Prayer for the French Republic (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (356)
See it if You want a show that's top-notch in every aspect, that handles a weighty subject through the humanity of a family facing its own fears.
Don't see it if You aren't prepared to watch a play centered on anti-Semitism and its implications on the choices made by a family spanning 4 generations. Read more
See it if you are looking to experience a story that will grab you up out of your seat and take ou on an unexpected adventure.
Don't see it if you don't love the exhilaration RUSH that seeing a powerful play brings on, otherwise go see a boring show like How to Dance in Ohio. Read more
See it if The must see play this season. A serious, timely play that is superbly acted, written, directed with an exceptional cast. Kudos to MTC.
Don't see it if if you are looking for a light theatrical experience or can's handle a three hour plus play. Otherwise, a must see, important play. Read more
See it if you want to see a powerful and complex drama about anti-Semitism in France that manages to be both an intimate family drama and epic.
Don't see it if you don't like long plays (it lasts three hours) or plays with politically charged debates. Read more
See it if you have an appreciation of WWII and anti-semitism
Don't see it if you don't like family dramas
See it if You want to see amazing play. Acting was amazing! Story was Amazing! It is what's going on right now. Highly recommend it.
Don't see it if If you are antisemitic.
See it if You'll laugh & cry at once. Each act is perfection. This is not just about Judaism, though that would be enough. It's a mirror to our times.
Don't see it if you don't mind missing one of the major Broadway productions that will be recalled for decades to come. A bonanza for thinking souls.
See it if you like meaning in your shows, what a deep, thoughtful, well written play. Blown away!
Don't see it if you like lighter topics, you don't want a show about anti-Semitism
Critic Reviews (25)
“What is too much for the world is way too much for the play. And the play, for all its urgency, is already way too much. Running just over three hours, ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’...is still not long enough to do justice to the multiple histories it wants to tell.”
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“There is perceptiveness and humor in ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ and Cromer’s direction does its best to keep things honest. But as Harmon weighs out the issues, you can sense his thumb on the scale; by the denouement, it feels more like his whole hand, pressing for amens.”
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“It’s a plus-size play about big social issues that impresses in large structural ways as well as small moments...so this ‘Prayer’ will likely always be relevant. That’s a dramatic triumph – and a scorching reality.”
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“Though it’s surrounded by heavy clouds, Harmon’s play is plenty sharp and by no means gloomy...How much you respond to ‘Prayer’ may ultimately rest on your taste for such harangues. I admit to finding them hard to follow — not intellectually but emotionally. They leave me cold and a little suspicious.”
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“Like any play transferring to Broadway from an Off Broadway success, this ‘Prayer’ is a counterproposal to its earlier, smaller, and more intimate iteration.”
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“ 'Prayer for the French Republic' addresses, with nuance, detail and understated passion, the tensions and the connections between history and current events."
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“...Edwards and his castmates bring two distinct, if not always so dissimilar, eras to life, and they tell a sweeping story while conveying genuine intimacy. ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ asks big questions – of history, of family, of identity – and, all but miraculously, answers their call.”
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“The play, narrated uneasily by the self-doubting Patrick, is saying that little has been solved, the Jew remains a wanderer by necessity, that the painful lessons of history have never been more important, and love and happiness must be grabbed where it can.”
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