american (tele)visions NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if you like cool ways of telling a story, great staging and acting. Absorbing.
Don't see it if Sometimes repetitive/redundant in a way that lolls and sucks some air out of the show. Needs 20-25 min trimming to make it more powerful.
See it if You like unconventional ways to tell a story. I liked the storytelling device. Cast is great.
Don't see it if Felt repetitive at times and was too long. Hopefully gets tightened in previews.
See it if A really poorly written play. Was the kinda show you keep looking at your watch.
Don't see it if Bad direction and boring. What happened to NYTW? It used to be edgy, and cool. Now it's woke and bad!
See it if You can overlook a lot of irritating aspects to what could be an interesting play. Confusing timeline. Staged with terrible sight lines.
Don't see it if If you want a plot that makes sense, with characters you care about on a set the actors don’t have to work so hard with and still block you. Read more
See it if you want a different look at a immigrant family's struggles that are influenced by the boob tube, with multiple media projections.
Don't see it if you do not like quick-paced action that bounces around a bit among the five characters relationships that sometimes go a bit outlandish.
See it if Do not under any circumstance. Couldn’t wait to leave.
Don't see it if Worst show produced by a theater that usually shines. Hope the season gets way better.
See it if significant current themes such as the lives of immigrants in a astonishing computerized set simulating a video game makes you curious
Don't see it if you need plot certainty. A lot of the events are suggested in ways that might be actual or simply imagined by the child narrator
See it if multimedia portrait undocumented family victim materialistic US culture; laugh out loud; innovative set simulates flipping thru TV channels
Don't see it if repetitious, slow, fragmentary, does not tie together various themes; characters merely embody ideas; acting often devolves into shouting
Critic Reviews (11)
" 'American (Tele)visions' can be a bit repetitive at times. Yet the production still manages to surprise and entertain — so don’t touch that dial."
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"'american (tele)visions' takes an ambitiously wide look at major themes (consumerism, gender, technology), but its jumpy approach is less HDTV than ADHD. The channels keep changing, but a lot of the play is static."
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“'american (tele)visions' is strongest in its early scenes, ripely evoking the strange universe that is any big box store, and the thirst for possessions they inspire."
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"Despite the swirling projections and the peek-a-boo sets, at its core, 'american (tele)visions' is a static portrait of a family in pain. There is no absolution or hope, just trauma with no release."
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"Theater Mitu has come up with a production that is bound to appeal to both the head and the heart."
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It's a big, messy, ambitious tale of family dysfunctions spiked with critiques of US immigration policy, homophobia, and capitalism, loaded with scenic surprises and a cascade of video and sound effects. The result is exhausting and overwrought.
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" 'American (tele)visions' doesn't lack for imagination. In fact, it may have too much of it. Would it be too much to ask, amid all the bells and whistles, for a little more straightforward storytelling?"
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"The best impression one can take away from a murky production is the wish to see a standout performer resurface in the future."
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