See it if First of, I’d totally see this again- bummed it closing tomorrow— it’s totally my type of show: there’s humor, drama, and suspense. LGBT,
Don't see it if Interracial, inter-generational, timely... what else could I ask for? The acting was spot on, by all. The teenage, “mulatto”/black girl,with Read more
See it if You want a play with great writing and acting. Beautiful story line and production that makes you think and feel. Very topical.
Don't see it if You prefer light hearted comedies or non dramatic work.
See it if You want to see an excellent production with great acting and an universal theme.
Don't see it if You feel uncomfortable about seeing a gay family.
See it if You want a fresh theater voice that presents a layered, yet not preachy, sense of living as a person of color.
Don't see it if You want a face paced, provocative, edgy piece of theater. This is a thoughtful, slice of life play
See it if you wonder what it might be like to be African-American in a small New England town, growing up in a biracial gay family.
Don't see it if you are rigidly straight,, conservative and like fluffy theater. Read more
See it if you're interested in shows about the feeling / fear of being stuck somewhere and how that can eat away at you and turn you into someone else
Don't see it if you are frustrated when a character's motivations aren't spelled out clearly, or if you need your minority characters to be above reproach
See it if You are interested in a drama about family relations, marriage and parenting.
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See it if Intelligent, probing drama of black and white gay dads trying to raise a black teen daughter while being the only family of color in town.
Don't see it if Great acting, direction and set. Uncomfortable drama for the white audience. Similar themes treated in "Fairview" and "Slave Play."
"Trying Too Hard to Be Special: Gay dads and their 'woke genius' daughter face the limitations of life in a patchy new play by Jeff Augustin."
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3/5 Stars "Augustin cleverly puts a mixed-race family at the center of the story, illustrating that although chasing dreams can be more complicated for people of color, ennui is ubiquitous. While it is only 100 minutes long, however, 'The New Englanders' feels unfocused and overstretched."
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"The New Englanders Is Like a Donald Margulies Play With Gay and Black People: Two dads raise a rebellious daughter in New England in Jeff Augustin's latest play."
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"Jeff Augustin's 'THE NEW ENGLANDERS' Seeks To Expand The Perception of Stage Characters of Color"
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3/5 Stars "'Mixed-Race Gay Couple with Daughter Clash': Jeff Augustin's play doesn't quite get to the bottom of a family's incipient dysfunction"
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"The changes in the typical American family are indeed welcome. But these now acceptable new family units have brought on new new issues...And it should thus not come as a surprise that the marriages possible in our more open minded societies don't all follow a blissfully ever after path."
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