The Sound Inside (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (468)
See it if Psycho-thriller.A writing prof's health status urges her to draw in creatively(if not fictitiously) to her writing charge.Gorgeously written
Don't see it if Rapp has matured here, outgrowing his past gimmicky stunts. Monologues. Tiny, gripping drama with tiny ideas in a very big space.
See it if for actors presenting superbly written and structured playwriting in an emotionally demanding both funny and often heartbreaking story
Don't see it if illness, loneliness, mental illness and death are more than you can cope with
See it if If you LOVE great performances of GREAT pieces by master author and actors. This piece evokes gasps, tears, smiles all while you ride along
Don't see it if you don't enjoy great drama, no musical here
See it if You want to see a quiet, intelligent, beautifully written play in a perfect production anchored by two incredible acting performances.
Don't see it if You do not like quiet plays that reward close attention.
See it if you want a theater experience that is fully engaging and emotionally moving. The acting, writing and directing are masterful. Great theater.
Don't see it if you can’t handle depressing or emotionally challenging material. It’s a quiet but powerful story that takes you on a mysterious journey. Read more
See it if Mary Louise Parker is a force of nature; her acting here is exquisite, as is the lighting design
Don't see it if Don't like 2-person shows, don't like dark, brooding characters and morally ambiguous storylines with unclear endings Read more
See it if You want to see two great performances in an intimate, thoughtful, beautifully written play.
Don't see it if You’re disappointed by shows that don’t have flash and pizzaz, extensive sets, big casts or aren’t in the mood to listen.
See it if You enjoy literary, cerebral plays with a slow build. Or love Mary Louise Parker.
Don't see it if Require a play to be loud and exciting. Read more
Critic Reviews (26)
"Rapp has written 'The Sound Inside' more as a novel than a play… For all the…discussions of writing, books and authors, language, cancer, suicide, and, yes, sex, it's difficult to become fully invested in Bella and Christopher, who seem more literary creations than flesh and blood."
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"The piece floats forward in segments, delicately ushering in the ideas of encapsulated loneliness and the acceptance of praise that resides within, ever so quietly...The two come together in a (Tony deserving) way that will haunt your imagination as you try to make sense of the imagined."
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"Adam Rapp explores and mines the 'shadow lands of the inner psyche in 'The Sound Inside' leaving those who watch and listen scores (think music) of rich and enduring questions about 'time and space, the distant past, and the infinite future.'"
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"A dark drama that keeps us in the dark…which works better on stage than thinking about it afterwards…exquisite staging…Mary-Louise Parker's performance charms and chills… Rapp suggests he has created something deeper than simply an engrossing story… Is he just being pretentious?"
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"In fact, we quickly come to realize how well playwright Adam Rapp has taken his own words to heart in this remarkably intense and gorgeously written play - perhaps the finest in his long career. I suspect that even the most seasoned theatergoer is unlikely to guess the eventual fates of either character in this gripping, twisty two-hander."
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"Mary-Louise Parker, Resounding in ‘The Sound Inside’"
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"In Adam Rapp's 'The Sound Inside' in Williamstown, Mary-Louise Parker is a Yale professor facing cancer"
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"At Williamstown, Matthew Broderick in 'The Closet' and Mary-Louise Parker in 'The Sound Inside.' New plays by Douglas Carter Beane and Adam Rapp receive their world premieres."
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