M. Butterfly

See it if I'm not sure. I did not like the setting, the lack of set, Enormous, variably boring panels hung and maneuvered getting stuck. Boring.

Don't see it if You want drama. You want to know anything about the story.

Also I've seen CLive Owen twice onstage and both times I was struck by the "smallness", the naturalism of his performance. I think that this performance might have astounded on film. I was in 5th row center so it should have played, but it didn't. THis was extraordinarily different character than Old TImes, costume, posture, vocal delivery yet both seemed empty. Ha was mannered and strident and never was able to seduce me, I could not see any sexuality. The whole thing felt like a vaccum.... Read more Read less

See it if Never saw the original and want a glimpse of what it was about.

Don't see it if Remember the original - skip this. Nothing seems shocking or relevant anymore. Kind of boring actually.

See it if You really love clive owen.

Don't see it if You want to be bored to death, Mr.owen is always in a hit or miss broadway show.

See it if You have never seen a production of "M Butterfly" previously.

Don't see it if You don't want to see a finely written mangled by bad direction and poor acting performance by Clive Owen.

See it if You need to see Clive Owen in anything. I think he's miscast. The staging and direction and esp. the sets are great

Don't see it if you are disturbed by male nudity

See it if you like Clive Owen. He's good. The acting generally is good. It weirdly is very dated and very relevant at the same time?

Don't see it if you want a show with the focus on the words. There is so much going on with the set/props at any given moment. It's distracting.

See it if You like Clive Owen. He really is great in it. The story is nice and if you do not know it, it could be more interesting.

Don't see it if You don’t want to see a horrible set wobbling all over. The Screens are a disaster. Distracting and noisy. Music takes you out of the moment

See it if you like Clive Owen

Don't see it if are expecting Julie Taymor's flair to be on display

See it if you are interested in the source material or are a fan of Clive Owen. The story itself is really intriguing and absorbing

Don't see it if you aren't interested in bad storytelling of a great story. the set design is really distracting and clunky, and the direction is simply off

See it if You loved the show before. It has not made the transition to the 21st century very successfully.

Don't see it if You want a story that keeps moving forward and keeps you moving with it. If you are prone to napping, stay home.

See it if you have never seen this play before; it is an interesting play, although the original version was more powerful. Clive Owen is perfect

Don't see it if you want to see Julie Taymor's work; here it is over done. Maybe Juan Darien and Lion King were flukes. I missed B D Wong terribly.

See it if You never saw the original production. The acting is very good but the end result left me feeling a bit cold ... too dark and edgy.

Don't see it if You enjoy being absorbed into a story so much that you feel you are part of it. This play is set up so you feel strictly like a observer.

See it if you didn't see the original

Don't see it if you saw the original

See it if You did not see the original. 2 very good central performances. Interested in seeing a real truth is stranger than fiction story.

Don't see it if You have fond memories of the original production, script and performances. Are expecting some inspired concept from Taymor. Warning: Nudity

Also There are two very good central performance from Owen and Ha, although I didn’t feel the passion between them. Also fine support from the always good Countryman. But the performances can’t bring to life this plodding bland production. Perhaps people had too high hope for what Taymor could be cable of bringing to this amazing story. There’s no magic here. The scenery is unattractive and clumsily manipulated by stagehands and actors.
The updated script by Hwang isn’t an improvement. It gives away the central plot point way too early and is often confusing to follow (and I knew the play). The reworked structure and additional character twist deters from the play and does nothing to enlighten or clarify the themes. This left me wanting to reread the original script to clarify what I just saw. That can’t be good.
A case of the original far surpassing this second-rate revival, both script, design and performances.
Warning: Full nudity and sexuality subject matter.... Read more Read less

See it if You like Clive Owen and are open to exploring sexuality on stage.

Don't see it if You don't want to see full nudity, laugh at jokes that don't match the rythm of the play and don't mind the 4th wall broken.

See it if you have not seen the original and is interested in seeing Clive Owen performing live.

Don't see it if you know the storyline and have high expectations.

Also Given the material, this production could have elicit profound emotional responses from the audience. However, I left the theater feeling empty...... Read more Read less

See it if if you are interested in seeing a more contemporary M Butterfly. Hwang has reconceived his play. Interesting but direction is problematic.

Don't see it if you loved the original and want to relive that. You will be very disappointed!

See it if you love Clive Owen. Great performance making you believe he's shy and insecure with women.

Don't see it if you have anything better to do.

See it if you're a Clive Owen fan. He's the best thing here. But be warned that this has very little of Julie Taymor's signature style

Don't see it if you're expecting a riveting story or a visually stunning one. The new text doesn't always work & Julie Taymor directs without any joy/style

See it if You love Clive Owen. He was excellent. Definitely the best part of the show.

Don't see it if You're going to see Julie Taymor's effect on the show or don't want nudity. It felt slow in places, and the sets didn't enhance the story.

Also I thought some of the sets were pretty while others were just there to fill space, but in most cases they felt distracting to the story rather than enhancing it.... Read more Read less

See it if you want to see Taymor restrain herself, nuanced meditation on geopolitics by way of gender/racial politics

Don't see it if offended by nudity. bored of hollywood types breezing into Broadway.

See it if You like Julie Taylor doing her superficial thing

Don't see it if You don’t want to see a wonderful play trivialized with all the layers taken away

See it if You are curious about the show and have a good discount.

Don't see it if You loved the original, you don't want to potentially waste $. Just is not well done overall. The few nice moments don't make up for it.

See it if You’re a fan of Clive Owen, he is pretty much this entire show. You want to an interesting story about American-Asian culture.

Don't see it if You have no interest in the story and are expecting a “Julie Taymore” style show, it does not show here. The set also could have been better

See it if you want to see an incredible performances from the lead actors.

Don't see it if you want an easy-to-follow plot. The deception involved in the show can be confusing for viewers. The staging is clunky.