What the Constitution Means to Me (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (408)
See it if you are a left leaning political woman
Don't see it if if you are a right-wing conservative Read more
See it if You care about this country
Don't see it if You're not a fan of personal & U.S. history
See it if You enjoy intelligent writing and humorous delivery on a very relevant topic.
Don't see it if You do not want to learn about the Constitution and how it has negatively been interpreted towards women and minorities.
See it if You're interested in history, politics, women's rights seen through the lens of a moving and funny personal story.
Don't see it if You aren't interested in American history and laws. You don't like monologues. You prefer not to be challenged. Read more
See it if you want to see a great thoughtful play about the Constitution performed in an unusual way. Very very clever and always surprising.
Don't see it if you are tired of hearing or seeing things about politics or if you don't want to see a play with even small amount of audience participation
See it if you’ve ever wondered (especially in the last few years), “WTF is going on in this country?!”
Don't see it if (not applicable)
See it if You have questions regarding the Constitution and what’s going on this country currently. Want to really think about current affairs.
Don't see it if You are pleased with the current political climate. Do not like to put on your thinking cap at a show, Read more
See it if you don't think you want to see it as it is entertaining, interesting, funny, inspiring, and a don't-miss-it play.
Don't see it if you need big sets, costumes, casts, and 3 acts. This is a multilayered talk - goes far beyond where you think it will and you might learn.
Critic Reviews (46)
"Easily the most important play on Broadway this season, or in any season...Schreck’s performance is a brave and magnificent public act of personal storytelling that is so artfully crafted and masterfully delivered that it feels wholly extemporaneous, as if each performance were summoned from whole cloth. That’s a testament to her incisive writing and virtuosic acting, and director Oliver Butler’s razor-sharp guidance...A must-see."
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"This is still a sharply timely play, and it is both hopeful and painful, but mostly, hopeful—and a hearteningly diverse Broadway audience responds volubly in kind...The sharpest parts of the production are Schreck talking about her personal experiences around abortion and male violence against women...Shreck is such an engaging performer, she still somehow cleverly studs wit into this confessional, noting that she got pregnant while playing Miss Julie."
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"A show that seems to be ripped from the headlines...Shreck jumps between embodying her teenage self and a modern fortysomething in the era of Trump. It’s the latter who’s able to reflect on her accumulated knowledge of both her family history and her more grown-up understanding of American history...Schreck is an engaging storyteller with a delivery that seems improvised even when she is sticking to her winding but always-focused script."
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"Director Oliver Butler keeps a casual, energetic delivery. Schreck breezes ahead bringing out a bright, naive, imaginative girl who evolves into a woman of admirable perception of the Constitution, fascinated by its facets...With a spirit of spontaneity and, yes, optimism, Schreck's play ties the founding document with today's political events...This is a spot-on informative conversation, delivered with gregarious humor and heart, plenty of laughs and also some tears."
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"Unfortunately, this Frankenstein's monster doesn't quite cohere...The relationship between performer and audience strictly preacher-choir. Though the president is never named, his influence on the court haunts the entire proceedings, and we get to boo and hiss at recognizable villains like Antonin Scalia. Perhaps this has a cathartic effect for some, but for me, in the context of a Broadway theater, the applause felt empty and self-congratulatory."
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"One of the most original and thrilling pieces on Broadway...Schreck radiates star presence, and as directed by Oliver Butler, this is 100 well-spent minutes."
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"With the assistance of director Oliver Butler, she navigates weighty, traumatic issues with laughter and a lightness of touch...Schreck alternates adult world-weariness with a chipper teenage smile, Iveson is drolly deadpan in his supporting turn and the two radiate unspoken-warmth to each other throughout. Between them, they create a powerful onstage debate that delivers a political punch to the gut."
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"Part civics lesson, part TED Talk, part memoir. Ultimately it poses more questions — serious questions — than it answers...The story gets heartbreakingly personal. It's easy to think of this as a one-woman play, but Schreck is not alone. Mike Iveson is appropriately understated but gets some good laughs as the Legionnaire moderator, charged with keeping the young speaker on track and on time as she dissects the document she both cherishes and questions."
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