Semblance NYC Reviews and Tickets

62%

(8 Ratings)

Positive

38%

Mixed

50%

Negative

12%

Members say

Thought-provoking, Relevant, Great acting, Disappointing, Ambitious

About the Show

Presented as both an intimate theatrical installation at NYTW and a remote virtual experience.

A filmed theatrical experience by Whitney White that asks us to examine how Black women are perceived and how we interact with the Black feminine.

In your everyday life, how do you encounter Black women? As  the first voice you hear when you bump your favorite diva’s new song? A millisecond of eye contact with the lady who made your salad? A brief conversation with the woman watching your kids? A coworker? A politician on the screen? Perhaps you simply have to look in the mirror. What do you see? What do you assume?

Show-Score Member Reviews (8)

Intelligent, Relevant, Thought-provoking, Great acting, Clever

See it if you're interested in the different ways video can be used in a space, you want to check out whitney white's work. its more then a short film

Don't see it if you're not into video or "installments".

Relevant, Intelligent, Great acting, Great writing

See it if an in-the-moment film that really should have been a one-person live performance. filmed well with multi tracks and images. acted well

Don't see it if need a live experience instead of a film

Detailed, Cinematic, Great acting, Thought-provoking, Absorbing

See it if interested in a focused look at 8 different black women played by one actor, if you enjoy film and theatre intersecting, enjoy multimedia

Don't see it if you're expecting a live performance, if you would prefer to see live theatre and not interested in a film installation

Disappointing, Thought-provoking, Indulgent, Banal, Cliched

See it if You enjoy seeing filmed performances in theater.

Don't see it if Not really a performance. A film of a performance. And the point seemed to be, “work sucks.” Not exactly revelatory.

Short film

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Resonant, Relevant, Edgy, Thought-provoking, Ambitious

See it if This was a filmed theater experience about how the Black Woman is perceived by writer and by us the viewer.

Don't see it if Each montage was well done, but it lacked cohesiveness.

Insipid, Excruciating, Disappointing

See it if A film of a performance thrills you. If your not particular about what you see.

Don't see it if Lacking story, direction and of being in depth of anything. Needs to be more creative.

Banal, Indulgent, Disappointing, Cliched, Ambitious

See it if and ONLY if you feel the need to be "schooled" on the urban Black woman experience in the United States.

Don't see it if you were expecting a LICE stage production as this is an hour-long VIDEO presentation and NOT a LIVE stage production. Read more

Critic Reviews (2)

"The Black woman is beautiful, multifaceted, and complex. And though this theatrical film may create conversation on who she is, or could be, it unfortunately left me with more questions about who we are, than I had when I walked in."
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"A tour de force performance by Nikiya Mathis...Semblance beautifully makes its point without hitting its message – or us – over the head."
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