Plenty NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (153)
See it if If you want to see a great cast perform a classic play, you are a fan of the play/playwright (I am not familiar with previous productions.)
Don't see it if You like a play that is a series of scenes, using flashbacks, you must piece together to come up with the story. I was confused for a time. Read more
See it if You enjoy phenomenal actors working hard to make intense drama. You like the star power, you like intricate and interesting sets.
Don't see it if You don't like your plays with confusing structures that rely very heavily on the actors without letting them breath within the story.
See it if You've never seen it before on stage or screen.The cast is great,particularly Rachel Weisz and Emily Bergl. The staging is very creative.
Don't see it if War { WW II } related pieces are not of interest. The plot played out over many years and was confusing at times.
See it if your ability to enjoy good source material is not inhibited by rather tepid acting (from Rachel Weisz) and an incoherent directorial vision.
Don't see it if you're unwilling to overlook problems with production and actors in order to see the bones of a fine play (if not a fine script). Read more
See it if You would see Rachel Weiscz in anything
Don't see it if you would get irritated watching a character unravel because WWII was so much more exciting than real life - well yeah! But grow up!
See it if outstanding cast with great acting and scenery. its an ambitious revival. performances are great.
Don't see it if if you need a linear play. this one can be confusing. i walked out saying what was the point of the play.
See it if / for good performances by Stoll and the always-reliable Jennings. Weisz was fine, but not as transcendent as Nelligan in the original.
Don't see it if you're tired of plays that equate mental illness with moral vision, or you can never remember what the Suez crisis was about.
See it if you want to see a talented cast doing their best under poor direction. Weisz has her shining moments but other times is uncaptivating
Don't see it if you don't want to be lulled to sleep and then woken by the startling sounds of gunshots
Critic Reviews (37)
"It's a complicated play, told as a shattered, out-of-order narrative. It can be tough to know what's happening. This production, directed by David Leveaux, certainly doesn't make it clear. There are few anchors to let us know when, exactly, something is occurring...You might find yourself feeling sorry for Susan, and agreeing with her husband that she might be healthier in a facility — instead of rooting for her freedom, as you're meant to."
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"What is meant to be Susan’s frustration at the failures and cynicism of post-war England comes across as childish petulance...Weisz stamps and laughs, does drugs, both prescribed and not, waves a gun (even shoots it), and flings her waiflike body across the stage. But it’s a whole lot of signifying nothing, and none of the other decent performances, from Corey Stoll as her trying-so-hard decent husband to Emily Bergl as her wised-up best friend, are helping much."
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"Disappointment is the undeniable theme of 'Plenty,' David Hare’s play that is presented in a lukewarm revival at the Public Theater. And that disappointment is not limited to just the characters onstage...While Weisz is known as a fine actress, her performance as Susan fails to inspire much of anything from the audience other than exhaustion...Disjointed and difficult to follow...The feminist tones of the production feel forced."
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"Rachel Weisz is electrifying as Susan Traherne...Weisz can’t save the play’s more plodding moments...She’s developed a language of caged gesture, sometimes more stilted than convincing, but she’s also fierce, destructive and dignified...Corey Stoll fleshes out Susan’s husband with surprising sympathy while Emily Bergl captures the peculiarly British bohemianism of Weisz’s confidante, Alice. Even cameo roles...feel alive with Englishness."
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"Rachel Weisz and Corey Stoll are terrific actors; we know this. Unfortunately, they have no chemistry on stage, leaving a void where there is supposed to be dramatic tension or intrigue. Neither of their characters is interesting, nor are the goings-on around them...Perhaps because of the lack of chemistry and interest, I found nothing compelling about the play, and, in fact, found the two-and-a-half hours I spent watching it to be tedious."
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