Tony, Emmy & Golden Globe winner Mary-Louise Parker returns to Broadway in Adam Rapp's new play about a tenured professor, a talented student, and a troubling favor. More…
Bella Baird (Parker) is an accomplished professor at an Ivy League university who prizes her solitude. But when she faces a challenge she cannot tackle alone, she allies herself with a brilliant and mysterious student, Christopher (Will Hochman). Intensely intimate, this haunting play probes the question of what one person can do for another.
See it if You want 2 sit thru 90 min. of pretentious prose & two converging story lines about 2 truly uninteresting characters. MLP is fabulous though
Don't see it if You want to be uplifted, or experience interesting & relevant characters who challenge u & make u think.
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See it if you are a fan of non-stop dialogue and no action, and if you enjoy depressing, wordy, badly written plays.
Don't see it if you don't want to be reminded of EVERYTHING predictably terrible that can happen in two peoples' lives in a one-act play.
See it if Important theater about meaning and connections. The real upbeat message requires thought. Brilliant acting writing and direction.
Don't see it if Not a light hearted musical. Not frivolous. Lots of laughs to offset the serious issues being analyzed.