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See it if Best seen if you're familiar with the play; it's wordy and somewhat complicated. The integration of love-themed 60's music worked for me

Don't see it if You are bored by wordy repartee with little action.

See it if You like being puzzled as to what is going on.

Don't see it if You prefer straightforward plots.

See it if Exploring the interpersonal lives of a few gay characters and the losses from AIDS interests you. And oh if you loved Howard's End.

Don't see it if Very gay-centric so if you have no interest in the personal lives of gays or gay culture skip it.

See it if you like the idea of modernizing ancient Greek dramas.

Don't see it if you don't like modernizing ancient Greek dramas.

See it if you can enjoy the brilliantly inventive movement of the troupe and the songfest that accompanies recital of a bizarre and often boring text.

Don't see it if you will be put off by the reciting of Book of Revelations so staging and singing won't overcome madcap prodigiousness of John's vision.

See it if You enjoyed R&J as it was performed by British high schoolers.

Don't see it if you don't like Shakespeare tampered with.

See it if Maybe adolescents would enjoy the show.

Don't see it if you expect a show directed by Robert O'Hara to be meaningfully blasphemous.

See it if Wonderful evocation of small village Jewish life in Russia 1905 might interest you and you don't know the songs of Fiddler.

Don't see it if you won't like a slice of life musical.

See it if Beautiful singing by a romantically engaged couple redeems a chunky production.

Don't see it if you never enjoyed Alice in Wonderland.

See it if you enjoy theatrical staging and well-acted and choreographed stories.

Don't see it if you don't enjoy a tale from an African storybook.

See it if You are interested in very spare drama somewhat artificial lacking in emotional substance but dealing with feminist issues.

Don't see it if Read above

See it if you are interested in the idea that some people have special powers to feel others' emotions.

Don't see it if you are cynical about special powers to feel/intuit another person's emotional state.

See it if you want a challenging take on race/sex/gender relations.

Don't see it if you don't like high emotion and yelling.

See it if You can appreciate a bittersweet tale set on the Korean peninsula and built on a classic myth/legend framework.

Don't see it if you hate the world of bits and bytes.

See it if you appreciate new theatrical forms. The 'play' unfolds as actions, some of them occurring simultaneously in different spaces in a home.

Don't see it if you require a classical narrative that unfolds chronologically.

See it if you want something out of the ordinary in theater-going.

Don't see it if you're looking for something entertaining.

See it if You want to see a definitive version of the play.

Don't see it if You are put off by Richard Nelson's directorial shtick.

See it if you are a fan of the actors who in the main are terrific in their parts.

Don't see it if you are expecting 'collective rage'.

See it if Pits Christian fundamentalist co-worker and friend with older white woman and her black wife-to-be. An end of times theme as well,Go see it

Don't see it if you can't abide a couple of long monologues and/or hearing a christian-based argument for disallowing same-sex marriage.

See it if you want a thoughtful exploration of an oddly untouched subject in human life, with twists and turns that make for good theater.

Don't see it if Because of the positioning of the subtitles they distract from a full appreciation of what is going on on stage, for non-Spanish speakers.

See it if you are interested in the contemporary situation of LGBT relationships, including the possibilities in FTM trans friendships.

Don't see it if you want a light sitcom.

See it if you like David Ives' work and if you are up for a caravan of well-crafted couplets.

Don't see it if you are expecting straightforward plotting or easily apprehended dialog.

See it if you are a lover of Shaw, you are interested in the Pygmalion story/myth, want to see excellent acting, and can live with a non-British Eliza

Don't see it if you are put off by a highly literate script that is wordy and sometimes drags.

See it if you like one person narrative plays about an historical event (plus ethnic musical accompaniment).

Don't see it if you've hard a long and tiring day.

See it if you believe in life after death, lol. Want to see well-acted and engaging play about the intra-psychic difficulties of surviving a spouse.

Don't see it if You demand clarity and logic in theater.

Also Play is confuding; why did the off-stage 'ghost' commit suicide? Unclear unless I nodded off at the moment of explanation. Ending went on too long and didn't reach its peripateia (sp?) soon enough. The presence on stage of the eponymous Chekhov was incongruous and in my mind not necessary. I think there is an interesting play here, well worth seeing if only for the acting of the principals but needs refining.... Read more Read less

See it if The humdrum is shrouded in mystery is your cup of tea.

Don't see it if If action and plot are what you want.

See it if you are au courant with 20th century philosophical debates.

Don't see it if you could care less about philosophical approaches to logic.

See it if Can’t see it - run is over.

Don't see it if You’re looking for top notch Shakespeare.

See it if You are a fan of Stoppard, or you like your Shakespeare served in an enigma.

Don't see it if you're expecting a literal version of either play.

See it if it's playing anywhere near go see it. Kushner's unique intelligence is at work and Tesori's music delights. Characters are fully alive.

Don't see it if you require a linear plot.

See it if You appreciate good acting in an intimate space. Especially the work of Christopher Livingston.

Don't see it if an obsession with orderliness might disturb you.

See it if If you know and like Shepard this is a do-not-miss production. If you don't know Shepard, this is as good an introduction as you can find.

Don't see it if you can't abide a dark tale of family disintegration.

See it if You love Nathan lane Kristine Nielsen, and Julie White.

Don't see it if You don’t like slapstick

See it if you want to see the male leads naked. And a cool set. And a terrific momma. And a sendup of a gallery owner.

Don't see it if you don't like lengthy repetitive scripts.

See it if you’re a fan of labute, or want to see three distinctly thematically different gems.

Don't see it if Can’t see a reason not to see it.

See it if you are interested in how an Edith Wharton novel is adapted into a play with a wholly different set of characters but a similar plot line.

Don't see it if you don't like watching the fall of an ambitious, successful woman as a picaresque.

See it if You want to see a Fringe musical with three sweet actors.

Don't see it if You’re expecting to see any subtlety in the piece.

See it if you know and like Reza's style of theater: literate, cute, well-crafted but lacking in emotional or real intellectual depth. Parisian!

Don't see it if you are seeking a rich theatrical experience. There is enjoyment in the play and a challenge to make sense of the structure, but bit empty.

See it if Play deals with contemporary homophobia in Russia and the consequences for gay identified people, and their attempt at a form of justice.

Don't see it if you can't stand seeing people being brutalized, even if the brutalization falls short of being convincing.

See it if you are interested in how a scientist allowed people to be worked to death doing his research on rocket-ships for Nazi Germany.

Don't see it if political theater is not your cup of tea.

See it if you want a rich theatrical experience.

Don't see it if you aren't up for a distressing tale of woe.

See it if you like Bedlam's treatment of plays in the canon. I found this one a challenge: why they interwove these two plays is not obvious.

Don't see it if You like to see theater that is straight forward and doesn't present a problem interpreting.

See it if you are willing to be mildly bored by the first two playlets. The third play makes the event worthwhile.

Don't see it if you don't like A. R. Gurney.

See it if You like energetic versions of Shakespeare

Don't see it if You object to an all women production of shakespeare where some gender exchange is already written into the play and more is just confusing

See it if you would be entertained by seeing three young Brits gymnastically cavorting half-undressed in a send-up of police procedurals.

Don't see it if you are looking for a clearly plotted detective story.

See it if A gloss on Richard III featuring some actors with obvious disabilities should interest people attuned to the issue of disability rights.

Don't see it if you are expecting a faithful adaptation of Richard III or can't take a bit of amateurish acting.

See it if you have an interest in the civil war period of US history and if you are curious about Jesse James and his role as a Southern patriot.

Don't see it if you have no patience for slowly unfolding stories.

See it if Snappy songs, excellent leads, telling a relevant tale of a non-legal immigrant mother and her love for and manipulation of her daughter.

Don't see it if A bit sappy and sentimental with the introduction of a 'supportive' chorus.and two of its members who help the protagonist realize her goal.

See it if If you want to see a show about ethnic (Jewish) characters, one with secrets the other not secretive enough?

Don't see it if you don't like late in the show revelations of important matters.

See it if you are interested in the sociology of the arts in early 20th century, especially ballet, and Sergei Diaghilev as a dynamic impresario.

Don't see it if you are put off by a lack of chronological coherence in a historically based play.