See it if You are open to seeing a play that explores racial issues in an extremely provocative way, but also with humor.
Don't see it if You only like very traditional comedies that aren't intense or challenging.
See it if you enjoy engaging in contemporary issues as refracted through a theatrical lens. This play will make you think (and laugh).
Don't see it if you don't like Tom Stoppard. If simulated sex on stage offends you, avoid this play.
See it if you're interested in cutting-edge theater that pushes the envelope on a provocative topic. Radical
Don't see it if you're not willing to be confronted with uncomfortable (simulated) sexual acts and subject matter. Read more
See it if You're game AND open-minded for a provocative, brilliant and astonishing theater experience! Terrific ensemble cast!
Don't see it if You're looking for a traditional theater experience and are easily offended. Not for the thin-skinned!
See it if you want to be challenged, learn, or grow. You want to learn about the black experience via sex therapy. You are looking for something new.
Don't see it if you are taking children, you are triggered by sex trauma or slavery, you dislike strobe lights, you want something mindless.
See it if You appreciate a Black-centric piece with sexual tension.
Don't see it if You cannot standing being uncomfortable or facing some of your own biases.
See it if you want to be challenged, sit in your uncomfortably and witness some intense performances, exciting writing + execution of important topics
Don't see it if you are prudish and you aren't prepared to think about + examine white supremacy in various contexts dealing w/ sex, power +relationships
See it if You like a storyline that is relevant but strangely writing and presented...very very different
Don't see it if You do not like different...you only want a straight and simple show
"It would be unfair to sum up 'Slave Play' as soft-core S&M porn followed by pseudo psychological insights about race in American - because it's other things as well…theatricality….sharp satire…. identifying real-life undercurrents both in race relations and in couple dynamics."
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"'Slave Play' makes a kind of history of its own, boldly bringing Broadway into unfamiliar waters! Bravo!"
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"'Slave Play' is…verbose, its characters more symbols than people, its dramatic tension secondary to its theoretical pyrotechnics, and, given its content, its intermissionless two hours too damned long."
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