The Red Letter Plays: In the Blood NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if curious how Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1850) sparks a contemporary story for today; interested in welfare, women, and wounds.
Don't see it if fine acting and an unusual set design, dovetailed with flawed writing that soars as much as it sinks, proves too incongruous or frustrating. Read more
See it if you want to see a well-acted and well-directed incisive (if bleak) take on the value our society places on women and motherhood.
Don't see it if you're looking for a light fluffy night of theater.
See it if you are ready for disturbing,dark, ugly, and sad views re: our society. Saycon Sengbloh is superb as Hester.Set is fascinating.
Don't see it if if you are expecting a feel good story. We have a pref. for Parks' Fucking A. I have a problem with the older adults playing the young kids
See it if / for a searing take on "The Scarlet Letter" set in contemporary society
Don't see it if if you want something upbeat; need an intermission (it's 2 hrs without one); graphic descriptions of sexual encounters might trigger you Read more
See it if You like sad shows. It was dark and got darker.
Don't see it if You don't want to be depressed.
See it if you enjoy Parks' canon of social justice and political theater
Don't see it if you prefer not to be confronted with real life issue on stage
See it if You like challenging concepts and hard-to-like characters.
Don't see it if You don't like challenging concepts and hard-to-like characters.
See it if you like somber political statements about women in poverty.
Don't see it if you want subtlety.