Good Samaritans

See it if you're a Richard Maxwell completist, enjoy really detached and formal acting

Don't see it if you want to be emotionally involved in the play

Also I'm a big Richard Maxwell fan so I really wanted to enjoy this. The plotline and the text of the play are actually quite good but it felt like the staging was intentionally set up to leave the audience out cold and as annoyed as possible. The actors don't so much talk to each other as over each other, barely acknowledging each others presence on the stage. One can see they are rather good actors so it's certainly a directorial choice, which sounds very promising on paper but never seems to quite work in practice in this production. Things have started to feel a tad more natural towards the end of the play so maybe this will improve towards the end of the run. Oh, and the songs are quite pitiful so it's fortunate they are few and far between.... Read more Read less

See it if you want to see a different type of drama.

Don't see it if You want a darma that follows the conventional type of play.

See it if You have patience to sit thru a 90-min show that should be 30; to see Maxwell's work & great stage craft. Want to support experimental arts.

Don't see it if You have short attention span; aren't a fan of Maxwell's style (monotone, rapid fire, sans emotion delivery). Aren't keen on non-traditional

See it if you don't know what theater is and you think it's still 1972

Don't see it if you have any clue what's going on in the world creatively and you expect intelligent, engaging dialog and story.