See it if You love excellent storytelling and seamless, fluid staging with a cast so impressive they will surely become crazy famous pretty soon.
Don't see it if You want a traditional musical.
See it if You enjoy great storytelling. This is an engrossing story, made even more enjoyable with the addition of music. Great acting/costumes.
Don't see it if You don’t like bare bones staging. Six actors playing multiple roles and using mostly only an assortment of chairs for a set. Read more
See it if You’re looking for great acting, an appealing cast, an Intriguing story and creative staging. Overall very enjoyable evening of theater.
Don't see it if You’re looking for a cookie cutter traditional play. Read more
See it if A charming play w songs inspired by Turgenev's First Love,retains the realism &depth of the Russian original. Strong inclusive cast & band.
Don't see it if you are not patient w a story theater genre where all characters, but the 2 leads, play multiple roles including the narrator's role. Read more
See it if It's almost a fairy tale. Everyone in it impresses. The staging is minimal but effective, the story is great, the music suits the plot.
Don't see it if It's not wholly happy, but it's a Russian story, so you knew that, right? You should see this; it's remarkably good.
See it if you like coming-of-age stories. Joys/woes of 1st love. Gr perfs fr 2 leads. Clever adaptn. Modern songs underscore timeless emotions. Go see
Don't see it if you only like political focus; this is ABOUT LOVE (tho social status matters). Untradl story-telling. Gr band. Effective barebones set/costu
See it if You are interested in period pieces and coming of age stories
Don't see it if You like a musical to be a lot of songs strung together or need a full orchestra or full set You dislike actors playing more than one charac Read more
See it if you're looking for an enchanting hour and a half that never lags, everyone is on top of their game.
Don't see it if you're looking for something grounded in realism or don't want any music at all. Read more
"Directed by Pomerantz with original music and lyrics by Nancy Harrow, 'About Love' remains a lovely and engaging piece of story theatre. The play uses the first-person narrative of the 1860 novella, and the six-member company (most of them assuming several different characters) provide the exposition while dramatizing the events of the story."
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"About Love Is Actually About Power and Blinkered Notions of Masculinity: Ivan Turgenev's First Love receives a new stage adaptation"
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"I can't speak to the wisdom of musicalizing 'First Love' because the people behind 'About Love' haven't really done the job…you could remove them from the production with no material difference in the storytelling."
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"'About Love' is a rewarding and melancholy theatrical experience as it taps into the folly and heartbreak associated with first love. Additionally, the play makes a compelling case for reevaluating Turgenev's contributions to world literature."
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"The lovely show is best described as story theater in which all of the characters narrate at one time or another...and all but the hero and heroine play multiple roles. If one is looking for a musical, this is not it but it eventually is a captivating staging of the story, if a bit on the long side."
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Score: 92% "...an intriguing lovely evening about first love, and forbidden love, and confusing hard love, and the games that get played in-between. Everyone is picture-perfect."
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