A Man of No Importance NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if You want to see fabulous actors in a small stage setting. You like musicals & drama.
Don't see it if You are expecting a big theater and tons of staging. Read more
See it if It features an incredible cast, the direction is beautiful and since the theater is small it creates an intimate and pleasant experience
Don't see it if You don’t want to cry, it’s truly beautiful.
See it if you want to see a brilliant cast bring a tight-knit religious community's intimate drama to life. Mare Winningham is an absolute delight!
Don't see it if you are offended by criticism of religious guilt or depictions of the LGBT community, or are looking for fancy staging as this is barebones. Read more
See it if you like a show that draws you into a world you aren't familiar with.This show is beautifully done.Acting is superb.Staging is fun.
Don't see it if you only like light hearted musicals that don't have anything to say.This show is funny and touching and briliiant.
See it if A brilliant cast in an early work by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty who later wrote Ragtime. Surprisingly innovative music and book.
Don't see it if It's closed but if you ever get another chance, see it.
See it if Simple, touching story of close-knit amateur acting troupe, a lovely reflection of being your true self and finding love, talented musicians
Don't see it if Bare set design, want a large spectacle (this is an intimate space), big musical numbers
See it if Love this gem from Ahrens & Flaherty. Jim Parsons and Mare Winningham and the rest of the cast gave this show such joy. Go see it
Don't see it if Thrust 3/4 staging in the round bothers you. Minimalist production. However, it works for this one.
See it if you are not familiar with it. It is a delightful little story. Not flashy, but beautifully told and filled with great performances.
Don't see it if you don't enjoy small, intimate venues or stories that are presented "in the round". Or if you are looking for a big, bold musical. Read more
Critic Reviews (16)
"It’s fitting that as he [Doyle] steps down after six years as Classic Stage’s artistic director, he does so with such a rich example of what he brings to the table — or, rather, takes away from it. I hope he keeps doing so. To adapt a great Sondheim lyric: Give us less to see."
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" 'A Man of No Importance perfectly captures the feel of scrappy community theatre in a church basement...This revival has songs and performances that will rouse the soul, and that's of the utmost importance."
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"The satisfactions of this revival of 'A Man of No Importance' are all in that smaller-scale fiddling: both literally, in the sense of a bit of violin-playing onstage, and in a cast of supporting performances all crafted with delicacy."
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"While the intermission-less production is more than worthy of a Broadway transfer, I can’t help but feel that a great deal of its strength comes from its expert use of its intimate space...It also contains perhaps the best sound quality and control I have ever heard for a live musical in a small theater."
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" 'A Man of No Importance' is a heartfelt love letter to community theater and an intimate look at the private desperation of one man."
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By trimming the show by forty-five minutes (including jettisoning the intermission), and working more by implication than speechmaking, Doyle has come up with version that is much lighter on its feet, more suffused with genuine feeling. He clarifies the intentions of McNally's book, which places the lead character's lonely dilemma inside a larger network of frustrated yearnings, covert adulteries, and unwanted pregnancies, all fostered by the stifling Irish-Catholic morality of the era..
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"I found myself tearing up at the end...Indeed, it's a story worth telling, but what moved me was the reminder that even at a time when we are socially and politically more disconnected than ever, the theatre can provide a forgiving, comforting, and accepting space. And you don't even have to play a musical instrument to be a part of it."
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"The Flaherty-Ahrens-McNally problem is a revival of 'A Man of No Importance'...an item so highly entertaining that its being turned into a dullish tuner is a bafflement."
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