The Rose Tattoo NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (300)
See it if Very well acted. Marisa T is very good in her role with great staging. Not the best Rose Tattoo I have seen but entertaining.ifulikewilliams
Don't see it if Long play. If you like a traditional Rose Tatto, this one is different than past productions. Accents vary from the actors- forced.
See it if you've never seen/read TRT. I'm a Wms fan. Disappting director. Huge tone swings. Too broad/too dark. Awk staging. Ugly set.. Still fun.
Don't see it if Too many chars. Act II is better. Dated material. Accents annoy. Projections distract. Awful flamingos. Tomei works hard; mostly succeeds.
See it if you want to enjoy Tomei in a good role; you like the characters from real life that Williams presents; you want to savor a fresh version.
Don't see it if hearing everything is important to you: multiple voices, projection away from audience, accented English, Italian dialogue and songs.
See it if Hammy rom-com featuring a hysterical widow pursued by a clowning Sicilian truck driver. Some good physical comedy. Polished production.
Don't see it if Initial seriousness doesn’t mix well with later silliness. A weird hybrid that doesn’t quite work. Stereotyped Italians. Long.
See it if After latching on to her two tragedies, a dressmaker is comfy in her despair, until desire unleashes her broad comedy funnybone.Experimental
Don't see it if Lesser Tennessee matching a lesser odd mix of acting,set,music,cliche,wardrobe,accents,tonal shifts, which all test the limits of patience. Read more
See it if you like Tomei who pours herself into the role; you like everything Tennessee Williams; better 2nd act with lighter fare and physical comedy
Don't see it if looking for consistency in acting & flow; 1st act very slow; poor direction & conceptualization of story; 2nd act is better, if you last. Read more
See it if You are interested in seeing a Tennessee Williams piece that is different than anything I have seen by him
Don't see it if You are expecting the edge of your seat drama that you usually get from Williams Read more
See it if a Williams fan & interested in seeing a production that emphasizes the comedic aspects..
Don't see it if ..at the expense of the poignant ones in a clumsily staged (but with good projections & lighting) production with far too much going on Read more
Critic Reviews (26)
"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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"'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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"Trying to Locate 'The Rose Tattoo'"
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"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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Grade: B- "Marisa Tomei gives her all to an unsatisfying revival of 'The Rose Tattoo'"
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"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 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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"Marisa Tomei Goes Big For Tennessee"
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