"The play is fully bilingual...The whole ensemble is marvelous"
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"The production elements come together seamlessly on the larger stage at TFANA."
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"Its many virtues include an unusual setting, freshly imagined characters, a frank look at queer life in an entirely different cultural context, a solid ensemble, and an enormously evocative production design. Furthermore, playwright Shayok Misha Chowdhury has an eye for telling details and a keen awareness of his characters' subtle emotional shifts. Indeed, this meticulously crafted vehicle has everything but a motor to power it.”
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"...Chowdhury is redefining what constitutes public and private obscenity."
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Public Obscenities manages to maintain interest in an overlong, overwritten play that often seems about little more than the trivialities of human interaction, paying lip service to potentially significant matters that drift off into obscurity. The exotic setting and the overall authenticity of the expertly acted proceedings help to make a visit worthwhile, especially if you’re hungry for a taste of Kolkata without the heat, mosquitoes, and 20 million people.
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"A wonderful production with a strong cast and fabulous design"
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Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s bilingual 'Public Obscenities' is the surprise hit of the season.
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"CRITIC’S PICK: It is a testament to Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s gifts as a writer that he is able to evoke as many themes, histories and possibilities as he does in ‘Public Obscenities,’ and leave his audience not dazed or frustrated, but longing for even more.”
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