The Michaels NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (81)
See it if You relish spending time being an observer of human behavior among an intriguing array of people. The Apple's neighbors .
Don't see it if You prefer heavy plotting and all questions to be answered
See it if Delicious return to the Rhinebeck table . The team of Plunkett & O. Saunders (spouses) and Nelson masterly mesh verite acting and writing.
Don't see it if Slow and meandering are no deterrents when realism slices through Life's trials providing a consistently satisfying night of TRUE theatre. Read more
See it if you're a fan of Richard Nelson's "family plays" or enjoy drama unfolding at a leisurely pace through character development.
Don't see it if you prefer your plays to be heavily plotted or if you like your actors to shout loud enough to reach the 2nd balcony. Read more
See it if you are a lover of theatre and true ensemble acting. Time flies when you see any of these "Rhinebeck" plays.
Don't see it if you aren't ready to truly focus. If you have any hearing issues get a device because the dialogue is at real voice levels.
See it if you like Richard Nelson and his Rhinebeck stories
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See it if poignant interaction of dying woman who will not go quietly/those honoring her; dance scenes brilliantly reveal inter-generational dynamics
Don't see it if 4 some Nelson’s approach/observing everyday scenes among family/friends is agonizingly slow; I find it revelatory here Read more
See it if you enjoy Nelson's slice-of-life plays and are interested in peaking into the world of a Hudson Valley family
Don't see it if you want a big story, don't like dance (or rather talk of dance) or want something with flash
See it if u want to observe the latest family in Nelson's Rhinebeck Panorama & witness the best, most naturalistic acting anywhere on the NYC panorama
Don't see it if you're hungry [An entire meal is prepared on stage]; you don't like kitchen-sink drama or cerebral plays that unravel slowly in real-time. Read more
Critic Reviews (15)
CRITIC’S PICK "Dance as Life in Upstate New York: In this delicately wrought portrait of a dying choreographer and her family, Richard Nelson’s play considers the redemptive powers of art in fractious times."
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4/5 Stars "Part of the power of these plays lies in the naturalism and lack of sentimentality with which Nelson...allows them to unfold. And he's fortunate to be reunited here with Sanders and Plunkett, who bring affecting honesty to seemingly ordinary interactions."
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"Richard Nelson’s Family Cycles Capture Life in Real Time: The up-to-the-minute timeliness of the playwright’s work is like a magnifying glass that focusses and intensifies the moment."
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"Playwright-director Richard Nelson continues his intimate portraiture of our troubled times with the latest elegiac chapter in his 'Rhinebeck Panorama.'"
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"Richard Nelson Adds a New Family To His Intriguing Rhinebeck Panorama with 'THE MICHAELS'"
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"Delicately wrought and hard as a rock, 'The Michaels' seduces with the details, caught on the fly, of lives well-lived in spite of everything. The play, subtitled, 'Conversations During Difficult Times,' is a balm for troubled spirits."
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5/5 Stars "Nelson, in his 'Rhinebeck Panorama' series, has presented us with evening after evening after evening of intriguing and engrossing drama. The Michaels join the Apples and the Gabriels, and playgoers are urged to take a seat around the table while seats are still available."
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4/5 Stars "It's nice to be back in Rhinebeck. The Michaels is a work about time passing, about things passing, about remembering what came before - and is there anything so ephemeral as the steps to a movement long ago last danced?:
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