Linda Vista NYC Reviews and Tickets

79%
(323 Ratings)
Positive
87%
Mixed
10%
Negative
3%
Members say
Great acting, Funny, Great writing, Entertaining, Absorbing

About the Show

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts ("August: Osage County") takes a brutally comedic look at Wheeler, a 50-year-old divorcee in the throes of a mid-life spiral in this production from Steppenwolf.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (323)

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231 Reviews | 36 Followers
97
Poignant, Hysterically funny

See it if you want to laugh about life and listen to thought-provoking dialogue about life, politics, family, love, etc. and for the marvelous acting.

Don't see it if nudity or humor bothers you. Read more

60 Reviews | 3 Followers
96
Great writing, Great acting, Funny, Entertaining, Clever

See it if You like clever lines and thought provoking comedy.

Don't see it if You cannot tolerate nudity on stage.

97 Reviews | 16 Followers
96
Thought-provoking, Hilarious, Intelligent, Great acting, Excellent writing

See it if you like really well-written, acted, thought-out plays with real character development

Don't see it if you only like fluff

112 Reviews | 7 Followers
95
Clever, Relevant, Great acting, Funny, Entertaining

See it if You want to see something different.

Don't see it if You are easily offended.

TRC
161 Reviews | 26 Followers
94
Edgy, Great acting, Great writing, Absorbing, Clever

See it if you're interested in new, mature theater that's provocative. I'm a Tracy Letts fan, but this is perhaps his best!

Don't see it if you're looking for light theater entertainment. Read more

AEO
111 Reviews | 13 Followers
94
Edgy, Ambitious, Great writing, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if Tracy Letts At his best. Witty and incisive dialogue. The war and incompatibility between the sexes never better portrayed.

Don't see it if The graphic sexuality was gratuitous and unnecessary and really compromised the actors.

203 Reviews | 49 Followers
93
Entertaining, Great acting, Great writing, Raunchy, Hilarious

See it if you'll enjoy a very funny look at relationships, especially the toxic ones and the bad choices we are capable of making.

Don't see it if you are a prude and can't condone nudity or foul language even though, in this case, they are germaine to the storyline. Read more

72 Reviews | 13 Followers
92
Must see, Great acting, Great writing, Intelligent, Clever

See it if you want to see a moving, thought provoking show with amazing performances.

Don't see it if real relationships and emotions are not for you. Or if you would be upset by nudity and simulated sex scenes on stage.

Critic Reviews (29)

The New York Times
October 10th, 2019

CRITIC’S PICK "A Womanizer Who Devastates as He Charms: Tracy Letts, the author of 'August: Osage County,' reinvents the midlife crisis play with a hilarity that scalds in this Steppenwolf production."
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Time Out New York
October 10th, 2019

4/5 Stars "Tracy Letts's Broadway play is a sharp portrait of a male midlife crisis."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
October 10th, 2019

"When Middle Age Goes Bad, in 'Linda Vista'"
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The Wall Street Journal
October 10th, 2019

"His Own Worst Enemy: Tracy Letts’s serious comedy about the midlife crisis of a newly divorced man who doesn’t know how to listen to women comes to Broadway."
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Deadline
October 10th, 2019

‘Linda Vista’ Broadway Review: Tracy Letts Play Gets Last Laugh On Know-It-All Radiohead Hater"
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The Hollywood Reporter
October 10th, 2019

"Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright Tracy Letts' mostly unromantic comedy tracks a misanthropic narcissist in midlife-crisis freefall, and the women caught in his slipstream."
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The Observer
October 10th, 2019

"Your ultimate enjoyment is dependent on how much you can tolerate a white, middle-aged blowhard who stumbles into butt-naked sex with two beautiful women."
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Chicago Tribune
October 10th, 2019

"‘Linda Vista’ is Steppenwolf back on Broadway, but out of step"
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