Pass Over (Lincoln Center) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (91)
See it if F-words & N-words galore but this urban "Waiting for Godot" has a fantastic '3' actor cast that makes it palatable. 4get the PRIME version!!
Don't see it if If u're not hip to urban lingo dont go, but this VERSION 2.0 is more Bway friendly w/ acapella songs from OK, Wizard of Oz & more. No breaks
See it if Incredibly important, well-acted, upsetting & engaging. Brings to mind many other plays & characters. Totally relevant to events of today.
Don't see it if This is a very intense, stressful play to watch. But totally worth it. I'm sure it will stay with me for a long time.
See it if you want to see a 21st C 'Waiting for Popo': a fierce, original, provocative indictment of racial injustice & essential to #blacklivesmatter
Don't see it if you prefer to live under a rock or limit yourself to pure escapist entertainment. Read more
See it if You consider yourself a liberal or woke (though I hate that term)...this show has a lesson for you. If you’re a conservative it’s MUST SEE!!
Don't see it if You’re a delicate flower and can’t take a good taste of reality slapped across your face...hard!!!
See it if You want to see great actors in a funny serious and thought provoking play.
Don't see it if If you don’t want to see a good play
See it if poetic/hilarious/moving script w strong cast shows why modern blacks in ghetto paralyzed by fear of police
Don't see it if puzzled by absurdist plays or surreal scenes; or upset by continual use Nig**r, stereotype of brutal white cop Read more
See it if you enjoy very thought-provoking existential plays about very current and relevant subject matter expertly performed.
Don't see it if you want conventional plot driven theater and you don't want to be challenged and provoked.
See it if you like Beckett & want your mind blown/broken in ways a traditional Godot can’t achieve & think exploring the racial divide is important
Don't see it if Beckett puts you to sleep; you feel persecuted when the white characters are unflattering; race doesn't interest Read more
Critic Reviews (16)
“Nwandu is a fearless writer who takes no prisoners. She writes with a laser beam...Nwandu’s skill is supported and enhanced by this ensemble as well as Taymor’s direction...These actors execute their roles both as performers and characters with exquisite precision...The conclusion is a hairpin turn that leads us like a highway pile-up to the exact spot we were avoiding.”
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“Although Nwandu’s ’Pass Over’ is rife with elegant use of subtle devices like allegory, metaphor, and allusion, it is bold agitprop, not shy about making overt claims and accusations...Taymor captures that mood of justified paranoia effectively...Nwandu’s language is lyrical, and delivered with great skill...The play is an urgent call to action...Heavy-handed, but Nwandu suggests that crisis is no time for a delicate hand.”
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"In Nwandu’s script, Mister/Master comes off more than a little ridiculous. He’s ridiculous on stage, too, but he’s also something else. He’s theatrically arresting. Much of this has to do with Ebert’s charm offensive, as ebullient as it is seemingly oblivious — until it isn’t...Nwandu effectively mixes the profane and the sacred, with the Moses character being the most obvious biblical reference."
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“A highly theatrical work, ably directed by Danya Taymor...I had to struggle to overcome my discomfort with the language...It’s a rough, uneven, occasionally muddled piece, but its energy is undeniable.”
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"Nwandu draws parallels between histories of persecution and perseverance, all within a freewheeling riff on Samuel Beckett’s 'Waiting for Godot,' sharply directed here by Danya Taymor."
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"The most viscerally unsettling and provocative play I have ever seen on stage...A tragic cycle of race, power, privilege, and oppression rippling across time...Nwandu’s text bristles, snaps, and pops with an authentic street sound, giving voice to these black men, ensuring we see and hear them. It’s powerful and potent stuff...A cry for justice that holds a mirror to the face and shakes the conscience to its core."
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“Invites comparison with other plays but stands on its own...Deftly directed by Danya Taymor, we’re led to laughter, tears and healthy self-reflection...A plot in which nothing happens, and everything happens...Taymor creates a world crackling with theatricality...That your nerves may be jangled from several surprising plot moments may thrill you. If it is not a perfect play that seeks a balance between bawdy and devastating, this playwright’s voice is nevertheless strong and important."
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"An astonishing, gut-wrenching play, beautifully acted and directed...Taymor has directed this with stunning details. Irony is everywhere in her gripping, vital production...This is one muscular, vital, uncompromising, in-your-face play. Playwright Antoinette Nwandu has written dialogue that sings...Terrific, upsetting, unsettling, smart, angry play."
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