Fire in Dreamland

See it if Another thought provoking play at The Public. See how live changes with a chance encounter.

Don't see it if The show an hour and 45 minuets with no intermission.

See it if you're interested in stuff off the beaten path. It's a start of something, it has some work ahead of it.

Don't see it if you're looking for comedy or something light. I kept reading that this was a 'funny play' but it was far far far from that.

Also I enjoyed the question- is it worth it to follow your "dream" (albeit deluded in kate's case) or is it actually better to get stuck and flow through life?... Read more Read less

See it if Unique play involving relationships of troubled people. They meet in regards to amusement park fire a century ago. Rebecca N Jones excels.

Don't see it if Subject matter is not appealing to you. Some elements can be confusing.

See it if Your interested in a new playwright. Cast of three in no intermission play dealing at times with 1911 fire in Coney Island & relationships

Don't see it if You have a limited attention span and the story of a couple meeting at the beach doesn't interest you.

See it if you want to hear in detail about the Dreamland fire in Coney Island as told by a documentary filmmaker and his obsessed but lost girlfriend

Don't see it if you are bored by talky plays that are endless and boring, and have a lack of theatrical drama.

See it if You are fans of Rebecca Naomi Jones or Kyle Beltran (as I am) because they were the only bright spots in the whole ordeal.

Don't see it if You are expecting a story to get emotionally invested in because they "tricks" used to tell the story obfuscate all the storytelling.

Also This is yet another misstep at the Public. The Low Road was the only bearable thing this whole season. There is maybe a love story hidden in all this meandering nonsense but there's too much talk about making this movie which (shocker) has vague parallels to the characters' lives. The direction is pretty weak and not done with the Anspacher theatre in mind. There is a CONSTANT clapboard snapping that "transports" the action to a different time which I'm sure the writer and director thought was some kind of revelation but it became grating after the 4th use (of probably 250). There isn't much to recommend here other than the performances of Rebecca Naomi Jones who keeps picking really terrible plays but elevating them because of her shining personality and Kyle Beltran who really breathed life into the play once he finally became a part of the action and not just sitting off in the background.... Read more Read less