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See it if You want to see the true story of Hannah Arendt, young, in Nazi prison, and intelligently dealing with "good German" guard who lets her out

Don't see it if You can't get to NJ by car or train to Orange then uber or local cab to Luna Stae, 555 Valley Rd. If train, check schedule for return times.

See it if you can handle dynamic storytelling about the impact on American researcher, targeting terrorists for no- trial killings after 9/11 fears

Don't see it if you want a simple narrative play that pretends to be natural conversations or you can't face US policies to assassinate suspected terrorists

Also Creative structure weaves through characters' memories, thoughts, re-enactments, the insanity of the assumed sanity of focusing on - and hiding behind - data, the need to know the people not just the numbers..

This fluid storytelling creates strong understanding of the deep humanity of people's intentional as well as blundering decisions and their impact pm themselves as well as on their unintended victims - stronger impact than many traditional narrative plays .where we pretend a play is mirroring life. Great acting keeps clear and unconfusing the brilliant layering of experience in thought, memory and immediate interactions. always clear.

Hideously current as we watch our allies, the Kurds, flee for their lives because the US made a sudden decision focused whatever facts and data Turkey has, without connecting with human beings impacted.... Read more Read less

See it if You care about killings of unarmed people of color in the US and you want theater that gives voice to Sandra Bland, other innocents Nov 17

Don't see it if You cant deal with raw truth about injustice even if great acting by Connie Winston and flashes of humor and joy

See it if you enjoy connecting with our shared humanity in a funny, surprisingly profound Farsi-as-2nd-language game-like theater with an Iranian

Don't see it if you want to sit back an experience a dramatized story, no immersive interactions with audience.

See it if you want to face the truth of living as a white slave owning family and slave family - if we that courage, maybe we can move on together

Don't see it if you can't handle a dramatization of the raw truths of our country's brutality, rape, forced sex by the powerful, injustice, and murder...

See it if you have strong stomach, have the courage to witness the reality of violent power, can see deep humanity in horrendous situations and laugh!

Don't see it if you are highly empathic and also unable to go thru squeam to look straight at harsh truth, or if you can't laugh hilariously at ugly reality

See it if you want to experience the power of people to confront their own and each other's distraught, lost, raging or stifled lives - with dark joy!

Don't see it if You want Checkov's Vanya pure, want actors to stay politely behind the 4th wall

Also Even if you saw the previous production, go again to see actors go deep and wide to bring us characters at the edge of emotions and thoughts the rest of us hide or repress. The direction brings out a connection with the audience that has become profound, not just fun. Also, subtle script changes focus on the fullness of life as well as the disappointments, losses and frustrations. This time around, the show moves us beyond the stalled modern Chekovian lives to see the outrageous courage it takes to try to fight ourselves out of our inner caves.... Read more Read less

See it if you want watching actors dramatize the impact of gender throughout stages of their lives... and sometimes go onstage to explore gender ideas

Don't see it if you don't like opportunities to be involved in the show or your are not interested in the impact of gender on lives

Also Excellent acting - women of many ages, ethnic backgrounds

See it if You want to see powerful funny clashes between very different characters strip ea other to their essence amid oil company greed, ND Indians

Don't see it if You can’t find 64 east 4 st (R, F,or 6 trains or cab) in Manhattan, don’t want to be in a small intimate off off off Bway theater

Also Excellent writing, direction and acting - dramatic every second as we absorb interesting political challenges without any exposition or preaching... Read more Read less

See it if The acting was superb - each character brought to life so fully and layered. The direction bringing out the predatory circling fears, greed.

Don't see it if Don’t see it if you hate dramatic historic or biographical plays

Also Loved the shifts from animal rage to very human fear and greed then fusing into madness. And woven through, seeing political strategy as both madness as well as all too familiar political calculating... while seeing Emperor Nero one minute as son of a ferocious mother trying desperately to be his own man
And in the next scenes manipulating and dominating.... Read more Read less

See it if You want to live a moment with under NYC in the subways with desperate people, bug infected, unwashed, wounded but creating human connection

Don't see it if You want twists, surprises and character transformations... this an opportunity to bear witness to shattered lives, seeking love, colliding

See it if Experience what it is like for a middle class, educated prisoner among the poor. A journey to self-forgiveness and unexpected community.

Don't see it if Don't see it if you can't deal with a story about prison, crime and the the truth about white privilege even when guilty

See it if You want a joyful, profound and respectful gift from Harvey Fierstein to us of The spirit of an outrageous New Yorker, Bella Abzug

Don't see it if You are not interested in one of the first 9 women in the US Congress and watching her courage and moving commitment to justice in action

See it if you have the courage to enter the life for a moment of a high school senior whose parents are suddenly deported

Don't see it if you can't value the beauty of a simple story between two young people trying to deal with the human impact of ICE

See it if you want the fun of traveling to intriguing, unexpected places and meeting unique people in real adventures. US/Mexico border crossing: deep

Don't see it if you want traditional, continuous story with rising challenges and focus on a same characters throughout

See it if u want deep story dramatized masterfully, to experience generations of family from immigrant to top of finance, superb set & video backdrops

Don't see it if you can't handle 3 hours (two 15 min intermissions), can't risk seat being a climb up 2 flights, don't like biography, history, finance

See it if you don't want to, think you should...be ready for WOW!-unexpectedly fun, full of stories of amazing women from the past, personal, intimate

Don't see it if you don't want to meet an extraordinary woman and her stories far from the coasts about amazing generations of people in the North West

See it if if you relish profound plays - exposing the dark under-belly of our prejudices that we don't want to have. Great story, script, acting

Don't see it if if you don't want to deal with unconscious prejudice against LGBT life that many harbor, even LGBT people themselves

See it if you want to see extraordinary immersive, multi-location theater, from playful sparkling Neverland to dramatic encounters in JM Barrie's life

Don't see it if you can't go up 3 flights of stairs to Access Theatre or you want to sit safely with imaginary 4th wall separating u from cast/sets, plot

Also Highly professional, disciplined acting and writing/structuring in the midst of imaginary playfulness.

Profound insights through dramatic scenes into the writer's personal life and the pain that drove him to write... and how his escape into writing impacted his marriage and children.... Read more Read less

See it if You want to share an evening with an audience and actors who care about our shared humanity with deportees, re-enacting stories to stay sane

Don't see it if You don't like imaginative theater that layers cultural stories into the new stories of the people re-enacting fables for comfort/courage

See it if ...you want to meet a survivor of hate who kept a sense of humor and witness the power of dramatic story telling.

Don't see it if ...you fear authentic people determined to live their truth... or if you have no idea why surviving fascism might be relevant.

Also Because of the smooth direction, use of media and great acting, we leave feeling we have witnessed a story re-enacted by an ensemble of many actors.... Read more Read less