Review: "We Do the Same Thing Every Week" Renders Boredom Riveting
We Do the Same Thing Every Week Written by Robert Leverett Directed by Liza Couser Presented by Attractive Nuisance at A.R.T./New York Theatres 502 W 53rd St., Manhattan, NYC May 2-17, 2025 Kate Budney, Jessica Nesi, Justin Choi, Robert Leverett. Photo by HanJie Chow. How often, as we move through adult life, can we say that we encounter genuinely new and interesting experiences? And if something that meets (or seemed to meet) those criteria did happen–perhaps, say, one was visited by a magical man-sized anthropomorphic cat–how many repetitions would it take before that too felt mundane? Robert Leverett's play We Do the Same Thing Every Week might make audiences question whether that number would even reach one. We Do the Same Thing Every Week mixes inspiration from Dr. Seuss and existentialism and adds a dash of physics and a soupçon of the cosmic horror of existence for a dark, delightful absurdist comedy capacious enough to encompass both the boredom of a rainy afternoon and t...