The Parisian Woman
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The Parisian Woman
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The Parisian Woman NYC Reviews and Tickets

73%
(447 Ratings)
Positive
71%
Mixed
22%
Negative
7%
Members say
Relevant, Entertaining, Clever, Great acting, Disappointing

About the Show

Oscar nominee Uma Thurman ('Pulp Fiction,' 'Kill Bill') makes her Broadway debut in a new power play by 'House of Cards' creator Beau Willimon ('Farragut North,' 'Ides of March'). Directed by Tony winner Pam MacKinnon.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (447)

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68 Reviews | 6 Followers
89
Great acting, Relevant

See it if Like good acting. Political issues interest you

Don't see it if You prefer comedies.

179 Reviews | 82 Followers
88
Spot on relevance!, Great writing, Great staging, Great acting, Thought-provoking

See it if you want to see a play that points out the state of our current government & how cut throat/corrupt some politically affiliated people are..

Don't see it if you're a fan of trump or don't like seeing characters who would do anything to manipulate others to give them what the want...

Nic
561 Reviews | 102 Followers
88
Ambitious, Absorbing, Clever, Great staging, Edgy

See it if you enjoy a smart, funny, unapologetic political drama.

Don't see it if you're a Trump fan.

90 Reviews | 22 Followers
88
Absorbing, Relevant, Intense, Intelligent, Entertaining

See it if You enjoy edge-of-your-seat personal drama.

Don't see it if You want to avoid anything to do with modern American politics

567 Reviews | 151 Followers
88
Indulgent, Slow

See it if you are a fan of "HOUSE OF CARDS" or a fan of celebrity casting. If you're not a fan of the current admin., you'll revel in the barb-lobbing

Don't see it if if you are a fervent supporter of the current administration. Stage acting is your thing. Can't take the barb-lobbing leveled at YOU.

137 Reviews | 47 Followers
88
Intelligent, Relevant, Resonant, Thought-provoking, Sharp

See it if Smart, sharp, political drama by the creator of House of Cards. Strong female characters. Fun twists that made audience vocally respond.

Don't see it if You don't like current politics or are a Trump supporter. Uma Thurman is a little stiff but warms up. Play's staging was a bit flat.

305 Reviews | 60 Followers
88
Clever, Great writing, Intelligent, Masterful

See it if you enjoy a relevant, up to date political thriller about the games Washington Politicians play in order to achieve their selfish goals

Don't see it if you are not into political thrillers or don't care about the games played by the Washington elite.

55 Reviews | 4 Followers
88
Clever, Entertaining, Great acting

See it if Current and witty. Supporting cast is phenomenal. A behind the curtains look at D.C. power plays.

Don't see it if you are one of those people who don't talk politics in public, or Phyllis Schlafly is your idol.

Critic Reviews (57)

Lighting & Sound America
December 1st, 2017

“Given a leading lady with plenty of technical skill and stardust to spare, this glossy fiction could have been a genuine guilty pleasure...Under the direction of MacKinnon, who doesn't seem at home with this sort of high-comedy artifice, the rest of the cast performs unevenly...The trouble with ‘The Parisian Woman’ is that we don't quite adore her. Her skills as a siren aren't really believable and her stratagems come from the theatre of another era.”
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Talkin' Broadway
November 30th, 2017

"An old-fashioned melodrama...Unfortunately, the production only occasionally rises above the temperature of tepid bath water...Throwaway lines succeed at eliciting knowing chuckles and a smattering of applause from the audience, but they don't do much to propel the plot...Overall, there is simply not enough meat on the bones of 'The Parisian Woman' to justify waiting for its delicious gotcha scene."
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Theater News Online
December 2nd, 2017

“A thudding disappointment...Wooden, plodding and insular...Some dialogue comes across as stagy and canned...Thurman’s bland, stilted delivery does not help...The more time you spend with the characters, the less you feel you know them or care about what they want...MacKinnon’s tight production offers lots of eye candy to relieve the boredom of the dialogue...One of the best-looking and -sounding straight plays on Broadway this fall. It’s just not that clever or insightful.”
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Broadway News
November 30th, 2017

"Thurman’s character never really seems to have much of a pulse, leaving the play with a glamorous void at its center...The appeal of the play, directed with a competent slickness by Pam MacKinnon, is its neatly laced-together plot, as well as, for Trump-o-phobes, Willimon’s many wry cracks about the state of the nation...Willimon’s sometimes glib cynicism eventually feels as obvious as the play’s more heavy-breathing passages...Only a mildly diverting evening at the theater."
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TheaterScene.net
December 12th, 2017

“Making her Broadway debut, film star Uma Thurman dazzles in ‘The Parisian Wife’ as a Washington Beltway wife trying to help her husband get an appointment as a judge on the circuit court. Unfortunately, while the new play by Beau Willimon (‘House of Cards,’ ‘Farragut North,’ ‘The Ides of March’) might be perceived as a guilty pleasure, it is also glib and superficial and has nothing new to tell us about the ways of Washington, D.C. we don't already know or suspect.”
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CurtainUp
December 1st, 2017

“A live, but not quite lively enough, mini ‘House of Cards’…‘The Parisian Woman’ lacks the sizzle of that groundbreaking series…It comes off mainly as a star vehicle for Thurman…Thurman's performance, like Willimon's script, is not as satisfying as it should be. She simply doesn't capture the one of a kind quality this woman is supposed to have…The real star turn of this production is by veteran Broadway actress Blair Brown as Jessica.”
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Front Row Center
December 7th, 2017

“’Willimon offers a remarkably pedestrian script mixing hoary cliché with his signature ‘House of Cards’ Washington-insider slant, smug asides signaling status...Willimon overreaches, folding in marital infidelity pressed into political service, a bewildering male-menopause theme, and the predictable collusion of the D.C. establishment swallowing hard to gain advantage...There’s a sense of missed opportunity here...It’s neither funny nor significant.”
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Front Mezz Junkies
December 9th, 2017

"These fine actors make this all look so easy, fitting into their perfectly tailor-made roles...It’s surprising and thoroughly engaging, keeping us on our toes and leaning in...A very current and complex play. It constantly surprises with its smart and sassy dialogue...I wanted more, I must say. More insight, maybe more hope for the future. The play as it stands is compelling enough, and definitely entertaining, but won’t create an interesting dialogue for too long after the curtain goes down."
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