Orlando (Signature Theatre Company) NYC Reviews and Tickets

See it if U R a TaylorMac/CharlesLudlam/CharlesBusch fan, color in casting & costume fan, fan of Virginia Woolf/gay storytelling, joy in theater fan

Don't see it if need everything spelled out 4U, dislike whimsy & theatre with absurdist tendencies, hate cross-gender casting

See it if Great performances from ensemble cast esp Taylor Mac, Nathan Lee Graham, Lisa Kron. Very campy & often hilarious, a love letter to queerness

Don't see it if Took me awhile to get into it to realize the style of the play. Highly theatrical & narrative in direction/adaptation (it's very Brechtian)

See it if You enjoy unconventional queer theater, beautiful costumes, talented queer artists.

Don't see it if You don’t enjoy queer culture.

See it if You want to see a show with a primarily queer/trans cast and creative team take on a queer classic, or you love funny performances!

Don't see it if You want a drama.

See it if you like campy, unabashedly queer adaptations of an already-experimental book. The actors bring passion and care to challenging roles.

Don't see it if you don’t like physical or absurdist humor. The writing makes bold choices—some of which feel overwrought or prioritize style over substance

See it if you enjoy the work of Ruhl and Taylor Mac - both doing wildly bold work in this piece.

Don't see it if you do not enjoy the experimental or - perhaps - some uneven writing. The piece takes big swings and sometimes it misses.

See it if Taylor Mac & company changing sexes through time. Cleverly done, but more a romp than a play.

Don't see it if If you don't like romps, cross-dressing, broad acting and great costumes. Read more

See it if you want non-boring theatre from a great novella that further emphasizes LGBTQIA+ ideas done with a hugely professional ensemble.

Don't see it if you have no knowlege of the novella & are expecting more conventional theatre & don't want to stretch your mind. But I think it's worth it.