My Eyes Went Dark
Closed 1h 15m
My Eyes Went Dark
76

My Eyes Went Dark NYC Reviews and Tickets

76%
(57 Ratings)
Positive
82%
Mixed
16%
Negative
2%
Members say
Great acting, Absorbing, Intense, Confusing, Thought-provoking

About the Show

107group presents a tragedy inspired by true events about a Russian father driven to revenge after losing his family in a plane crash. Part of 59E59's annual Brits Off Broadway festival.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (57)

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239 Reviews | 33 Followers
72
Absorbing, Great acting, Intelligent, Resonant

See it if You can watch 2 actors take multiple roles as story unfolds... Revenge for the loss of a family in an airplane accident is underlying thread

Don't see it if You aren't interested in the consequences of action taken in revenge. Guilty before innocent...

159 Reviews | 12 Followers
71
Interesting 2 person play with good unfolds

See it if you like intimate 2 person shows

Don't see it if you want a fuller cast

89 Reviews | 8 Followers
70
Absorbing, Great acting, Slow, Disappointing, Quirky

See it if psychological dramas about tragedy and loss

Don't see it if plays that primarily involve dialog between two characters.

235 Reviews | 232 Followers
69
Confusing, Great acting, Ambitious

See it if While the actors clearly gave their all, it was a letdown as the main character hadn't truly grown or changed by the end.

Don't see it if With one actor playing multiple characters (no prop or costume changes) the cues for character change and the timeline itself were confusing

548 Reviews | 1902 Followers
69
Confusing, Dizzying, Great acting

See it if Strong performances don't making this confusing, disjointed show work. Very heavy work about trgedy and loss.

Don't see it if You are looking for a clean narrative or have trouble keeping track of switching roles and time periods.

394 Reviews | 34 Followers
60
Confusing, Disappointing, Great acting

See it if you want to see an intense play about a true event, that involves revenge and forgiveness, performed with great acting .

Don't see it if you don't want to see a play that is confusing, goes back and forth in time and is fragmented,

47 Reviews | 11 Followers
79
Great acting, Riveting, Thought-provoking

See it if Touching masterful acting. The script is about the characters' reactions to their circumstances, & the story is told in their performances.

Don't see it if you don't like to pay attention, be on the edge of your seat, cry at human loss.

32 Reviews | 6 Followers
75
Overrated, Disappointing, Confusing, Great acting, Slow

See it if You can concentrate and skip from conversation to conversation without being confused.

Don't see it if If you like great acting, but can't keep up with the back and forth, handle confusing conversations, can concentrate!

Critic Reviews (22)

Theatre's Leiter Side
June 14th, 2017

“Sincere as all this is, and significant as are its concerns with vengeance, forgiveness, guilt, and responsibility, the cool, quiet, low-key, soporifically paced production sometimes almost made my own eyes go dark…Jayasundera is versatile, able to adopt a variety of British accents that usually help identify who she's playing, and she can turn on deep reservoirs of feeling when required…Conlon…is less interesting…He…seems too dryly removed for a man so consumed by sadness and anger.”
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B
June 14th, 2017

“This should have been a powerful story, but it failed to engage me for one important reason. The character of Koslov is so unremittingly unlikable that it was difficult to be invested in his fate. Furthermore, the story is told out of sequence and is sometimes confusing. Resorting to colored lights and loud noises does not improve the material. Late in the play, it is suggested that Koslov’s rage against the flight controller was caused by displaced guilt. By that point, I no longer cared.”
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A Seat on the Aisle
June 15th, 2017

"'My Eyes Went Dark' turns out not to be particularly intellectually challenging, despite the questions it raises, because once raising them it doesn’t really do anything more with them. The premise of the play is a valid one but the play itself could use a lot more editing and fleshing out. And so my bottom line is this: the play itself is somewhat disappointing but the actors’ performances are phenomenal and those performances alone are justification enough for your seeing this one."
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Escape Into Life
June 13th, 2017

"The play’s short cryptic scenes are imaginatively staged on a nearly bare set, depicting Nikolai’s remorse and frustrated, finally violent search for justice. It is taut and involving and the actors are strong. The main drawback is the lack of attention to Koslov’s Russian heritage, which, because of its repeated mentions, presumably forms a large part of his motivations...That powerful and meaningful aspect of the man is merely skimmed."
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Exeunt Magazine
August 28th, 2016
For a previous production

“Full of potential…The pacing lets it down...The story line becomes quite predictable in this portion of the play, not helped by the fact that Wilkinson decides to linger on it…What saves the play is its cast…Jayasundera steals the show...She flits effortlessly through a myriad of accents and personalities, without ever taking the shine away from MacAninch. There may be some flaws in Wilkinson’s writing, but his direction is top-notch.”
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The Guardian (UK)
September 1st, 2015
For a previous production

“An extremely powerful play about justice, revenge and forgiveness...It’s a measure of the play’s success that abstract questions about vengeance and mercy are given a concrete application…It helps that the piece is performed by two first-rate actors…Wilkinson’s play provides no easy answers but poses a series of compelling questions about the nature of moral responsibility.”
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WhatsOnStage
August 7th, 2016
For a previous production

“Wilkinson's stark two-hander stares into the deep void of grief and despair…Koslov's numbness is beautifully echoed in the minimalism of Wilkinson's staging…Wilkinson's play might be a metaphor for Russia as a whole...However, while personifying a nation's politics makes those motives quite clear, Wilkinson risks distilling an amorphous knot of issues into a single slight. If this is a portrait of Russia, it's a simple – albeit serious – one.”
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The Stage (UK)
September 1st, 2015
For a previous production

“Wilkinson tells this story with great pace and fascinating detail. Although based on a true case, ‘My Eyes Went Dark’ has the feel of an ancient Greek tragedy…Wilkinson’s production has a bare, dark traverse staging, with excellent performances by MacAninch (Koslov) and Jayasundera (playing a dozen other roles including Koslov’s therapist and sister-in-law). Intense, thought-provoking and intelligent, both give a very strong reading of an emotionally fraught story.”
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