Ectoplasm NYC Reviews and Tickets

70%

(8 Reviews)

Positive

50%

Mixed

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Members say

Great staging, Confusing, Absorbing, Slow, Ambitious

About the Show

A thrilling new play by Sara Fellini, presented by The Players Theatre.

In 1912, a private seance at an intimate dinner party leads guests to question life and death itself. Among the guests is a famous magician, hell-bent on de-bunking spiritualism. A simmering love triangle between the two spiritual mediums and a Byronesque madame, plus a mysterious uninvited guest adds gasoline to the tense private affair.

Member Reviews (8)

Ambitious, Absorbing, Great acting, Great writing, Great staging

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.

Repetitious, Slow, Unfocused, Thought-provoking, Great staging

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.

Absorbing, Great staging, Thought-provoking, Edgy, Clever

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.

Don't see it if you don't like small theaters or strange stories. Read more

Confusing, Great staging, Absorbing

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.

Slow, Confusing, Disappointing, Banal, Ambitious

See it if You do not mind seeing a play in progress. It needs some work.

Don't see it if You expect a polished play. Read more

Mystical or mystifying, Disappointing, Confusing, Dizzying

See it if zany goings on at a dizzying pace

Don't see it if you like a logical orderly story. Read more

Clever, Banal, Slow, Ambitious

See it if You'll enjoy a period drama that entwines a love triangle with spiritualism

Don't see it if You get bored by monologues debating the validity of spirits or the truth of loves

Intelligent, Entertaining, Clever

See it if You like theatre by upcoming theatre companies.

Don't see it if No reason not to see it.

Critic Reviews (2)

"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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