Six Characters
Closed 2h 10m
Six Characters
56%
56%
(34 Ratings)
Positive
44%
Mixed
24%
Negative
32%
Members say
Confusing, Ambitious, Slow, Disappointing, Quirky

About the Show

When trifling citizens storm a cultural center, all hell breaks loose. Wigs fly. Wounds open.

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Critic Reviews (8)

The New York Times
July 29th, 2024

"At the heart of “Six Characters” is justified anger at racist systems"
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New York Theatre Guide
July 29th, 2024

"Phillip Howze’s form-breaking play challenges expectations"
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New York Magazine / Vulture
July 30th, 2024

"If Six Characters, then, ends anticlimactically, it’s intentionally so."
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Theatermania
July 29th, 2024

"...two uneven acts that are sometimes comical but more often soporific."
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Talkin' Broadway
July 29th, 2024

"satire does not sufficiently land...the play was apparently unredeemable."
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New York Theater
July 29th, 2024

"cleverness is only intermittently discernible on a surface full of deliberate longueurs."
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C
July 29th, 2024

"The show runs just over two hours...but at times it feels longer."
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Off Off Online
July 30th, 2024

"...Howze pours a bewildering array of ideas and scenarios into his homage."
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