The Rose Tattoo

See it if You think Tennessee Williams should be done as a Carol Burnett skit. I never associated TW as broad comedy. Marissa Tomei was funny, sadly.

Don't see it if You like Tennessee Williams. He’s NOT A comedy writer. This was so misguided, I can’t believe this is taking up Broadway space.

See it if You are a die hard Tomei fan or are a subscriber to RTC

Don't see it if you want to see a show with good acting, scenic design, script, or direction...everything is messy and weird

See it if you like overacting, screaming, and badly mispronounced words in Italian uttered with the most stereotypical fake "dago" accent.

Don't see it if you respect Tennessee Williams and do not think that this play should be a clownish farce, but rather a raw, sensual display of emotions

See it if you are a tennessee williams completist and if you are a big fan of marisa tomei and if you enjoy slapstick & farce.

Don't see it if you dislike slapstick, forced humor, and overacting.

Also the slapstick courtship between serafina & alvaro plays like an episode from the imbecilic TV sitcom "three's company." at one point in this misguided fiasco, marisa tomei actually fans her vagina in an effort to abate her sexual arousal ... just one of myriad bits of low humor director trip cullman has stooped to for cheap laughs. his farcical approach is even more disastrous when forced onto the tender romantic yearnings of 15-year-old rosa & her sweet sailor boy. from start to finish, tomei's version of passionate sicilian behavior involves exaggerated yelling & gesticulating. emun elliott effectively channels bobby cannavale, but for all their efforts there is little heat between the two lovers. it's all shtick. ultimately, everything that is wrong with this revival -- from the loud & insistent pre-show music to the incomprehensible set to the relentless over-acting -- must be laid at the feet of director cullman. please god he never gets his hands on "a streetcar named desire."... Read more Read less

See it if You have to see any adaptations of Tennessee Williams’ work

Don't see it if You can’t abide intermittently terrible acting and hammy fake accents

See it if you just got to see Marisa Tomei, no matter what.

Don't see it if you expect to hear and understand most of the words ... or most of the story ... or you need to have a notion of what the silly set is about

See it if Some of the other actors were good... set is beautiful. Yeah. That's all I got.

Don't see it if Marisa Tomei is HEINOUS in this play. The direction is awful. I do not understand how Cullman gets so much work. I wanted to leave 5 mins in

See it if You’re a militant fan of Tennessee Williams. And perhaps if you had an old Italian grandmother and can easily make sense of a strong accent.

Don't see it if You’d like to understand the play. Very hard to hear. The play was also just.... very boring. Such low energy.

See it if If you just want to see Marisa Tomei or you have seen other Rose Tatoo productions and you want a comparison

Don't see it if It was lacking in any dynamics both of acting and of volume. The entire production is too frantic. The stage is filled chaos.

See it if Your a fan of Marisa Tormei.

Don't see it if If your a fan of Tennessee Williams.

Also Screenplay for the movie, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster, was written by Tennessee Williams. The role of Sarafina was written specially for Anna Magnani.
Tomei's acting is pathetic. The direction and production worse than a high school play.
Tennessee Williams is rolling in his grave.... Read more Read less

See it if You want to see Tomei. A great actor, she does her best.

Don't see it if You want to see a good Williams play or a good production. This is a mess top to bottom.

Also And forget the email from Roundabout that the show is 2:15. It clicked in at about 2:45 tonight. Just the second preview, but still.

There are so many wonderful actors in this cast, but they either have nothing to do or seem hamstrung by a production with severe pacing issues and wild inconsistencies in tone. A swing and a miss. I felt bad for the cast. I felt worse that I stayed for the (much longer) second act.... Read more Read less

See it if you love Marisa Tomei - she is fun to watch. How Tennessee Williams wrote this and Roundabout wanted to do... god knows. Silly play.

Don't see it if If you think you are going to see something related to The Glass Menagerie or Streetcar... This feels completely out of place

See it if you love Marisa Tomei- she's wonderful.

Don't see it if you can get tickets to something else.

See it if you want to sit through a longggg play full of stereotypically depicted Italians very poorly portrayed, speaking with dreadful accents.

Don't see it if don't like overly emotional cartoon charactrers and wailing, unnecessary singing.