoyed smelling lots of bacon
the play is roughly 2 hours with 15 minutes of break, and I felt like the ending didn’t get me satisfaction, kind of left me hanging
p. s. there is 0 service down in the basement, and the food stand next to the theatre is pretty limited in terms of options, so try to eat before the show and send all your messages out

When I first read the title of this play «Of Good Stock» and saw the poster I had guessed wrong on what this play was about. A bit surprised on the actual play…
This play is about three Stockton sisters from NYC coming to together after a long absence from each other. Each is unique in their characteristic and each have emotional feelings stemming from their rocky family past.
Each sister has emotional open wounds that have not healed. This play mostly focuses on the three sisters coming together and coming to terms with each other.
The play is slow at revealing these issues but once they are out in the open the turmoil in the house just hits the roof. This perfect home at the start begins to show the troubled past.
The acting is very good, the set is excellent as we quickly move from indoor to outdoor without any curtains.
Are these sisters dysfunctional? I feel they are normal. Everyone deals with life’s challenges differently.
Bring a family member to this play. It will make for a good discussion afterward.
Warning– not for young children, mature subject and the F*** word is used about 50+ times.

The acting in this play was great. The acting is also what really saved the play as it was a pretty unoriginal storyline.
Family dysfunction and loss are the two main themes of the show. It’s about three sisters who can’t go more than five minutes without fighting but love each other anyway. They’re the only family each other has as their parents died young and they don’t have any extended family.
The set was creative and clever. For most off-​Broadway plays the sets are pretty bare.
It was cool seeing Alicia Silverstone act in person since I love Clueless.
The full price of the show is $ 90 but I wouldn’t pay that much to go see it.
The play runs from June 4^th-​July 26^th if you’re curious.

This production was a live-​action Lifetime movie. If not for my companion, I think I would have done a runner after the first half concluded as it was boring. Not until the second half of the play do you see what these characters, and the actors portraying them, are made of. In the last hour, the scene in which the three sisters face the ghosts of their past and grapple with the imminent sadness of their future while screaming on a dock deeply moved me. Since the first half also established a lot of the characterization for the piece, the second half also seemed funnier, since the long narrative exposition had served its purpose.
Most attendees were commenting on Alicia’s Silverstone’s youthful appearance and the small nature of the stage, but the reality is that some of the performers were stronger than others. Kelly Aucoin, playing the adopted patriarch in a dysfunctional household full of harpy-​like and sometimes shrill women, was consistent in both acts and often moving with his droll but caring delivery and mannerisms. Nate Miller, as the well-​intentioned, laid-​back, high-​appearing, hippiesh suitor for the youngest daughter was hilarious and poignant throughout the show. Ms. Silverstone was extremely strong in the second act, most obvious in that dock scene.
Again, I would not return to see this play. I was also lucky enough to be given complementary tickets as part of Unilocal on Broadway the first time around. The show runs through July 26^th and tickets run upwards of $ 90. If curiosity eats away at your soul, you can obtain reduced-​priced tickets through
or with a
discount, but unless you are a fan of dysfunctional (and sometimes boring) tear jerkers, I would not suggest attending this play.

Of Good Stock is a family drama/comedy…dramedy, of a dysfunctional family, the Stocktons, that are all convening in Cape Cod for their eldest sister’s birthday. The play was more of a 3.5 stars for me. I was impressed by the set on the stage. Usually Off Broadway stage sets are barren and/​or not very impressive. The stage set for Of Good Stock was amazing.
The play is about the three Stockton sisters, a husband and two boyfriends who most of them drink through the entire play. As with any Scotch and wine soaked family, there was fighting, jealousy, past crap brought up. A thousand family issues were all hashed out on stage for us to watch. The actors were great. I loved the youngest sister, Celia, and her boyfriend, Hunter Walker.
Nothing is ground breaking in this play but at least I laughed. It was pretty good for date night on a Friday. Watching three women drop a ton of F bombs at Cape Cod-​esque play stage… alright, alright, alright.