See it if While I didn’t connect personally, I did enjoy this complex and deep piece. Not for everyone, but raw, ambitious and a thinker. Great sound.
Don't see it if Sexual play about slavery makes you uncomfortable.
See it if seeing a high concept experimental piece expanded from a great small production to a mechanized Broadway show seems interesting.
Don't see it if you require clarity with your dramatics. Some of the ideas come across very well and some do not.
See it if want to see trendy play, see how one playwright depicts racial issues in unexpected way, learn what it means to want to be listened to
Don't see it if don't like depictions of sex & nudity, sex games that may involve domination or abuse, don't like humorous psychobabble, inner reflection
See it if Visceral and incisive dominance on and in the"plantation".Difficult, desperate times call for power plays for inter-race couples getting on.
Don't see it if An accomplished enough work (and improved from its downtown mounting) to have to rely on gimmicky shock value to tell its tale.
See it if you enjoy think pieces. This will put your mind at work. It’s performed well & the new actress playing Kaneisha is an improvement from NYTW.
Don't see it if you are turned off by depictions of sex on stage, or sitting through an hour-plus therapy session doesn’t sound appealing to you.
See it if You want to see a play that deals with couples counseling between interracial couples
Don't see it if You will be bothered with eight repulsive and unlikable characters Read more
See it if you believe that the races can never get past the effects of slavery.Bottom line is that blacks&whites can't relate fully without racism.
Don't see it if are tired of gratuitous nudity.What really upset me was that I believe that we should work toward being color blind.Play says its impossible
See it if 4 Black/White couples explore how institution of slavery/racism negatively impacts their romantic relationships, esp. sex lives.
Don't see it if Less controversial than hyped. Plays with pros and cons of leftist ideas (feeling "seen," triggers/ microaggressions, making space, etc.). Read more
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"'Slave Play' Nearly Demands a Conversation. So We Had One."
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"A must-see hit downtown last winter, Jeremy O. Harris' audacious dissection of race, sexuality, power and the scars of historical trauma moves to Broadway."
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Grade B+ "'Slave Play' offers provocation, no easy answers in Broadway debut"
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After a much lauded off-Broadway run, Jeremy O. Harris’s play about sex and race moves to the Great White Way"
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"This is a young person's play: overwritten, easily distracted, a bit glib, more concerned with effects than showing a complex journey to truth."
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