Prima Facie (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (368)
See it if No if! MUST see it even if you only like fluffy musical comedies.
Don't see it if No reason not to see it unless you are a serial rapist, and even then you must see this production with Comer Read more
See it if you love the theatre. A brilliant script that's staged so well with a dynamite lead performance. Relevant, critical subject.
Don't see it if you can't hold attention during a one character show. It's 110 intermissionless minutes and it moves quick.
See it if Jodie Comer's performance is excellent. One woman story that will make you think way after you see this show.
Don't see it if Very Heavy and heartbreaking for some many people are sexual assault.
See it if ...you want a transporting and theatrically thrilling show. Jodie Comer is simply sensational.
Don't see it if ...you need something light or fluffy, because this piece isn't that at all. Read more
See it if You want to see an actor hold your attention for almost two hours straight. She can change character and emotion instantaneously.
Don't see it if you don't like monologues or if you are triggered by stories about sexual asalt.
See it if You appreciate Tour-de-Force Acting by the Remarkable JODIE COMER. Heart felt play that deeply touches both women & men. Powerful staging!
Don't see it if Issues of Sexual Violence, Sexual Abuse and the Miscarriage of Justice are hard for you to deal with. You dislike One Woman Shows. Read more
See it if You want to see an extremely talented actress completely transfix you with her brilliance.
Don't see it if Stories that deal with sexual abuse trigger you.
See it if you want to see one of the best shows. The writing is superb, as is the acting. It's brilliant.
Don't see it if you are triggered by sexual assault.
Critic Reviews (25)
“One-person, multicharacter stories often fail to develop suspense and momentum, but Miller has structured this one precisely...The abandonment of that structure in the play’s final third is likewise precise, and many will value the disruption ‘prima facie’ — at first glance.”
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“Her [Comer] virtuosity is not just a game—it’s emotional. Miller builds a respectable case, but Comer argues it brilliantly.”
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“Miller, an Australian writer with a law background, makes ’Prima Facie’ a message play. What it’s saying isn’t revelatory, but it is worthwhile. And Comer is a first-class messenger.”
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“If the writing and production falter, Comer’s performance speaks more than clearly than all that’s going on around her...Arguments may be convincing in the abstract. But it’s in staying with a singular case, making you feel for a wholly realized person, that Comer articulates what’s real, urgent, and unbearable.”
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“This urgent drama about the legal and emotional brutalities women often endure when they file charges of rape, particularly against a friend, lover or even husband, strikes home with scalding power.”
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“The drama is in how Tessa deals with the crumbling of her ideals and the smashing of her self-delusions, and in how Comer can so vividly, indelibly display both.”
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“ ‘Prima Facie’ manages to be both political and commercially viable theater, a rare feat these days, and one achieved here through the quality of this gifted actor, the talent and craft of the writer and the rich layering of experiential tension in the direction.”
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“This show, starring a popular television actress, will do its part in chipping away at the injustice that is women remaining voiceless and powerless after they’ve been sexually assaulted. And for that, ‘Prima Facie’ deserves high praise—even adulation.”
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