Comfort Women (2015) NYC Reviews and Tickets

68%

(25 Ratings)

Positive

52%

Mixed

36%

Negative

12%

Members say

Absorbing, Ambitious, Great singing, Thought-provoking, Entertaining

About the Show

Set in Seoul during World War II, this Off-Broadway drama follows a young widow looking for work who is kidnapped and made a sex slave, or so-called Comfort Woman, for the Japanese Imperial Army.

Writer and director Dimo Hyun Jun Kim tells the story of Goeun, a young woman who is promised a well-paying job at a factory in Tokyo so that she may support her family. Instead, Goeun is held hostage, transported to Indonesia, and sold into sexual slavery as a "Comfort Woman" to the Japanese Army. She and her fellow Comfort Women navigate this life-altering experience together, befriending each other and planning their impossible escape. Based on the real-life accounts of a few of the 200,000+ women who were trafficked into slavery, the production will send all proceeds to The House of Sharing, the official home of the surviving Comfort Women.

Show-Score Member Reviews (25)

Great acting, Must see, Riveting, Great staging, Great singing

See it if U want to C a brillant show about a true story that captivates your heart. A beautiful story of heroism, love & relationships & hatred

Don't see it if Don't like seeing the horrors of war Read more

Ambitious, Entertaining, Absorbing, Epic, Relevant

See it if want to see a wonderful and moving depiction of a complicated aspect of history, with a huge and talented cast--odd and unexpected.

Don't see it if don't like a large cast with many interwoven characters and plots.

Great acting, Thought-provoking, Great staging, Great singing

See it if You would like to see a show about how the Japanese used women as sex slaves for their military.

Don't see it if You are not interested in historical events against the Japanese and their treatment of some women.

Absorbing, Ambitious, Intense, Thought-provoking, Riveting

See it if you want to learn about a little known part of history

Don't see it if you are looking for a happy ending

Absorbing, Intelligent, Thought-provoking

See it if Historic story that sadly still goes on in some areas where women are used as sex slaves

Don't see it if Show is 110 mins, without an intermission. Theater was FREEZING cold, bring a sweater!

Absorbing, Great singing, Profound, Thought-provoking, Intense

See it if You’d like to see a musical about Japanese Royal Imperial Army’s using Korean women as sex slaves (comfort women) and man as soldier in army

Don't see it if You do not want to see a musical based on a true story aboutwt historical facts in a theatrical setting, wt young Asian cast. Small theatre. Read more

Resonant, Intense, Great staging, Great singing, Ambitious

See it if Talented young Asian-American actors tell an important, true story of WWII. Korean women under Japanese occupation are lied to and told

Don't see it if Varying degrees of talent do not spoil the story but it is obvious many amateur performers are involved. Read more

Comfort Women (2015) NYC Reviews and Tickets

About the Show

Show-Score Member Reviews (25)

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