The Sound Inside (Broadway)
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The Sound Inside (Broadway)
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The Sound Inside (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets

83%
(468 Ratings)
Positive
91%
Mixed
7%
Negative
2%
Members say
Great acting, Absorbing, Great writing, Intelligent, Thought-provoking

About the Show

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. 

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Show-Score Member Reviews (468)

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52 Reviews | 5 Followers
91
Clever, Exquisite, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if You want to see great acting and directing and like to be pulled into a story.

Don't see it if You don't like dark themes of death and loneliness.

147 Reviews | 16 Followers
91
Great acting, Great writing, Great staging, Absorbing

See it if You adore fine acting in a unique well written new play

Don't see it if You like action

244 Reviews | 71 Followers
91
Dizzying, Thought-provoking, Great staging, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if you want to see an elliptical, mysterious, recursive play that will leave you thinking

Don't see it if you want straightforward plot and themes, along with a tidy ending

81 Reviews | 31 Followers
91
Fun tension between what's real vs. what's fiction, Draws you in visually & verbally, Fluid staging enhances sense of disorientation, Keeps you off balance

See it if a director, 2 actors and playwright all at the top of their game. I can't recall a recent play that's made me want to lean forward and focus

Don't see it if are expecting a linear plot. Changes in POV and narrator are half the fun. The economical use of sets greatly adds to the air of intrigue.

99 Reviews | 21 Followers
90
Intelligent, Great staging, Great acting, Entertaining, Absorbing

See it if you love an intelligent and absorbing drama which is superbly acted wrapped in an overall terrific production.

Don't see it if If you don't like talky, psychological dramas with difficult themes which make you thin about your life and its purpose.

260 Reviews | 55 Followers
90
Funny, Absorbing, Resonant, Intelligent, Great acting

See it if you enjoy contemporary theater that is intelligent and beautifully acted.

Don't see it if you are not interested in two quirkly characters interacting on stage for 90 minutes without a lot of plot. Read more

61 Reviews | 7 Followers
90
Intense, Great acting, Absorbing, Profound, Riveting

See it if you're able enjoy an intelligent, intellectual,deep and rewarding play and don't need a lot of hoopla & action plot wise-it was terrific

Don't see it if your attention span not long & consider intellectual, intelligent plays "talky" Read more

136 Reviews | 34 Followers
90
Absorbing, Riveting, Intelligent, Great writing, Great acting

See it if You like powerful drama about terminal illness, suicide & academia with brilliant acting. TONY DeservIng performance by Mary-Louise Parker.

Don't see it if You don’t like intellectual plays that venture > dark penetrating subjects with a dry sense of humor. You don’t like minimal stage designs.

Critic Reviews (26)