Marx in Soho NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (12)
See it if you are interested in topics like sociology, politics, critical analysis of society.
Don't see it if you don't like autobiographies (it feels like one!) or if you don't like one-man plays.
See it if ... you enjoy plays about big ideas. This is not a Marxist or socialist polemic. An opportunity to learn about Marx ideas
Don't see it if .. you're not interested, or don't like solo shows
See it if you want to explore root (radical base) of Marx’s pure theories, biography, relationships with his family, Engels, and Marxism & role today
Don't see it if you can’t sit awake for 75 min. non-linear, dense, intellectual monologue by one actor with minimal set, action and plot and no intermission
See it if If you enjoy well acted solo performances . An interesting play of Marx’s observation of today’s politics & society.
Don't see it if Do not see if you dislike rather slow solo performances. If you are not interested in political and social issues.
See it if Not a bad play however heavy on history and facts 70% of the audience was asleep Do you like history and communism Or socialism
Don't see it if You don’t like one man shows and lots of history and facts
See it if you'd like to see what the human Karl behind the revolutionary socialist Marx may have been like in a brief, well-researched one-man show.
Don't see it if you don't have a basic knowledge of Marx & his works; you expect any significant connection of Marx's philosophy & politics to present day. Read more
See it if for a terrific performance by Bob Weick as Marx.
Don't see it if Nothing revelatory in this play. Some pretty simplistic rants and a lot of background on Marx, his colleagues and family. I was bored.
See it if For historical junkies
Don't see it if Why now?
Critic Reviews (3)
"A freewheeling and entertaining 70-minute monologue that weaves together biographical elements from Marx's life with contemporary commentary...Under Doyle's direction, Weick's performance is rich and energizing. He does not impersonate his subject...and he makes Marx a much more contemporary figure. Weick gives an impassioned performance, and it is one that humanizes Marx as it simultaneously manifests the rebellious spirit behind the man."
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"Zinn’s funny, fervid, and well-researched script makes connections between the inequities, voraciousness, and failures of capitalism then and now, with specific references to the relevance of Marx’s principles for contemporary America. Weick’s tour-de-force solo performance is humorous and impassioned, personal and all-inclusive...Weick fully inhabits his role, capturing a range of authentic emotions in Marx’s reminisces...All delivered with profound empathy."
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"It isn’t really a play at all, but rather a 70-minute harangue...Zinn's passion for a more equitable world is intense, and the show is a ringing indictment of the status quo, of the greed-driven Western world...Weick's performance is filled with passionate intensity...If I admire Marx’s ideas, I don’t find much to admire in the man. Weick’s diction is often stilted, and his vehemence seems a cliché...Marx’s outrage is the outrage of John Oliver without the humor or the speed or the wit."
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