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See it if Exquisite performances. Brilliant, personal, ethereal play about the choices we make in our lives, and how we love when we have no choice.
Don't see it if You don't like plays about women. You don't like plays about people of color. It's kind of a weird, quirky play.
See it if A nuanced, deeply personal musical about the Cambodian Holocaust with great music & spectacular performances.
Don't see it if You don't like loud rock & roll or Asian music. It's about genocide & family disfunction.
See it if often funny, sometimes creepy, sometimes disturbing, always riveting. this play revolves around a woman's experience with Lyme disease.
Don't see it if there's some graphic nudity and sex. also disturbing relationships.
See it if a stupendous performance by Thaddeus Phillips. the piece is brilliantly written and staged.
Don't see it if this is NOT a traditional play. this is a one man show that touches on refugees, immigration and bureaucracy.
See it if the myth of Orpheus and Erudice, told as a honkytonk musical. spectacular performances and fun staging.
Don't see it if don't see it if you don't like jazz & blues. don't see it if you're a strict classicist who thinks the original text is sacrosanct.
See it if intense, often hilarious, ultimately tragic drama set inside an Irish farmhouse at harvest time. the children in the cast are brilliant!
Don't see it if the play deals very specifically with the IRA and the Irish troubles. there's a bit of violence.
See it if fun, broad comedy about social pecking orders set in an African village.
Don't see it if some people might be offended by gender stereotypes or the depiction of the African setting.
See it if delightful little production of a Shakespeare classic
Don't see it if not a professional cast
See it if smoldering study of a young gay man struggling with his identity and sexuality in the claustrophobic confines of a religious all boys school
Don't see it if this play has strong themes of sexuality & race against a backdrop of religious morality.
See it if adaptation of Strindberg play reset into apartheid South Africa pushes against issues of race, class, gender, entitlement, love and hate.
Don't see it if this adaptation revolves around race, class and sex. there are disturbing scenes of sex and violence.
See it if fun musical that revolves around the comic book idea of super heroes. visualizations of the lead character's drawings are magical.
Don't see it if kind of typical teen angst story. characters never develop past your first impressions of them.
See it if this play is at times hysterically funny, especially the mid section, which is a send-up of couples therapy and social science.
Don't see it if the play deals very explicitly with sexual scenes and racial themes.
See it if Michael C. Hall delivers a spectacular 1 person performance
Don't see it if The play appears to be just the scrambled ramblings of someone who's annoyed or disappointed or maybe just unhappy
See it if a brilliantly acted and often hysterically funny memory play about the decline into dementia and death.
Don't see it if the subject matter is very sad and often disturbing. the play deals directly with relationships, aging, dementia and death.
See it if not a traditional play! this is more like a 1 person show, but with a 2nd character. and then there's a surprise u-turn into debate club!
Don't see it if this is not a traditional play! if you're looking for a simple, easy to follow narrative, this ain't it!
See it if Brilliantly written. Janet McTeer is a force of nature as Sara Bernhard. The cast is amazing.
Don't see it if Shakespeare purists might take offense to the idea of a woman playing Hamlet, even (especially?) if was the most famous actress of her day.
See it if beautifully written, superbly acted. a wonderful play about family and identity.
Don't see it if like Chekhov, kind of nothing happens. there's no uplifting message at the end.
See it if The story of a woman's life, told completely out of order. It was exquisite!
Don't see it if non linear, several actresses play the title role at different times her of life. If you want a more conventional play, this ain't it.
See it if Hilarious & tragic tale of events surrounding a funeral. Writing & humor are razor sharp.
Don't see it if Raunchy, irreverent, boozy, exposes the failures & flaws of ALL of it's characters, even the person being memorialized.
See it if great little period piece about jazz, post WW2 black culture and gentrification.
Don't see it if portrayal of women is a bit 2 dimensional and negative.
See it if Condola Rashad leads a great cast in one of Shaw's more famous plays.
Don't see it if It's a very long 3 hours. I wish Shaw could have cut it down a bit.
See it if fascinating little play about young men trying to move out of the reality of the lives they've led to the lives they aspire to
Don't see it if you're not interested in stories about race, class, education or achievement
See it if An interesting biographical sketch of the life of Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare.
Don't see it if Basically just a monologue. Like a lot of one person shows, it lives & dies by the strength of the performer.
See it if just a great play about a man cast adrift in a life that he may not want because he doesn't really know who he is.
Don't see it if you're bored with discussions about roots, community, religion, identity.
See it if a play about the "sausage factory" inside the american political system
Don't see it if you don't want to know how the sausage gets made
See it if This is an intense adaptation of Mary Shelly's novel. Performances & writing are spectacular. Minimal staging leaves no distractions.
Don't see it if It's A VERY minimal staging (in typical CSC style) that leaves you with only the text & performances. This is not some Disneyfied fluff.
See it if You're a fan of vampires or Gothic lit. It's a brilliant adaptation & staging of Bram Stoker's novel, with a stunning cast!
Don't see it if You don't like Gothic lit. This ain't Cats.
See it if brilliant performances and at times hysterically funny. the staging and design is a lot of fun.
Don't see it if don't ask me what it's about, i don't know. the play is a nonsensical satire of something, but i'm not sure what.
See it if great performances & staging of an historically important musical to be staged by WPA theater in 1937 but was banned on opening night
Don't see it if the play is a hackneyed diatribe. the music is mediocre.
See it if a spectacular staging of one of Shakespeare's great classics.
Don't see it if like a lot of Shakespeare, it's pretty long. also, the language can be difficult for some people who aren't used to Shakespeare.
See it if fun romp revolving around the Greek god Dionysus' attempt to return to the modern world as a landscaper
Don't see it if the play generally pokes fun at affluent housewives
See it if fun and often moving story of a black woman in 1930s Hollywood as she tries to move up from being a maid to a movie actress
Don't see it if this play is completely about race and gender. broad stereotypes are used throughout.
See it if brilliant revival of a Cole Porter musical. the big production numbers like "too darn hot" bring the house down. leads are all brilliant.
Don't see it if revival of a 70 year old musical. plot is thinner than a fly's wing and characters aren't deep enough to fill a thimble.
See it if Calvin Trillin's love letter and memoir to his late wife Alice is a delightful departure from the typical stage play.
Don't see it if this is not a big play, it's not very traditional. the structure is a little non linear. staging is very minimal.
See it if intense adaptation of Strindberg play with spectacular performances. a couple loves & needs each other as much as they hate each other.
Don't see it if no happy ending. a couple loves & needs each other as much as they hate each other.
See it if brilliant staging of a play which is even more relevant now than when it premiered 40+ years ago. the use of video screens is brilliant!
Don't see it if it's disturbing, pessimistic and there's more than a little profanity and adult situations
See it if a very intense story about family, motherhood, cultural identity, heritage and the immigrant experience
Don't see it if this play is very emotionally intense. it also deals very frankly with the intersections of tradition, morality and expediency of real life.
See it if great little story about the passions of youth, and how we sometimes let our passions get the better of us.
Don't see it if the play deals with adult themes including sex, violence and race
See it if a satiric look at both elementary school plays and political correctness and woke cultural awareness
Don't see it if much of the humor revolves around being white and empowered & around cliches of gluten free, kale based woke attitudes.
See it if An intense, modern rewrite of the book of Job. Great staging and performances.
Don't see it if A lot of the dialog is in sign language with super titles. Some people may be disturbed by addiction, self-harm or homosexuality.
See it if A.R. Gurney never disappoints! This is a trio of weird, funny short plays about love, etc.
Don't see it if There's some frank talk of sex (no nudity, though) and the plots are somewhat absurdist.
See it if a fun, entertaining romp in the world of legendary disco Studio 54. music is fun & performances are great
Don't see it if overly long, too many subplots
See it if great little play about ego, paternity, destiny, and stepping up to play your part.
Don't see it if story moves back and forth between 2 eras and shifts its viewpoint between 3 characters. some people may find this confusing.
See it if a great masterwork by one of America's greatest playwrights. it delves into the dark depths of people's lives.
Don't see it if a very long play populated by unpleasant people who drink whiskey nonstop. there is no happy ending, only a dark corner to hide in.
See it if avant garde riff of the 17th C English civil war. performances are great. debate at the end of act 1 is the highlight.
Don't see it if weird, non linear, non narrative, non story. if you don't love avant garde theater, see something else.
See it if Lauren Ridloff gives a stunning performance. This is largely about marginalizing disabled people.
Don't see it if This is largely a drama about a relationship. Staging feels clunky at times.
See it if A truly epic experience, a truly classic play. This is a metaphysical tour of the emergence of AIDS.
Don't see it if you're offended by any reference to homosexuality or think that Roy Cohen is a nice person.
See it if you want to support amature community theaters or you want a simple, unpretentious, inexpensive alternative to broadway.
Don't see it if you're looking for a big broadway type of experience
See it if interesting combination of 2 of Albee's 1 act plays. both of which try to look into the souls of the characters.
Don't see it if you're squeamish about mental illness or marriage
See it if hard hitting show about authors and the personas they cultivate
Don't see it if the play deals with the shattering of images and iconoclasts, also frank discussions of race & sexual assualt