Jasper NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if you like shows that have something to say. This deals with the difficulty of parenting a severely disabled child.Moving and insightful.
Don't see it if you are looking for a cute comedy.This play is serious, well acted.It keeps your attention and is well paced, well directed.
See it if want 2 C kind of play not produced much with small cast in difficult circumstances requiring audience to take sides and empathize or reject
Don't see it if cannot find value in living thru other people's difficulties especially problems with children and illness
See it if you appreciate excellent acting and a well written play
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See it if Family drama with life difficulty, caring for a very ill child and how it affect their relationships.
Don't see it if You want a comedy and musical. Long running time this could have be shorten Read more
See it if A universal powerful & moving family drama of keeping a child alive. Great acting. A very moving premise.
Don't see it if If you prefer a comedy or happy musical then skip this one.
See it if You like to overdose on drama.
Don't see it if You hate depressing, dreary settings and plays. Read more
See it if You like emotional stories very sensitively done
Don't see it if Serious content
See it if you want to see if a couple taking care of a terminally ill child can save their relationship.
Don't see it if you want to see something light and funny.
Critic Reviews (6)
"MacDermott avoids the maudlin and tearjerking elements of a Lifetime movie. Except for the final image, which elicited a few gasps from the audience and which was telegraphed long before, I was left generally cold by 'Jasper'."
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"Whereas MacDermott commits playwrighting missteps, director Katie McHugh and cast go country miles compensating for him."
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Most poignantly, when Drew starts to wonder if maybe their son's survival has been the opposite of a blessing, Andrea expresses horror for a thought that, thanks to Pimentel's touchingly subtle performance, we know she's had herself. To its strongest credit, MacDermott's play affords all three of its actors the opportunity to find meaning beyond their characters' words. Though, of course, with a less capable trio, this sort of dramatic freedom could have been a disaster.
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"The production is one to see for its acting, staging and the hard questions that MacDermott raises. Stylized, suggestive and subtle, the production works because of its thematic grist and power."
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Katie McHugh’s direction does little to make the play more than sporadically convincing. Mr. Fumusa and Ms. Pimentel, sometimes so quietly naturalistic they muffle their words, are solid actors who bring conviction to their scenes, but Ms. Hawk, from the moment she first appears, simply seems to have dropped in from planet Hollywood.
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"The playwright is successful, at breathing life into an encounter with death that is all too believable."
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