Rhinoceros
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Rhinoceros NYC Reviews and Tickets

61%
(48 Ratings)
Positive
46%
Mixed
33%
Negative
21%
Members say
Confusing, Thought-provoking, Slow, Ambitious, Great acting

About the Show

The Seeing Place Theater presents a revival of Eugene Ionesco's absurdist classic about a small town whose citizens begin turning into rhinos.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (48)

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63 Reviews | 7 Followers
70
Clever, Entertaining, Indulgent, Overrated, Thought-provoking

See it if You would like to see a classic of the canon in a traditional way

Don't see it if If you like realistic dramas, or polished productions

153 Reviews | 44 Followers
69
Ambitious, Confusing, Entertaining, Original, Quirky

See it if you enjoy a bit of structured improv, have an inclination for the absurd, want to support small theater companies.

Don't see it if you are looking for a cohesive storyline, hate the abstract, and are uncomfortable with awkwardness.

337 Reviews | 61 Followers
68
Dizzying, Thought-provoking, Overwhelming, Busy

See it if you like absurdist works and can handle shows with a lot going on both on and off stage.

Don't see it if you're brain can't watch a play and read things around you and deal with actors walking all over and making noise while a scene is happening

53 Reviews | 16 Followers
68
Ambitious, Confusing, Slow, Original, Uneven performance between acts

See it if you love Ionesco, want an interesting 2nd Act enabling you to "feel' the rhinos taking over, want something that relates to modern issues

Don't see it if you cant sit through a very slow drawn out first act, want action throughout, dislike the premise of the play

MJK
677 Reviews | 193 Followers
66
Awkward, Ambitious, Thought-provoking, Slow, Resonant

See it if you want to see one of the seminal works of absurdist theatre, smartly staged and still resonant in our current times.

Don't see it if the uneven performances, disjointed translation & slow Act II will distract you from an ambitious mounting of a rarely-performed piece.

563 Reviews | 194 Followers
65
Ambitious, Great writing, Slow, Uneven performances, Distracting staging

See it if You understand that you'll be seeing an absurdist play. You want to see an historic, rarely performed classic play.

Don't see it if You expect a uniformly talented cast-some performers are great, some are awful! You're unfamiliar w/absurdism.

209 Reviews | 54 Followers
65
Confusing, Thought-provoking

See it if you enjoy absurdism and thought-provoking theater

Don't see it if you like shows that grab you right from the first five minutes (the opening scene drags on...the last one kind of does too)

57 Reviews | 41 Followers
64
Relevant to our times, disappointing execution

See it if Drags, doesn't capture tragic & comic aspects of play, performances uneven, semi-modern details add little to original

Don't see it if /unless you've read or seen a good production that you can reminisce about during the 3-hour performance

Critic Reviews (3)