See it if You're a person attracted to the macro questions of life: what constitutes a good life and how do you make one even if you're not born lucky
Don't see it if Eleven actors of different ages, gender and race playing the same character, are beyond what you wish to comprehend Read more
See it if You can follow a slightly surreal, kind of non-linear plot. You like non-traditional stories. You like good writing.
Don't see it if You want something easy to follow or traditional. You’re looking for something big and flashy. Read more
See it if You would be interested in a gender-fluid autobiography.
Don't see it if You don’t want to pay close attention; the details are rewarding, but require focus. Read more
See it if you like your comedy and tragedy in equal parts and can follow non-linear narratives
Don't see it if unfinished stories are not to your liking or you get confused by actors playing multiple parts
See it if want a non-traditional look at life from cradle to grave, with a lot of laughs and an excellent cast.
Don't see it if you don't want to be challenged and need everything spelled out for you. Can be confusing, but if you hang in there, it is very rewarding. Read more
See it if You like a talent cast of 11 (including children), who play multiple characters. It’s very emotive, well-acted, well-staged. If you watch
Don't see it if AND love ❤️ “This Is Us”, on NBC, then you’ll love this play. I love that the cast was diverse, in age, gender, ethnicity, size, etc. I love Read more
See it if you love unconventional plays that are both masterfully written and emotionally satisfying.
Don't see it if you get easily confused with alternative and idiosyncratic storytelling. Read more
See it if You enjoy seeing theater that tries to tell stories in different ways. This show was simultaneously completely relatable and foreign.
Don't see it if You don’t like to think at the theater. You like straightforward storytelling.
CRITIC’S PICK ‘The Underlying Chris,’ You Are Who You Were" Will Eno’s new play about the many people each person contains is glib at first, but grows, like life, from trick to tragicomedy.
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"The subject of Will Eno’s new play is, he tells us, 'Life on Earth.'"
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"The latest play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Eno, author of 'Thom Pain (based on nothing),' chronicles a life from infancy to death in unconventional fashion."
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Will Eno debuts his latest exploration of life, death, and the identity that coalesces in between.'
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"Will Eno's Charming and Sweetly Philosophical 'THE UNDERLYING CHRIS'"
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"Eno's efforts to universalize the title character works against him; his subdivision plan, parceling Chris out to different actors, allows us to follow him/her through the seven ages of man, but it prevents a recognizable person from coming into focus."
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"One of the Chrises ruefully admits, 'It's easy for people to forget who they are sometimes.' Perhaps this is true, but in Eno's lovely and thought-provoking play, 'The Underlying Chris' makes a memorable and indelible impression."
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