The Long Rail North (Soho Playhouse) NYC Reviews and Tickets

See it if An unexpected thought provoking work. Hope that it continues. Audience seemed to agree with us, Xavier Rodney and Anna Hogan were super.also

Don't see it if The set is minimal but at a larger site much can be added ???? I wondered why Private Morgan did not wear remains of his Northern uniform Read more

See it if you are interested in a play about how Blacks must have felt during the Civil War mistreated by Southerners and even Union soldiers.

Don't see it if you are not interested in history or can not handle harsh realities depicted in a play but prefer pure light entertainment. Read more

See it if you would enjoy a story of the south during the Civil War that takes on issues of race, privilege, slavery and lawlessness w/a twisting plot

Don't see it if bare bones staging and the constant roar of a moving train would irk you. Some of the dialog is lost with soft voices and the acting varies.

See it if you would like to see a play about slavery in the US that is also something of a thriller.

Don't see it if you have no tolerance for plot contrivances, even when skillfully deployed. Read more

See it if Civil war time, most take place on a train.

Don't see it if Some of the language is of civil war time. On stage is only two wood boxes. Read more

See it if You like stories about the past in contemporary language. You enjoy plays about historical events.

Don't see it if You dislike an ironic tone and/or melodramatic plot twists. You don't want to heat any racial slurs, even in historical context.

See it if you're interested in Civil War stories or the black experience

Don't see it if violence or racial epithets are triggers for you

See it if you are interested in a thought-provoking play about race relations, different perspectives, and misconceptions.

Don't see it if you are not interested in seeing a script in development. Great potential just needs to get it's point across in a less didactic way.