The Rose Tattoo

See it if you like Marisa Tomei and want to see more Tennessee Wms.

Don't see it if you don't appreciate a director just playing for the laughs

See it if Great staging,

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

See it if you are a fan of Tennessee Williams or Marisa Tomei. They at least emerge unscathed from this mixed production.

Don't see it if you have no impatience for overindulgent staging.

See it if you love Marisa Tomei. The show can be tough to follow, but her performance is amazing.

Don't see it if you don't like Marisa Tomei.

See it if You like plays with great acting. Marisa Tomei is a fabulous actress!

Don't see it if You only like seeing musicals.

See it if You’re a fan of Tennessee Williams and are interested in one of his lesser revived plays. And you’re a fan of the Roundabout performances

Don't see it if You’re not a fan of drama revivals, or T. Williams

Also Two words: Marisa Tomei is terrific as Serafina.

See it if You grew up Italian, you love Marisa Tomei, and you appreciate a classic story with light moments.

Don't see it if You are expecting Marisa to tick tock her biological clock!

See it if You love Marisa Tomei. Really liked the interplay between her and male lead

Don't see it if You don’t like Tennessee Williams plays.

See it if You go to plays with great acting, romance, intensity, hilarity...plus great background music, especially the guitarist!

Don't see it if You are only a musical theater-goer.

See it if You want to see a rarely produced classic. The cast is excellent.

Don't see it if It isn’t as enduring as other Williams plays, but definitely worth seeing.

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 love Marissa Tomei and appreciate great emotional acting. Ella Rubin as her daughter in her debut is wonderful!

Don't see it if You prefer more contemporary storylines.

See it if You enjoy watching great actors and actresses

Don't see it if You don’t like some of dialogue in italian

See it if you like Tennessee Williams, Marisa Tomei, or Trip Cullman

Don't see it if You're not interested in the lesser works of great writers

See it if If you are a true blue Marissa Tomei fan. She is the only good thing about it.

Don't see it if This was an utter mess with some of the worst direction I have ever seen.

See it if You want to see Marisa on stage, live! Obviously. Also amazing music and staging for this production. The story was quiet boring nonetheles

Don't see it if You don’t like Marisa Tomei

See it if You love Melissa Tomei and are a fa N of Tennessee Williams

Don't see it if You have difficulty with accents and want to see a more contemporary work

See it if If you love Marisa Tomei. This presentation is Not what you're expecting from this show, but you will be positively entertained.

Don't see it if If very heavy accents, weirdish sets (lots of plastic pink flamingos), and beautiful but unrelated singing will disappoint you.

See it if such a wonderful play. Sort of like an Italian Rom Com. The singing and music was enchanting and gorgeous. Felt like I was in Italy :)

Don't see it if you are looking for something serious or political. Truly a lovely evening- great acting. I love plays with music. So much talent here!

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 You like Marisa Tomei. If you want to see a somewhat romantic comedy and you grew up in an Italian household.

Don't see it if You don’t like dramas, you don’t like to hear Italian accents and you need a lot of excitement onstage.

See it if You are a Tennessee William fan or a Marisa Tomei fan.

Don't see it if You don't enjoy exaggerated ethnic characters or slice of life tales.

Also Did appreciate the creative sets and the women singing, sort of like a Greek chorus. Marisa Tomei captures the Sicilian dialect and enjoyed watching her. But the play just doesn't satisfy unless you are crazy for Tennessee Williams.... Read more Read less

See it if You like Marisa Tomei.... she does a good job despite a vague script and weak story line

Don't see it if you expect a typical strong and emotional Tennessee Williams script

See it if U want to see rarely staged Tennessee Williams with an Oscar winning actress

Don't see it if U will be disappointed by weak direction, distractingly bad set, or inconsistent accents and performances. Or just hate flamingos (wtf?)!

See it if If you want to see an amazing Marisa Tomei.

Don't see it if If you like a sharply worded fast moving play and expect it to be as good as the movie.