Arthur Miller’s The Price NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (454)
See it if You want to see an incredible cast of actors in one play!!
Don't see it if You don't like plays though relevant today also have elements that are a bit dated
See it if You like Arthur Miller and terrific theater.
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See it if you want an extremely well written, masterfully staged, and beautifully well acted Arthur Miller classic play. Do not miss this limited run
Don't see it if There is no reason not to see this masterful production!
See it if great acting by all four. Miller can do no wrong in my eyes.. first noticed similarly by Ruffalo to Marlon Brnado
Don't see it if I liked the set better in Roundabout's previous production at the Criterion site.
See it if You want to see a great American play performed by top notch craftsmen.
Don't see it if You're looking only for laughs.
See it if You can still be surprised by theater
Don't see it if You have Hamilton tickets
See it if you like Arthur Miller, or enjoy thoughtful family dramas.
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See it if You like great acting a thoughtful, challenging family drama that contains intense conflict between two brothers, yet also has some humor.
Don't see it if You don't like long talky scenes and crave a lot of action. Arthur Miller challenges the audience; this isn't a romp.
Critic Reviews (53)
"Bolstered by a first-rate cast, director Terry Kinney's carefully considered production shapes all sides of the arguments into compelling drama...The writing is far from black and white on either side...However, in the fractious second act, Miller's play shows its dramaturgical weaknesses, becoming circuitous and repetitive...Still, the strong cast ensures that the drama remains riveting...A very solid, sensitively directed production of a flawed but rewarding play."
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"Under Terry Kinney’s stewardship, a gold-plated cast fulfills its mission in grand fashion...Kinney treats with respect both the text and the audience — and thereby delivers a perceptively embroidered portrait of a family rife with mercenary and other resentments...The play too transparently shows its hand...But the actors are all adept at embodying and drawing out the countervailing traits and motivations in themselves and one another."
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"DeVito is offering a spectacularly funny performance in director Terry Kinney's resonant if not wholly satisfying Broadway revival of, to my mind, one of Miller's bleakest and most personal plays...I think Kinney's direction fundamentally understands the currency of this play. Hecht clearly gets the quiet trauma of what is being bought and sold, and both Ruffalo and Shalhoub have individual vulnerability, even if you don't always believe they are in this, for better or worse, as brothers."
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"His unforgettable performance in Arthur Miller’s 'The Price' is a serious reminder that DeVito belongs in the pantheon of greats. His supporting role completely steals the spotlight in this wobbly revival...Shalhoub succeeds most at suggesting a real life behind Miller’s verbal firecrackers. Ruffalo, flat and terribly miscast as a schlub...The playwright’s big mistake was in focusing the material on three other dullard characters when Solomon is obviously such an original creation."
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“A solid, unexpectedly compelling production…‘The Price’ can easily come off as slow and hokey today, but director Terry Kinney achieves a fine balance between Ruffalo, Shalhoub and Hecht’s raw, accusatory battling and DeVito’s spirited, minutely detailed character acting.”
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"It's not quite Arthur Miller's best, but given the playwright's tremendous gifts, 'The Price' is still a compelling drama and one that's, uncharacteristically for Miller, loaded with humor...The production, directed by Terry Kinney, is not entirely successful. It feels under-rehearsed and over-acted in spots, and structurally, the play is rather lopsided...'The Price,' even with its flaws, is well worth a visit."
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"Director Terry Kinney keeps us constantly pondering the connection between the past and the present in his straightforward production, which allows the playwright's words to come to the fore...Everything is highly realistic, especially the performances...'The Price' only begins to feel draining in its operatic second act...It all could easily become tedious coming from lesser actors, but it never does here. Instead, Hecht, DeVito, Ruffalo, and Shalhoub lead us in an emotional workout."
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"The power of 'The Price' lies in how a psychologically cogent conflict about love, family, and duty is folded into a larger debate about how to live one's life...Kinney has welded his four fine talents into an impressive quartet...It's long past time that 'The Price' be recognized as one of Miller's finest plays, one that stands next to his acknowledged masterpieces. In no other work of his are the battle lines so fairly drawn, the conflict so well-armed on both sides."
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