The Rose Tattoo
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The Rose Tattoo
73

The Rose Tattoo NYC Reviews and Tickets

73%
(303 Ratings)
Positive
71%
Mixed
23%
Negative
6%
Members say
Great acting, Entertaining, Disappointing, Funny, Dated

About the Show

After playing the role at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2016, Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei returns to Broadway as Serafina in Roundabout's revival of Tennessee Williams's lesser-known drama.


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Show-Score Member Reviews (303)

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72 Reviews | 15 Followers
97
Great staging, Great writing, Romantic

See it if You enjoy Tennesee Williams, Marisa Tomei, happy endings.

Don't see it if you don't like Tennessee Williams, stories about widows.

139 Reviews | 26 Followers
95
Great writing, Intense, Raunchy, Masterful, Great acting

See it if You want to experience a classic play with the brilliant Marisa Tomei as the passionate and fiery lead. She nails it with a fantastic cast.

Don't see it if You dislike passionate plays with adult themes. While humor has its moments, the play seriously tests religious values. Read more

53 Reviews | 1 Follower
95
Entertaining, Funny, Great acting, Must see, Great staging

See it if Great staging,

Don't see it if ......

98 Reviews | 17 Followers
93
Must see, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if You like classic theater, enjoy great acting an all around great theater experience

Don't see it if You think Marisa Tomei is going to act the same as My Cousin Vinny

161 Reviews | 167 Followers
91
Great staging, Great acting, Fun

See it if you want to see Marisa Tomei shine is a perfect role. She has great chemistry with Emun Elliott. Beautiful staging with a nice chorus

Don't see it if you can not understand plays with characters speaking with strong accents. Some words hard to decipher. Read more

207 Reviews | 34 Followers
91
Must see, Great staging, Great acting, Delightful, Enchanting

See it if you've never seen Rose Tattoo and you're interested...if you're a marisa tome fan.. AND if you want to see an INCREDIBLE cast esp EmunElliot

Don't see it if you think Tennessee Williams ALWAYS has to be dead serious

77 Reviews | 37 Followers
90
Intelligent, Great acting, Delightful, Absorbing

See it if ….

Don't see it if ….

83 Reviews | 10 Followers
90
Refreshing, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if You're a fan of Tomei and want to see her in a revived TW play. Terrific performance.

Don't see it if You're overly critical of accents or triggered by stereotypes.

Critic Reviews (26)

The New York Times
October 15th, 2019

"Marisa Tomei Braves a Typhoon in ‘The Rose Tattoo’: Trip Cullman’s unmoored production of this atypical comedy from Tennessee Williams presents sexual attraction as a raging force of nature."
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Time Out New York
October 15th, 2019

"'The Rose Tattoo' gets much more pleasurable as it opens into bloom. Tomei is not ideally cast as Serafina-her lightness works against her-and the first act is thick with Italian accents and gesticulation. But Tomei's great talent for romantic comedy clicks into place in her flirtation with Mangiacavallo."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
October 15th, 2019

"Trying to Locate 'The Rose Tattoo'"
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The Wall Street Journal
October 16th, 2019

"‘The Rose Tattoo’ Review: Sex, Sicilian Style: Tennessee Williams’s part comedy part drama returns to Broadway after a long hiatus with a still-sprawling cast led by Marisa Tomei."
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Deadline
October 15th, 2019

"Marisa Tomei Goes Big For Tennessee"
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Variety
October 15th, 2019

"Despite a huge cast of characters, this is a very slender play — more a mood piece, really — and far from the playwright’s best. Without any solid scene setting, the minimalist production provides little environmental support."
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The Hollywood Reporter
October 15th, 2019

"Marisa Tomei stars as a Sicilian American widow who rediscovers the passion beneath her pain in the arms of an ebullient truck driver in the 1951 Tennessee Williams play."
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Chicago Tribune
October 15th, 2019

"Marisa Tomei is passionate and terrific in 'Rose Tattoo’ on Broadway"
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