See it if You enjoy non-traditional storytelling that makes you think & can be interpreted in many ways. Really Great performances.
Don't see it if You are looking for a straight forward "easy" play that doesn't activate your mind.
See it if Intense, beautiful and gripping storytelling. Nonlinear and somewhat dreamlike (nightmarish). Absorbing. Relevant & timely.
Don't see it if you don't like stories that are intentionally ambiguous and not neatly explained. Read more
See it if you like challenging theatre that examines social issues.
Don't see it if it you cannot tolerate ambiguity. I liked this show but missed many of the main points the author intended based on interviews I read later
See it if You want to see a cast of incredibly talented women commit to a skillfully written play. I was in awe of how this cast performed together.
Don't see it if You don’t want a play that has many layers & intricacies. This play has an intensity that may not be fit every audience.
See it if an emotionally painful story of a woman--told non linearly, by many women, with song, and poetry,
Don't see it if messy and complex, deep and painful and at times a bewildering script interspersed with beautiful songs but ultimately about relationships Read more
See it if you want to revel in a cast of women of all ages and the ability to experience how women are treated by white men in suits, all too real.
Don't see it if you want coherent narrative building "normally" - this is flat w/the protagonist boxed in clearly headed for tragic consequence, train wreck
See it if enjoy non-linear stories acted well
Don't see it if need cohesion. the style outweighs the writing.
See it if You are interested in black women’s susceptibility to exploitation on several levels.
Don't see it if The playwright, a successful actress, received rave reviews for a play in which I could not figure out the topic until I read those reviews.
"In Zawe Ashton’s ‘for all the women,’ the Price of Uprooting a Life: This convoluted play chronicles the breakdown of a conflicted, displaced East African woman in the cosmopolitan West."
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4/5 stars: "Actor-playwright Ashton, who is currently appearing on Broadway in Harold Pinter's 'Betrayal,' weaves her poetic text around an all-too-realistic scenario that slowly evolves into a full-on fever dream."
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"John Doyle’s Blankie 'Macbeth' and Zawe Ashton’s Memorable 'for all the women…'"
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"'For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad' Is an Onstage Anxiety Dream: Zawe Ashton's play traffics in the fears of modern women…just in time for Halloween."
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"Ashton, currently giving a brilliant performance in the Broadway revival of 'Betrayal,' has come up with an admittedly theatrical piece that makes its central argument so starkly that, for the first half of the ninety-minute running time, it's hard to believe that she isn't kidding."
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"Zawe Ashton's poetic new work is…at times cryptic and ambiguous. However, the imagery it creates and the ideas it explores will remain with you long after the story is over…It's not a 'perfect' play in any traditional sense, but if you listen, the message is loud and clear."
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