Strings Attached NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if love physics or any sciences, have an intelligent sense of humor, love a play on words...or just want to see a really good play.
Don't see it if you are looking for a musical or don't actually like to think or read or write.
See it if Fascinating discussion with the world’s great minds & paralleling 3 exceptional scientists, bringing in human factors of love & pain.
Don't see it if Skip if you prefer a comedy or musical.
See it if An exciting new play that asks the rare question of how science and religion are connected.Very clever writing and brilliant acting.
Don't see it if Uninterested in deep scientific talk. U aren't patient: the last part of the first act is where the play builds up to an interesting effect.
See it if You’re up for a fresh, inventive take on life and relationships through the lens of physics and particle theory.
Don't see it if Unless you dislike/resist thinking, no reason not to. Entertaining & funny, it manages to clearly explain most theories of particle physics. Read more
See it if Like plays which involve physics.
Don't see it if Hate living characters talking to dead famous scientists. Read more
See it if you enjoy the mix of relationships and physics and ID say philosophy. It helps to have a little knowledge of science to catch it all.
Don't see it if You have NO interest in science, or if 3 people stuck in their heads rather than driven by their bodies isn’t hitting the mark.
See it if you want to see what happens when three scientists engage in debates that could decide their professional and personal lives.
Don't see it if you don't like to hear scientific lectures.
See it if You enjoy well-acted, well-written plays that make you think, with interesting characters and intelligent writing.
Don't see it if You're not interested in a science-themed play, or the idea of parallel universes.
Critic Reviews (9)
"As 'Strings Attached' demonstrates, trying to force physics into the role of religion leaves us with pithy clichés better suited to a greeting card than scripture — much less a scientific journal."
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"If you are keen on learning something about the science behind tales of parallel universes, you won't be disappointed."
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"The running gags quickly cease to be amusing – even when Newton and screwing in a 17th-century light bulb is brought up."
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From the clever double entendre title to its fantastical involvement of three famous long dead physicists, Carole Buggé’s "Strings Attached" tries very hard to rise out of the morass what is basically a sad love triangle but is ultimately overwhelmed by frippery and cliché.
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"It’s as if various points of view, characters, and information was put in a hat, shaken out, then seasoned by what Carol Bugge thinks of as theater of the absurd. The piece is ponderous."
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"In the chaos of dimensions at times 'Strings Attached' feels almost stream of consciousness, and yet does not lose its way. It maintains structure, with its strong, intelligent dialogue."
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The play uses…. the train trip to introduce various concepts in physics in a largely unintimidating way, with varying degrees of clarity. It also attempts to connect physics with everyday life, through metaphor, sometimes effectively. But in an apparent effort to make the science more palatable for the layman, “Strings Attached” weighs that train trip down with all manner of contrivance, ranging from clever to corny to cringeworthy.
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[An] ambitious, eccentric, and frustratingly tiresome attempt to dramatize human relationships by analogy with scientific theories...The blend of styles, from farce to fantasy to realism...is beyond director Alexis Kelly’s ability to pull off; her actors range from so-so to earnest to respectable...; some of the casting is unconvincing; and Jessica Parks’s set design...is seriously problematic.
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