Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Lucille Lortel Theatre) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (117)
See it if You want to see acting perfection. I loved both of them, but am partial to Aubrey Plaza. This is her stage acting debut. She is a master.
Don't see it if Upstairs you have to sit on your belongings in order to really see the production. This is an Off-Bwy show who overpriced orchestra seats.
See it if You can get a ticket! This show is a must see masterclass in acting.
Don't see it if You are uncomfortable watching an abusive relationship
See it if Aubrey Plaza and Chris Abbott are mesmerizing to watch. Their pain and agony and brokenness is so raw. The writing is great. Dark play!
Don't see it if you don't like swearing and stories about broken people.
See it if you’d enjoy a one act about two flawed humans who try to find solace ending up with trust & romance. Heartbreaking, lovely & mesmerizing.
Don't see it if you don’t like intense arguments in a play from time to time.
See it if The dark play of2 tormented souls meeting @ a rundown BX bar on a fateful night is superbly perf by both A.Plaza & C.Abbot on adequate sets.
Don't see it if The 1st part is more riveting than the 2nd part; the script isn't perfect. Yet, this is one of those plays I'd like to see again. Read more
See it if you like great acting by 2 great indie actors, good writing, quick and verbally dexterous
Don't see it if you want something musical or just entertaining
See it if You like well written plays with 2 terrific actors bringing you into their world.
Don't see it if you only like light weight musicals or Shakespeare. This makes you care deeply about 2 characters who at first are very hard to like.
See it if You enjoy shows that take real people and how they just want to be loved and how flawed humans can be. Addresses forgiveness...
Don't see it if You don't shows that start off a bit confusing -yet builds on flawed humans with incredible results...
Critic Reviews (11)
"...Abbott and Plaza have made us care enough for these two misfits that we are ready to believe that maybe, just maybe, they can get a break."
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“What writer, director, and actors all get right in the end, though, is uncertainty. They may change each other in the course of one night, but it seems just as likely that Roberta and Danny will keep clinging to each other as they will end right back up at that dive bar, picking new fights with new people over beer and pretzels, as though their one night of hope really was just a hazy dream.”
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“What Ward, Abbott, and Plaza access is that ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’ isn’t really a play about violence at all, but about absolution. It ends in the morning, with the new possibility to show a little faith, ’cause there was magic in the night.”
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“Despite the raw banter and the actors’ solid performances ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’ isn’t exactly riveting. Instead, it feels like a somber, overly long vignette of two deeply tortured people without the means or wherewithal to address the horrors of their circumstances and personal choices.”
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“For its first half, the 80-minute play keeps your attention with its dated but energetic battle of the sexes, but the longer we spend with these folks the less authentic they become. The scope is intimate to the point of claustrophobia; it contracts rather than expands. “
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“Shanley’s script offers some funny exchanges, but his skeletal framework is tricky, and the director doesn’t orchestrate a satisfying rhythm....like Danny and Roberta’s bond, the production is unfinished business.”
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“Ward’s production does give off a faint sense of superficiality, of pulling back from the brink of darkness before fully reaching out for the light. Shanley’s writing is lyrical enough that this solid revival casts a spell anyway, but one may also leave the theater wondering about the more devastating experience that it might have been.”
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“You’ll either love it or hate it. I fall squarely into the love camp. After all, it’s a fight that leads to sex, and what could be more appropriate for Danny and Roberta?”
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