See it if If you know the acting co or actors in the show. Nice set.
Don't see it if If you want a play where the writing is conclusive.
See it if you enjoy off-off Broadway shows with good casts, great staging, costumes & props in an interesting story performed without an intermission.
Don't see it if you do not enjoy period pieces that deal with spirtitualism.
See it if you want to see hard working actors coping with a weak script. The costumes and set are wonderful.
Don't see it if you are likely to be distracted by recognizable historic figures & actual events presented as fiction.
See it if you like an unusal plot with seances, mediums and magicians. The set in this small theater was very inpressive and used well.
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See it if you like anything that involves psychics, communicating with the dead and other aspects of spirituality.
Don't see it if expect competent writing, direction and acting.
See it if you're looking for a bizarre night of theater, filled with a weirdly off-beat entertaining ensemble, and a few moments of quite witty dialog
Don't see it if you expect a play that promises so much as it builds its premise and characters not devolve into disappointing cliche territory in the end.
See it if you know a member of the cast that you want to support
Don't see it if you want to see a play with good acting, good writing and good direction
See it if I had a hard time following the plot as there was a lot going on. The sets and costumes were top notch...It's worth seeing...
Don't see it if You don't like drawing room dramas involving seance and the occult.
"As you watch Ectoplasm, you can hear noise from the outdoor dining up and down the block, even music from the clubs nearby. Its carpet unrolls damply in front of you as you walk in from MacDougal Street, a stubborn revenant of the pre-wealth neighborhood. It’s not gorgeous, but there’s tenacity ground into every red velvet seat. (In other words, I love it.)"
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Ectoplasm counts among its themes and topics: poetry, women’s rights, prostitution, women’s suffrage, love, death, the paranormal, the supernatural, fraudulent mediums – and the love that dare not speak its name, except here it is openly discussed, circa 1912. Each and every character has an agenda which is too many plot devices, while the actual plot never quite resolves itself. While the play has been given an elegant physical production, the script does not entirely hang together or feel satisfying.
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