Primary Trust NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if You are looking for an intimate and deeply human play. There were no dry eyes at the end of the show. The power of simplicity in action!!!
Don't see it if You just want to be entertain.
See it if what a play!!! Incredible acting and writing, I hope it gets extended so more people can see it.
Don't see it if child abandonment, trauma is too disturbing to you
See it if William Jackson Harper's performance is breathtaking and everything else about this quiet but engaging play is pitch-perfect.
Don't see it if Unless you have a very short attention span, there is no reason to miss this outstanding play and production.
See it if you like a show that is well acted, well written and really has something to say.It is funny and touching. Acting is excellent.
Don't see it if you are looking for a fluffy musical.This is funny, but it has a lot of meat.It is touching.I promise you won't be bored.
See it if you appreciate masterful writing and even more masterful acting.
Don't see it if you are turned off by a slow-burn show.
See it if you want to see a phenomenally acted short play with a simple but very moving story.
Don't see it if you want a big, complex plot.
See it if You love Incredible acting , moving plot, light humor and tender writing.
Don't see it if You want an action plot or a jolly musical
See it if I waited to review this play. See it if you like plays that unfold as you think about what you saw. The actors were all superb.
Don't see it if You like bold brassy theater
Critic Reviews (19)
CRITIC’S PICK: "Booth’s one-man study is wonderfully vivid, but there’s only so much emotional engagement that the unburdening of feelings, rather than their enactment or discovery, can inspire."
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"The most gratifying element of 'Primary Trust' is its ending, which at first hints at the tidy closure of stories, as if the characters are dolls about to be put back in their boxes."
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" ...'Primary Trust' is not a play where a grand revelation is coming toward you. It’s more about the climb Kenneth faces as he’s slowly becoming reacquainted with the world, turning from an imaginary friendship to real ones."
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"Director Knud Adams (English) continues his run as a pitch-perfect distiller of dramatic essence, working with the dreamiest of dream casts. The restraint in Booth’s script, added to Harper’s immense gift for clarity and stillness and a director keeping the ensemble on the edge of comedy and despair—it works."
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" 'Primary Trust' is a call to the Kenneths of the world to speak up and take space — because no one is actually going to cede it to them otherwise."
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" 'Primary Trust' is little more than an anecdote that often hovers on the edge of sentimentality; as the play glides to an improbably happy ending."
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"Such optimism about the human condition is rare onstage nowadays, and I can't wait to see the next thing William Jackson Harper does. I just wish Booth had written Kenneth a little more consistently, and cut down on the ding-ding-dings."
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"A quiet gem that you’re likely to find yourself thinking about long after it’s concluded, 'Primary Trust' proves a deeply humanistic portrait of the sort of existential abyss into which we’re all capable of falling."
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