The Sound Inside (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (468)
See it if you want to experience a profound deeply moving play
Don't see it if You don’t enjoy depressing subjects
See it if Mary Louise Parker is at her absolute best and the writing is stellar.
Don't see it if You wont enjoy a word dense 2 hander
See it if You are after a true drama with excellent characterization and great acting
Don't see it if Sparse interaction is not your cup of tea.
See it if You want to see a masterclass performance from Mary-Louise Parker.
Don't see it if You dislike narration or small casts.
See it if you enjoy a great character driven play with wonderful actors who draw you in and hold you for 90 absorbing and even funny dramatic moments.
Don't see it if prefer only naturalistic plays with realistic dialogue exchanges.
See it if Clever and wrenching new play gorgeously staged by David Cromer and splendidly acted
Don't see it if Don't like hard topics (cancer, suicide)
See it if Parker! A literary play, dark and somber . Pulls some punches.
Don't see it if Wordy, without “action” ....not a bad thing
See it if an intense & moving play about a creative writing professor, a talented student of hers & their writing processes; troubling aspects
Don't see it if don't want actor directly addressing audience; don't want dark sets or dark topics including cancer; want something light Read more
Critic Reviews (26)
"After a necessarily deliberate component, Adam Rapp's play 'The Sound Inside,' now in a world premiere production on the Nikos Stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, is scorching."
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"Bella Baird, a Yale University teacher of creative writing, delivers a lengthy opening monologue about her life, her parents, her students, her teaching technique, the books she's written, her virulent cancer, all in a fittingly professorial tone. It goes on and on and on as she scribbles her thoughts on a notepad in self-serving obsession..."
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