Of Human Bondage NYC Reviews and Tickets

See it if If you enjoy adaptations of fine literature, done cleverly

Don't see it if You may feel it another soap opera

See it if you enjoy heavy dramas exploring the ambiguity of human nature--particularly love and obsession, loss, ambition, and sundry relationships

Don't see it if not a fan of W. Somerset Maugham's novel or the 1934 Bette Davis/Leslie Howard film; need a "tidy" story that is fast-paced; want fluff. Read more

See it if you like creative, innovative staging, great performances, a straight forward narrative, almost epic in scale

Don't see it if you expect the play to include the entirety of the Maugham novel as it begins about a third of the way in, you don't like suggestive staging

See it if you love inventive theater with an amazing cast telling a compelling story

Don't see it if you like your theatre straight forward and classically staged

See it if You like great acting and clever staging

Don't see it if You don't like turn of the century dramas

See it if You like good acting in a drama that helps you think about people.

Don't see it if You don't like dramas with good actin that makes you think.

See it if very well done; all of the actors did an admirable job; very emotional performances

Don't see it if you don't like seeing all of the actors on stage; don't like long plays

See it if You enjoy great theater which is very deep.

Don't see it if Your out for a night of light theater where you don't have to think. Read more