Heaven NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if you appreciate monologue-driven, powerful dramas infused with Irish wit; if you are a fan of 2-character plays where the acting is superb.
Don't see it if you’re looking for a light drama or comedy; if you want a large cast and lots of action.
See it if If you like the Irish style of characters speaking directly to the audience
Don't see it if you are looking for lightweight fare. It isn't super serious, but it is definitely an adult story in content - but there is little to no pro
See it if you're looking for a new play so beautifully well-written you fall in love and get swept up in the story of these 2 characters immediately.
Don't see it if you're looking for a play with dialogs, the structure here is more of alternating monologs, but that actually makes the play more intriguing
See it if you enjoy small, dialog driven, two-handed plays.
Don't see it if you need action or want something big. Read more
See it if You like plays about people's inner lives
Don't see it if Monologues, even interesting and intelligent ones, bother you Read more
See it if you like comic yet poignant relationship pieces with fast moving descriptive dialogue of extramarital relationships even Jesus visions!,
Don't see it if you grow impatient with listening to 2 people with fast talking Irish brogues recounting sexual escapades and marital shortcomings
See it if u are interested in how people seemingly ill-suited to each other end up in long term marriages stifling their essential natures/basic needs
Don't see it if u find 2 separate monologues insufficiently theatrical, Irish brogue undecipherable or lives of quiet desperation not worthy of exploration
See it if You enjoy a monologue driven play. It was well written, poignant, and humorous. The two actors are excellent.
Don't see it if You are not interested in a slow revealing play where you need to invest in the characters and really listen. It’s all worth it.
Critic Reviews (6)
“ ‘Heaven’ unfolds as alternating monologues, a telling suggestion of the couple’s isolation from each other...it concludes on a note of ambiguity, as the question of the marriage of Mairead and Mal seems potentially unresolved.”
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"It helps that Moran and Bennett are particularly gifted actors, making 'Heaven' feel like an old story well-told."
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"Plays where the characters never actually interact are extremely difficult to pull off effectively without becoming mere narrative storytelling...'Heaven,' running 90 minutes without an intermission, succeeds beautifully in bringing its story fully to life."
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"O’Brien’s writing avoids most predictable tropes and will leave Mairead, Mal and the audience with plenty of feelings to sort through. It is, to be sure, a wedding night to remember."
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rich texture…eccentric structure…vivid characters… We never see Mal or Mairead interact with one another. This arguably fits thematically; we learn that lately they have had little to do with one another (nothing sexually for five years.) But it, along with the thick Irish accents, requires a high level of attentiveness
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In 85 minutes, Irish playwright Eugene O’Brien masterfully dramatizes two slices of life in his engaging bittersweet marital confessional. It is structured as a series of finely etched alternating biographical monologues addressed to the audience; startling revelations abound.
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