Summer Shorts 2015 (Series B) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (6)
See it if You want to see 3 of the best one acts performed in NY this season ! The 3 are totally different in every respect and each is a jewel !
Don't see it if You want to see a full length play. That is absolutely the ONLY reason not to see this trio of terrific dramas ! Each is perfect !
See it if you would enjoy an evening of 3 very different plays. some funny,. others difficult but all posing important societal questions
Don't see it if You don't want to be confronted with ethical dilemmas, or if you have serious problems with descriptions of rape, murder or racism
See it if you love new works.All 3 of these short pieces are gems. I look forward to 59E59's Summer Shorts. This trio didn't disappoint.
Don't see it if you don't like shows that make you think while they entertain you.
See it if if you want to see 3 plays in hour and a half. Brillstein's play was very good, the lst one was so so first one was good. all in all fun.
Don't see it if if you want a play that deals with one subject or entity , if you want something that has been proven through touring first then brought to
See it if you don't mind an uneven mix of 1 pretty good show, 1 pretty bad show and 1 pretty amazing show.
Don't see it if you expect consistently high quality and production values.
See it if you enjoy great acting with classic comedy and clever dialogue that gets straight to the point
Don't see it if you like plays with fluff and are drawn out
Critic Reviews (2)
"Vaughn’s direction is overactive...But the tonal mix of the letters reveals a distinct and compelling voice...Lucy Thurber’s lackluster 'Unstuck' is about a demoralized man who spends his birthday moldering at home...In Robert O’Hara’s seamy, steamy 'Built,' Mr. O’Hara keeps shifting perspective so that our comfortable moral judgments get tangled and jangled. Neat and nasty, this is a treacherously erotic piece of writing."
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"'Series B' manages to create something resembling a complete evening of theater...O’Hara reminds us he is a powerful storyteller who, with 'Built.' manages to have his audience situated in a no-man’s land between cringing with half-covered ears and straining to make out every next line...'Love Letters to a Dictator' is configured intriguingly, but by its close it forces us to wonder how interchangeable the recipient of Stella’s poetic inquiries might be."
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