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See it if You enjoy experimental theatre and aren't precious about your musicals

Don't see it if You want to see something that truly illuminated and invigorates a classic work instead of just approaches it with new eyes.

Also Whatever it was, it was what it was.

See it if You enjoy goofy comedy and lampooning white people.

Don't see it if You can’t handle a broader style of comedy and acting

See it if You love Tennessee Williams and are interested in seeing a lesser-known but very good play.

Don't see it if You are picky about your Williams productions and can't watch a slow and somewhat clunky staging of the play.

See it if You love the theatre.

Don't see it if You hate reading supertitles (unless you speak Yiddish)

Also I'd bet a lot of money that I won't see a better Fiddler in my lifetime.... Read more Read less

See it if You like shows that give as much as you put into them.

Don't see it if You only like narrative theatre

Also Miraculous.

See it if You enjoy atypical and absurdist theatre with a strong emotional and political undercurrent

Don't see it if You only like plays that adhere to naturalism

Also Clare Barron, Annie Baker, and Gracie Gardner are going to change the world.... Read more Read less

See it if You love political theatre but have super lukewarm politics

Don't see it if You want something more out of theatre than a stuffy neo-liberal political text

Also Opposing authoritarian capitalism with democratic capitalism is maybe the most boring political perspective on the planet?... Read more Read less

See it if You love this very underrated Tennessee Williams play and want to see it live in a decent production

Don't see it if You need an absolutely perfect production of the show to make it worth your while

Also I didn't mind the staging elements, but I thought the whole thing was a little cold. Ireland is great, but she lacks a fire that prevents the play from really taking off.... Read more Read less

See it if You appreciate artful and serious theatre

Don't see it if You want something lighter or less artsy. Also, at 75 minutes, it's quite short.

See it if You like to see modern drama subtly pushed into new territory

Don't see it if You need a 100% professional looking production

Also This play will eventually be produced in a larger budget production and be a profound masterpiece but for now it’s still pretty great.... Read more Read less

See it if You love classic musicals and are willing to sit through a less-than-ideal production

Don't see it if You want something on the level of The King and I or On the Town in reviving classic musicals.

See it if You have a really strong attention span and like Annie Baker-style comedies about sad people

Don't see it if You need flash and sparkle in your theatre.

See it if You are fan of the lesser-known broadway shows of yesteryear

Don't see it if You are expecting a dramatically complete piece of theatre

See it if You love theatre that messes with your head and will challenge you.

Don't see it if You want to sit back and relax at the theatre.

Also I was really enjoying this play(s) all the way through until the curtain came up at the end and I felt like I had a stroke because it messed with my brain so badly. Possibly astonishing? Definitely needs to be seen again.... Read more Read less

See it if You appreciate the theatre of power structures and are in the mood for a seriously intense comedy

Don't see it if You like comedy that doesn't force you to use your attention span and intellect

Also Lila Neugebauer is a god

See it if Don’t

Don't see it if You have self respect

See it if You have kids or the child about you

Don't see it if You like to focus on the script when you go to the theatre

Also Surely I can’t be the first person to notice that this show is vaguely sexist in its portrayal of Ti Moune?... Read more Read less

See it if You love classic Broadway and are ever the optimist

Don't see it if You demand emotional or intellectual engagement from your theatre

See it if You are really interested in plays about sexual assault

Don't see it if You demand more from your theatre than “acceptability”

See it if You are a fan of Titus Andronicus or avant-garde theatre.

Don't see it if You're looking for a company to make a convincing argument for Titus Andronicus

See it if You are familiar with Barrie's Peter Pan and enjoy postmodern avant-garde revisionism

Don't see it if You don't know Peter Pan or are expecting a classic staging of the play

Also Imagine, if you will, the Wooster Group teamed up with Kate Hamill to present a wacky adaptation/deconstruction of Barrie's seminal masterpiece to revisit much of the play's original meat without the trappings of how familiar the play has become and you'd be on the right track. Add in a good dash of hilarity and some postmodern magic and you've got an egghead's delight.... Read more Read less

See it if You're in the mood for something simple and sweet and sad—though not too exhausting

Don't see it if You want a feel-good show or something to really sink your teeth into

Also It's a not-too-shabby musical of the modern form, which is to say that it's very surface level, but what a pretty surface. It *is* beautifully sung and simple-yet-pleasing enough to not overwhelm if you're looking for something to go to non-theatergoing relatives with... Read more Read less

See it if You mostly like musicals and are looking for something different but not TOO different

Don't see it if You've seen any British theatre of the past five years

Also This is the same play that the National has been producing on repeat for years: Intelligent, entertaining, over-produced, carefully acted, and fundamentally pleased with itself.... Read more Read less

See it if You are willing to actively engage with performance

Don't see it if Avant-garde theatre doesn't agree with you

Also What a goddamn finale

See it if You like Brian Friel

Don't see it if You've never seen a Brian Friel play

Also Not the best play to make a first impression of Ireland's greatest playwright, but a third-drawer Friel is better than no Friel at all, especially in a production as good as this one.... Read more Read less

See it if You like plays about civil rights struggles and like when authors agree with their characters

Don't see it if Machismo swagger bores you

See it if You enjoy being depressed

Don't see it if You prefer your Chekhov a laugh riot.

See it if You enjoy a nice bit of queer-positive fluff.

Don't see it if If you want to think at the theatre.

See it if You like golden age musicals and are charmed by a home-grown aesthetic.

Don't see it if You demand intellectualism and polish in your musical theatre.

See it if You are in the mood for a thinking man’s light comedy — all champagne and caviar

Don't see it if You don’t enjoy verse plays and need to be able to follow a plot to enjoy a play.

Also Divine comedy. Exactly the tonic needed to clear away the blues.

See it if You appreciate a Classic well-made play

Don't see it if You want something modern or edgy or can’t sit still for 3 hours.

See it if You like Bedlam-style antics or haven’t seen Pygmalion yet

Don't see it if You’re familiar with Pygmalion and want a fresh take on it

Also Unlike Bedlam’s usual fair, this is nothing more than an uncommonly good production of the play — a far cry from their magic deconstruction of Peter Pan in the fall — and to those who are Pygmalion-ed our may find themselves restless.... Read more Read less

See it if You love theatre of ideas and don't mind a non-perfect structure

Don't see it if You need theatre that delivers on all it promises.

See it if You don't enjoy Shakespeare performed traditionally

Don't see it if You want to see a traditional interpretation of Much Ado About Nothing (one of the greatest plays of all time)

Also This production apologizes for a play that needs no apologies.

See it if You like theatre that subtly pushes the boundaries and can take genre theatre seriously

Don't see it if You only like plays that involve people having conversations about conversations

Also I can't wait for all of the regional productions of this play that suit the material better than this production, which is good but pushes the humor a little too hard and is performed on way too small of a stage.... Read more Read less

See it if You enjoy political theatre even when the politics are wishy washy liberalism

Don't see it if You demand rigor and discipline and originality in perspective as well as plot.

Also I swear this is the exact same play as Kings

See it if You appreciate seriously entertaining political theatre with a nasty sense of humor.

Don't see it if You don't like dark comedy or being made uncomfortable

See it if You’re a hardcore tennis or movement theatre fan

Don't see it if You like plays that actually *do* something.

Also A staging badly in need of a play.

See it if You love Mark Rylance or haven't gotten the chance to see him on stage yet.

Don't see it if You like plays that feel like they took more than 12 hours to write.

Also Not Rylance's best work (he really isn't given much here) but he proves himself once again to have the best comic timing of any living actor and is worth seeing if you haven't yet had the chance.... Read more Read less

See it if You love political theatre or Aaron Sorkin

Don't see it if You understand that the flaw in capitalism is in the fundamentals of capitalism

See it if ur quirkly ;)

Don't see it if ur not quirky ;{

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See it if You love living room plays and apocalyptic fiction

Don't see it if You've ever been to Playwrights Horizons—it's the same play they've been producing on repeat for 10 years

See it if You view theatre as aesthetic experience rather than dramatic experience.

Don't see it if You don't like the avant garde.

See it if You feel strongly about the political isssues regarding undocumented immigrants.

Don't see it if You expect theatre to be more than just “morally good”

See it if You’ve never seen Twelfth Night or actively dislike Shakespeare because you think he’s “boring”

Don't see it if You’re looking for an exciting new take on the greatest of all comedies or even an exceedingly intelligent classic staging

Also It’s fine. It’s your basic high-level community theatre staging of the play with nothing new to offer, nor does it dig deep into the text. There is some great music, but also a seriously drab looking production. Honestly all I got from it was to be reminded of what Twelfth Night looks like—something I hadn’t forgotten since the mostly brilliant Globe Theatre production in 2013.... Read more Read less

See it if You want a smart, sophisticated, fast-paced surface-level drama

Don't see it if You want emotionally sophisticated drama

Also Very entertaining, but rather slick. Helps to have some basic knowledge of finance, but it’s not that confusing.... Read more Read less

See it if Your mother is in town and want to make sure she likes something

Don't see it if Your mom's out of town and want to make sure *you* like something

Also A well oiled machine of absolutely nothing. A deeper analysis could reveal some questionable political implications.... Read more Read less

See it if You want an intelligent and morally good evening of theatre with heavy subject matter

Don't see it if You are interested in seeing something (at all) light.

Also A talented and ambitious but overly-emphatic drama given an effective but forceful staging... Read more Read less

See it if You are interested in an important part of gay history and want to see a great performance from Mercedes Ruehl

Don't see it if You expect depth, subtlety, and sophistication in your theatre.

Also Michael Urie, talented though he is, is all wrong for the role of Alfred. This production is much like the play: fun, enjoyable, dated, overwrought, and overly emphatic.... Read more Read less

See it if You like going to nonmusical plays and are willing to actively watch a show rather than passively view something

Don't see it if You have a short attention span and like things to be in-your-face

Also What a lovely, lovely musical. So stirring, so human. It's honestly the best Broadway musical I've seen in years.... Read more Read less