Diaspora NYC Reviews and Tickets

64%
(49 Ratings)
Positive
53%
Mixed
29%
Negative
18%
Members say
Ambitious, Disappointing, Confusing, Thought-provoking, Great acting

About the Show

In this provocative new play, 73 AD meets 2017 as young Jewish tourists on a Birthright-style journey in Israel come face-to-face with their heritage.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (49)

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1167 Reviews | 464 Followers
65
Confusing, Absorbing, Great acting, Disappointing, Great staging

See it if You are familiar with Jewish history, customs and traditions. Want to see a well acted piece that blends old ideas with modern characters.

Don't see it if You’re not familiar with Jewish history, customs and traditions. Without that background I was lost and couldn’t follow most of the story.

334 Reviews | 37 Followers
62
Cliched, Confusing, Disappointing

See it if You like Millenial speak about contemporary identity crisis of Jews and their relationship with Israel

Don't see it if You want thoughtful drama. This is a disjointed confusing series of vignettes

81 Reviews | 25 Followers
49
Disappointing, Boring, Pretentious

See it if ..you like plays where teenagers constantly talk about sex. Interesting lighting and video design.

Don't see it if ..you are allergic to flat characters and over-the-top performances.

53 Reviews | 16 Followers
40
Confusing, Disappointing, Raunchy

See it if you want to see actors, who displayed talent, dealing with a horrendous script. They, individually, playing multiple roles, deserve a "85"

Don't see it if you find non-stop, repetitive potty mouth unnecessary, you want something that begins to approach what a Birthright Group is. Read more

743 Reviews | 326 Followers
39
If you hate everything about israel but like sophomoric scripts, have i got a play for you!

See it if the performances were better than the inept script deserved; at times, they drew genuine laughs

Don't see it if painfully jokey; trivializes girls on Birthright as oversexed JAPs, BDS supporters as airheads; inexplicable subplot on ancient Masada

812 Reviews | 132 Followers
15
Disappointing, Edgy, Great acting

See it if you like a show with lots of bathroom humor at the expense of a serious subject like Masada or religion. The twenties crowd laughed a lot

Don't see it if you don't like lots of BJ and p---y discussions at the Masada site. Some bathroom humor I wouldn't have minded but there was too much. Read more

41 Reviews | 9 Followers
94
Ambitious, Absorbing, Great acting, Intelligent, Thought-provoking

See it if You want to be challenged by an intelligent, no-holds-barred piece of writing

Don't see it if You would be incensed by criticisms of American Judaism and the millennial religious experience

45 Reviews | 13 Followers
90
Absorbing, Edgy, Annoyingly, dismayingly au courant

See it if If you're willing confront the reality of values and behavior of today's young Jews

Don't see it if If you're not interested in comparing the banality of the present with the excessive godliness of the Judaic biblical past. Read more

Critic Reviews (6)