Big Love NYC Reviews and Tickets

87%

(14 Ratings)

Positive

86%

Mixed

14%

Negative

0%

Members say

Entertaining, Clever, Great staging, Great acting, Funny

About the Show

Signature Theatre presents Charles L. Mee's adaptation of 'The Suppliants' about fifty brides on the run from fifty grooms.

Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge in an Italian villa in this modern re-making of one of the world's oldest plays, The Danaids by Aeschylus. Mayhem ensues, complete with grooms in flight suits, women throwing themselves to the ground, occasional pop songs and romantic dances - even a bride falling in love. Reuniting Signature's 2007-08 Playwright-in-Residence Charles Mee with his longtime collaborator Tina Landau, Big Love is a colossal, poetic work that explores the hunger for independence, the burden of tradition, and the shape and size of love.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (14)

100

Entertaining, Great acting, Great writing, Intelligent, Must see

See it if You are a fan of chuck mee and big plot twists

Don't see it if You don't like blood or giant fight scenes

92

Absorbing, Enchanting, Edgy, Great acting, Relevant

See it if you want your mind to be blown by something new and creative

Don't see it if you can't handle nudity and profanity

90

Clever, Entertaining, Funny, Great staging, Epic

See it if A total blast involving music, marriage and murder

Don't see it if If you like you Greek tragedy played straight

90

Enchanting, Ambitious, Exquisite, Romantic, Thought-provoking

See it if lovely and elastic, eclectic and egalitarian, worthily staged, with Mee's signature wisdom and slapstick chaos

Don't see it if you prefer psychological realism

90

Absorbing, Delightful, Great staging, Original, Refreshing

See it if you want an over the top story with physical theater and beautiful incorporations of all types of music including contemporary songs.

Don't see it if you want a straight up drama and don't want to have fun.

89

Clever, Delightful, Great staging, Fun, Provocative

See it if Enjoy vibrant interpretations and highly physical theater

Don't see it if You react badly to either the sight of (fake, but copious) blood or highly alternative staging

81

Fun, Entertaining, Bright ideas

See it if You like Charles Mee, I saw it for Daphne Rubin Vega as well. Interesting idea, women in charge.

Don't see it if You prefer straight forward plot and characters.

65

Mad-cap, Great staging, Fun, Original, Dizzying

See it if you're open to seeing a wild interpretation of a very old play, with some very physical staging.

Don't see it if you're looking for a conventional show with conventional staging. (The story was definitely eclipsed by the staging.)

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