Incident at Vichy NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (50)
See it if you think you've seen every Holocaust story there is to be told (this one is different) and you like intense and thought-provoking stories.
Don't see it if you're in the mood for something light and fluffy.
See it if you like "historical" plays that are really well-acted, staged, and unfortunately relevant to politics today.
Don't see it if you don't like intellectual plays that will leave everyone applauding, but sad
See it if you like to see a show that keeps you thinking about human nature
Don't see it if you get upset thinking about how bad mankind can be
See it if a well-acted "historical" play will provoke you to make important comparisons to fanaticism and maintaining one's humanity in today's world.
Don't see it if You dislike "historical" plays and can't tolerate some polemical speechifying among otherwise good dialogue and character relations.
See it if are looking for a great drama that takes place right in front of you on stage. Also if you like historical dramas, mainly WWII & holocaust.
Don't see it if you are not in to real life drama or are sensitive to that time frame in history.
See it if intense discussions of several clashing world views. All relatable at the same time. Changing each other. Brilliantly written and acted.
Don't see it if you're looking for lighter fare.
See it if you want to see a lesser known Arthur Miller work that has so much relevance today. Stellar ensemble. Nice pacing.
Don't see it if you don't like historical plays, esp with the Holocaust as a very palpable & forboding backdrop.
See it if want to see one of Miller's lesser performed plays; good direction and acting (considering we all know the outcome)
Don't see it if you find history plays about the Holocaust disturbing; you expect to see Miller's best writing
Critic Reviews (30)
"A fine and sensitively-acted production...Audiences love stories of heroism and self-sacrifice, and Miller does offer some satisfaction on that end, but 'Incident at Vichy' is more about the survival instinct...It can be an uncomfortable play to watch, but it's the discomfort that makes it good theatre."
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"The climactic sequence of 'Incident at Vichy' can feel a little too much like a structured debate...Even if a few things about this production don't fully work, it remains a vivid account of the administration of savagery as practiced in a not-too-distant time."
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"A first-rate revival…It's efficient intelligent playwriting that Wilson and a roundly capable, unglittering cast have treated with palpable care and affection…Wilson's well-judged pacing and a suitably bleak physical production further help anchor this as the inevitable potboiler it needs to be. The performances are of one piece, and in firm keeping with the times as well as the mood...'Incident at Vichy' could scarcely feel more alive."
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"Michael Wilson's revival of 'Incident at Vichy' is a high-tension 90 minutes. Yet, the time spent with the group of men rounded up in Nazi occupied Vichy France in 1942 is also one of the most satisfying and relevant dramas currently in any New York Theater…While some of the seventeen actors have more significant roles than others, under Wilson's direction they form an extraordinarily effective ensemble...Don't miss it."
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"An admirable staging of a flawed, but effective Arthur Miller play...The acting, though a tad uneven, is still on a high level. This cast generates a convincing ambiance of heightened reality, skillfully avoiding becoming walking/talking metaphors. Mr. Wilson has directed them as real, living, breathing people forced into an artificial theatrical situation."
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"A large, all-male cast plays out this incredibly tense drama...Under the steady direction of Michael Wilson, all of the detained men are made full and distinct characters, underscoring the irony that despite their individuality, all are condemned based on a single random criterion...Signature has provided us an opportunity to revisit this complex and poetic work, sandwiched between the Broadway 'greatest hits.' It’s a worthy addition to the centenary season of Miller."
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"The 90 minute, no intermission, work is chilling in it’s dramatic intent as it grips the audience in tragic events that will never be forgotten. It is Miller’s way of marking society’s great horror by the Nazis by virtue of a sadistic nature – a frailty of the human race present in each of us. Michael Wilson brilliantly directs this large cast of 17 with an impressive hand."
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"Perhaps the play might have been better served in a more intimate theater space. Instead, the actors are left to traipse back and forth across the stage, and some of the performances even border dangerously on camp. Though the play might seem at times a little dusty and stiff for contemporary audiences, it's important to refresh ourselves on the unspeakable atrocities that can happen and will continue to happen if the privileged don’t truly act on behalf of the persecuted."
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