Oslo (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (818)
See it if you enjoy shows about the history of the Middle East. See it is you want to be smarter than you are now. Oh, just see it.
Don't see it if you cannot sit through almost three hours of absorbing drama performed by a top-notch cast. Don't see it if the word "f..k" bothers you. Read more
See it if You enjoy great riveting writing and acting on a subject that should be a bore but is anything but.. Hope and humanity are explored.
Don't see it if You don't like a deep play with strong writing and acting. Not interested in history or humanity.
See it if If you like important stories about subjects that should be talked about.
Don't see it if If you don't like stories of importance that is relevant with the world today.
See it if You have any interest in our world and it's history.
Don't see it if You're looking for tap dancing!
See it if You want theater that speaks to your heart and soul. A brilliant script paired with superb actors - every moment a masterstroke! A must see!
Don't see it if You're looking for frivolity and happy ever-afters.
See it if you want a really interesting play about something that is really topical right now
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See it if you love history and politics and a behind-the-scenes explanation of how a event like this went down.
Don't see it if you are bored by political dramas. This is all about the art of the game of diplomacy.
See it if Dazzling language, expert cast now working together forever. Mays and Ehle excellent hosts, leading cast and audience through a labyrinth.
Don't see it if you disdain history plays and another rehash of the Mideast conflict. Very spare scenery and business attire costumes impede a perfect score Read more
Critic Reviews (74)
"Bracing and absorbing...The production seems in constant, almost frantic, motion...Bits of dialogue teeter into speechifying here and there, but you’ll barely notice; the balance of passion, discipline, and suspense is organically, thrillingly theatrical...High stakes and hard choices tend to produce uncomfortable moments, but as this muscular, moving production reminds us, progress isn’t easy—even when it’s incomplete."
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"The play is long and talky and jam-packed with names, dates and historical exposition, but also well-crafted and nuanced, with interesting characters and even humor every now and then. The subject matter is also increasingly vital at this time of heightened instability throughout the Middle East. Under the direction of Bartlett Sher, it is presented with as much clarity and personality as possible."
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"Rogers's densely packed, fact-based drama gives us a fascinating fly-on-the-wall view of those painstakingly delicate talks...Under Bartlett Sher's taut direction, the wise and witty three-hour drama unfolds like a political thriller. Complex yes, but Sher's superlative production immerses us in the suspenseful twists and turns that yielded the unimaginable: mortal enemies becoming friends...Besides turning a historic event into high-brow entertainment, 'Oslo' is impressively even-handed."
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"Gripping and insightful theater that is bound to make even the most die-hard partisans in the seemingly never-ending conflict between Israel and Palestine reevaluate everything they think they know...Director Bartlett Sher brings an austere touch to this production that keeps the show flying along at a cinematic clip...While the negotiation scenes are nail-biting, Rogers, Sher, and the cast create a genuine sense of camaraderie."
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"Extremely touching and realistically funny...Helping to make the play so entertaining and clever, without undercutting the seriousness of the subject, is that the premise of the fact-based piece begins as a somewhat naïve attempt at a social experiment...Despite numerous locales and characters, the three-hour-long, three-act play never sags. The play is abundantly talky, but it's the kind of crisp, clever talk that continually stimulates."
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"If it's not easy to fall for 'Oslo' wholeheartedly, if it won't change your life or perspective on pretty much anything, Rogers is skillful enough to ensure that you have plenty to enjoy along the way...Mays and Ehle give bold, funny performances...Too bad Rogers hasn't solved the problem of, well, not solving the problem; a work that thinks as big as this one does and exhibits so much ambition needs to more emphatically own what it can do and what it can't."
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"The production’s move upstairs...gives the size and scope of the concepts ample room to manifest...Rogers’ smart, pithy writing makes both people and politics consistently relatable...At my core, I feel unsettled about a certain skilled sentimental myth-making lurking in 'Oslo'...Is a Hallmark-infused message of hope, even in intellectual wrapping, actually expansive, or ultimately reductive—no matter how much we enjoy opening the gift of a splendid outing to the theater?"
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"A deserving and likely candidate for the Best Play Tony award...All the actors in the cast are once again in top form and the production is gripping as ever...A fact-based but highly original drama that's as entertaining and suspenseful as it is informative and thought-provoking. Sure it's talky and long, but as written by Mr. Rogers, staged with dynamic simplicity by Bartlett Sher and with 14 top-drawer actors to bring 21 historic characters to vivid life, the three hours simply fly by."
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