The Half-Life of Marie Curie NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (127)
See it if you are interested in the lives of 2 brilliant female scientists in a male-oriented scientific + general world, and their friendship.
Don't see it if you are not interested in the lives of these 2 women, the (applied) science they produced (e.g. during WW I), + the struggles they fought. Read more
See it if you want to take a closer look at the amazing women who changed our world. You walk out of there feeling ready to take on any challenge.
Don't see it if you don't love intimate theater, you're not interested in empowered women
See it if Great actors, delivering powerful performances of a really moving script, on a sparse, but inviting stage is your thing.
Don't see it if You're looking for a big Broadway musical.
See it if You want to see one of the most powerful , positive depictions of female friendship, empowerment, achievement and sexual desire.
Don't see it if You don't like plays with two women or are a sexist dope. Read more
See it if Lady sesh.Feminist fever dream. Mulgrew is manna. Goddesses of scientific wonder and proof shielded from men and scandal."Beautiful genius."
Don't see it if Radon decay."God made women stronger than the world they're in/She refuses to be told how good she is, knowing how much better she could be" Read more
See it if you want to learn about the first woman Nobel Prize Winner and she won the Nobel twice, once for Physics and the second time for Chemistry.
Don't see it if You do not want to learn about historical figures or are anti-feminism.
See it if you'd like drama on 2 great women of science, well-played & staged, shot through w/poetic language & license. Lots of monkeying w history.
Don't see it if you expect a true story on Marie Curie & her friend Hertha Ayrton or true biographic. It's art & takes artistic license. Read more
See it if You’re interested in shows based in fact with excellent acting and messages that are still relevant to today’s woman. Like Informative shows
Don't see it if You don’t care about women’s history or struggles of the past that still exist to an extent today, don’t like female-centric/driven shows,
Critic Reviews (12)
"Female Chemistry in ‘The Half-Life of Marie Curie’: A new play focuses on the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and her friendship with Hertha Ayrton, a fellow scientist played by Kate Mulgrew."
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4/5 Stars "A frisky, feminist crowd-pleaser...While the play may not be as inventive as the women it celebrates, it’s enlightening and entertaining...Faridany holds her own opposite supernova Mulgrew...Their performances do a lot to bring Gunderson’s history lesson to life."
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"The Half-Life of Marie Curie Shows How Marie Got Her Groove Back: Audible produces Lauren Gunderson's two-person play about the friendship between Curie and Hertha Ayrton."
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"Kate Mulgrew and Francesca Faridany Muse Over Science and Sexism in Lauren Gunderson's 'THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE'"
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"Improbably, as if via nuclear fission, the life of an iconic female scientist is converted into sparkling high comedy in this amusing, enlightening two-hander."
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4/5 Stars "It's rare to classify a show as both fun and educational, but Lauren Gunderson's play is just that, powered by two turn-of-the-20th-century female STEM stars."
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2/5 Stars: "Seeming almost like a school play, it's an ode to STEM skills and female friendship, except with four-letter words and great production values."
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"A specialist in biographical plays, her 'The Half-Life of Marie Curie' is of particular interest in that it tells a little-known story of a very famous figure. It is also notable for the vivid performances of Kate Mulgrew and Francesca Faridany."
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