The Birds

See it if You need to see every version of The Birds ! You need to see all off off Broadway shows. You don't care about the quality of shows you see.

Don't see it if You are offended by actors performing in the nude literally in front of your face ! You don't like shows that drag and use repetitive dialog

See it if you have a lot of extra time on your hands. Or if you want to see what Colin McPherson creates on an off-day.

Don't see it if you have other options. This one is truly a dud. Why did the folks at 59E59 even consider this mess for production?

See it if you enjoy immersive theater; good acting; don't expect anything like Hitchcock's film of the same name; you support 59E59 Theater.

Don't see it if you are easily bored; are put off by gratuitous nudity which adds nothing much to the show; thought Hitchcock's film was awful; hate birds.

Also Wish they had done more with the birds aspect; needed a more scary aura.... Read more Read less

See it if you want drama about human interactions during catastrophes & not about birds (other than some mild sound effects they are basically missing

Don't see it if you are expecting Hitchcock suspense, or McPherson's natural monologues -the ones at the end seem contrived, just to give the play a plot

See it if you like Conor McPherson so much that you even want to see his plays that don't work.

Don't see it if you have anything more exciting to do with 90 minutes of your life - theater or otherwise.

See it if You want to see some really good acting and don't mind not fully fleshed out characters.

Don't see it if You are expecting scary or a play of the famous film "The Birds." If you can't stand nudity on stage or excessive use of fog.

Also This seemed like a workshop of a play. The actors did amazing with what they had but it seemed to not be a completed idea. Yet. I wasn't sitting there looking at my watch but the play was lacking something.... Read more Read less

See it if like ambiguous shows that give much to think and talk about after the show. Fine acting. Wordy dramas that strive to be different,

Don't see it if you are expecting anything close to the movie. Resolutions. Bothered by male nudity, extreme use of fog machines.

Also An interesting play, up to a point. The author never seems to have decided on a why the characters exist in this show. Which early on works, but ultimately I felt by not 'making a stand' for the characters left me wondering who I was to care for or why. Tension is built early but there is no payoff. Also, the staging in the black box was poorly done as only half the audience is seated to see the projections which are used throughout. The use of "The Birds", the movie in advertisements is wrong as this show has practically nothing in common with the movie. In fact, the 'birds' have very little to do with the play except as a device to get the show underway and are never really used as threat to the characters.... Read more Read less

See it if You have absolutely nothing else to do

Don't see it if You enjoy innovating theater with good writing and interesting dialog

See it if You like post-apocalyptic stories

Don't see it if You want fully engaging performances

See it if You want to see three actors give it all they have. They did the very best they could with the material at hand. Note: There are no birds.

Don't see it if You expect anything like Hitchcock's classic. Sadly, I felt neither threat nor terror from the phantom birds.

See it if You have never seen an avant garde show in a small black space with weird lighting effects and plotline you've seen better. And a naked man

Don't see it if you have a delusion that this is anything like Hitchcock. It was so non-suspenseful--I couldn't stop checking my watch.

See it if you are curious about this adaptation about the apocalypse in progress with somewhat sympathetic characters. Physical/spiritual survival?

Don't see it if you expect a thrilling and suspenseful night at the theater. It's less than advertised.