Dana H. (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if This is a show that you will love or hate. Great story and acting. Riveting at times.
Don't see it if It could have answered more questions. Somethings left open and unanswered. The violence and darkness is not for everyone.
See it if You want to experience an unexpectedly profound theatrical stunt.Genius storytelling done in a way that suits this particular story perfect.
Don't see it if You can’t enjoy a great story or don’t appreciate a solo show that’s a little off-beat but tells a story that feels life changing. Read more
See it if you would enjoy a 1 person play with different surprises: lip synced, quality acting, quick scene changes, great lighting and disruption
Don't see it if you do not like listening to a conversation where only person is seen or you are bothered by sound and light blasts that intensify the story
See it if you are not afraid of a very emotional drama. A true story of a woman who went through hell and lived to tell about it. Good acting.
Don't see it if you don't want emotional story that involves violence or you don't like solo shows. Read more
See it if A unique, riveting piece of docu-theatre that plays like an in-person Dateline episode would be up your alley.
Don't see it if One person on stage orally recounting a true, violent kidnapping isn’t what you’re looking for in terms of escapism.
See it if you want to see something totally unique. I guarantee you’ve never seen a show executed quite like this. What O’Connell does is remarkable.
Don't see it if you don’t want your perceptions of theatre to be challenged. This is NOT a traditional show and the “writing” is minimal. Read more
See it if you're open to an inventive concept in staging a show, which is brilliantly performed by Deirdre O'Connell.
Don't see it if you might be triggered by descriptions of physical & emotional torture; don't like one person shows; want something light. Read more
See it if you want an opportunity to take more than one approach to a play. You may watch a heart wrenching story or watch a manipulative woman
Don't see it if your triggered by a show designed to trigger all of your emotions with little relief or not willing to ACTUALLY listen and HEAR. Read more
Critic Reviews (13)
"NYTimes Critic's Pick!...“Dana H.” is not just the story of a woman brutalized by a psychopath; it is also the story of a mother abandoned by a son. What else would a playwright do to make reparations but write a play about just that, in the process returning to her what the world had stolen: her voice."
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"Five stars!...O’Connell is nothing less than astonishing...Watching Dana H. is like listening to a fascinating true-crime podcast, and part of the interest is in the mysteries that adhere to Dana’s account, which may be distorted by trauma and time."
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"Mr. Waters has staged it with the utmost simplicity, trusting in the force of the tale. I have never watched a more powerful piece of documentary theater: Once seen, it will stay with you for a long time to come."
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"A mesmerizing act of electronic ventriloquism...It’s hard to say which is more absorbing: Dana’s story or O’Connell’s uncanny portrayal, requiring her to reproduce in perfect alignment with the audiotape every cough, pause, giggle and slap of the chair in which she sits for much of the 75 minutes of the piece."
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"I recently reviewed a show and declared that talk business does not belong onstage. Dana H. has forced me to eat my words and to accept that there are no absolutes in theatre, particularly when the story is horrifically affecting and spectacularly executed as this show is. Dana H. should be required viewing for legal scholars, law enforcement officers, and aspirants across the country, if only to remind them that depravity reigns when they fail to do the right thing."
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"Given the lip-synching and lack of movement on the part of O’Connell, one may wonder why “Dana H.” needs to be a live piece of theater rather than a true crime podcast or a raw testimonial video on YouTube. But at its best, the production (directed by Les Waters, who has also staged other plays by Hnath) is compelling, terrifying, and multilayered, especially with regard to the nature of reality."
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"Not only is it the wildest true story on any stage in New York City, but it features a performance that must be seen to be believed."
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"A theatre piece that unmistakably demands considerable thought and even more unmistakably boasts Deirdre O’Connell’s unbounded talents."
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