A Walk With Mr. Heifetz NYC Reviews and Tickets

72%

(138 Ratings)

Positive

66%

Mixed

27%

Negative

Members say

Intelligent, Slow, Thought-provoking, Absorbing, Great acting

About the Show

Based on true events, Primary Stages's world premiere drama tells the story of how music helped Israel find its cultural identity during its formative years.

In 1925, an unforgettable event occurred when Jascha Heifetz, the most celebrated violinist in the world, played a concert in pre-Israel Palestine. People flocked from all over the globe to see this performance, including Yehuda Sharett, composer and brother of future Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Sharett. Legend has it that after the performance, Heifetz and Yehuda walked together and shared a remarkable conversation that resonated twenty years later when, in 1945, Moshe echoed Heifetz’s experience with his brother in a similar exchange that changed the world as we know it.

Show-Score Member Reviews (138)

During previews

Absorbing, Intelligent, Great acting, Thought-provoking, Relevant

See it if If you enjoy historical dramas and value the arts as an integral and important part of life.

Don't see it if If you cannot tolerate a play with more conversation than action.

During previews

Absorbing, Intelligent, Resonant, Profound, Great acting

See it if You like plays about historical times. The second act was much stronger than the first. It all comes together. Very moving at the end.

Don't see it if You like big flashy plays. This one is an intimate play focused on how certain relationships can make big changes in our lives.

During previews

Absorbing, Great acting, Great writing, Intelligent, Resonant

See it if you want a beautifully told tale that is gloriously acted about a chapter in history that may or may have not happened. It is grand concept.

Don't see it if you are looking for fast moving plays. This one is slow and very thought provoking. Read more

During previews

Absorbing, Thought-provoking, Intelligent, Great acting, Masterful

See it if You enjoy thought provoking drama related to the development of the State of Israel and the influence of music on our lives.

Don't see it if You enjoy musicals more than drama. Though music is incorporated, this is not a musical. You dislike historical storytelling

During previews

Ambitious, Clever, Great acting, Masterful, Profound

See it if You like historical figures depicted as humans in conversations about weighty issues without polemics.

Don't see it if Strong accents bother you.

During previews

Clever, Show for people who care, Great acting, Intelligent, Sometimes slow

See it if You like small production (4 actors on stage), interesting in history of Israel, and want to see talented acting

Don't see it if Do not like small production, accents on stage, intelligent play and you are anti-Semite

During previews

Thought-provoking, Great acting, Entertaining, Refreshing, Slow

See it if You enjoy explorations of human interactions as well as how music can be interpreted in different ways

Don't see it if Like fast paced high energy shows or don't want to understand history from a different perspective Read more

During previews

Absorbing, Thought-provoking, Slow, Clever, Great acting

See it if You love human stories...

Don't see it if You want if you don’t want to think during or after a show

Critic Reviews (12)

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