Prima Facie (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (369)
See it if You are open minded, and not a monster, love increible acting, one woman shows, can handle SA
Don't see it if you are anti feminist, hate one person shows, cant handle triggering content
See it if you want to see excellent acting
Don't see it if you'll be triggered by the recounting of SA
See it if it’s playing anywhere. It is a must see!
Don't see it if no excuse! Must see it!
See it if Jodie Comer brings a wonderful performance that really moves the audiences, thought-provoking about gender power dynamics and rape
Don't see it if the book still has room for improvement
See it if you love Jodie Comer. She put's on an amazing performance that really carries this one woman show
Don't see it if sexual assault can be triggering for you. It was a very powerful performance, but part of that was the heartbreaking way the law treats SA
See it if You like compelling and intense plays with strong female characters.
Don't see it if You have triggers about sexual violence. Read more
See it if you appreciate once-in-a-lifetime performances that portray and honest discussion around abuse.
Don't see it if you are triggered by depictions of abuse and trauma.
See it if You want a brilliant story
Don't see it if You might be triggered by SA
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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