Paradise Lost NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (32)
See it if you enjoy a light hearted poke at a Biblical story as told by Melville and re-imagined for 2020. Funny and timely. Great set! Wonderful cast
Don't see it if You dislike intimate theater or don't believe that Bible stories should be made fun of. You can't take theater with a "grain of salt". Read more
See it if A very interesting and easily understood version of the Milton poem. Good acting. Not in verse. Good production values for little theater
Don't see it if Not interested in Adam and Eve story.
See it if you like hilarity applied to a Bible story -here great costumes and a changing, partially-projected set let a great troupe of actors shine.
Don't see it if you do not like humor in your religious stories or expect anything close to John Milton's poem - this is a creative adaptation.
See it if you like a clever and funny look at Lucifer in the Garden of Eden. Wonderful and attractive set with very good actors. Alison Fraser a hoot!
Don't see it if you don't like humor poked at the Old Testament although this is gentle humor not Book of Mormon.
See it if Studied refresher course of Milton's Adam & Eve meet-up poem of polarities. "Boundless love & magnanimosity." Shay's Queen Eve is masterful.
Don't see it if "Hideous miscreant!" Safe for feminists: "I'm claiming an UNFAIR superiority on you." No serpent. Great set w/ fireflies. Alison/Lou wasted. Read more
See it if you're interested in the big question of good and evil as well as the role of free will. It will make you think about life and its meaning.
Don't see it if you are offended by religion.
See it if The Old Testament with a touch Jesus added.
Don't see it if If religion/myth/mankind is not your thing. Read more
See it if if you appreciate the task of condensing Milton & the Creation story into 100 mins. If you are open-minded about religion, myth & mankind.
Don't see it if if you can't take some modern-day elements in this version; if you want no deviation from original Milton or the Bible
Critic Reviews (3)
"Tom Dulack's play is more like the Classics Illustrated version, abridging the action of the original and ramming home its points with the insistence of a Sunday school teacher."
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"Fellowship for Performing Arts has given 'Paradise Lost' a first-rate physical production but unfortunately the script lacks any new wrinkles to engage our interest. Milton may have been the initial inspiration but not much of his masterpiece is left in this 21st century dramatization."
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"'Paradise Lost' diminishes its source material with its reductionist ploys. While it has its moments of sweetness, it can't avoid wading in theological puddles. Ultimately, the resulting blend of humor, poetry, and rhetoric is insufficiently appealing to justify the play's distortions."
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