The White Dress NYC Reviews and Tickets

72%

(15 Reviews)

Positive

53%

Mixed

47%

Negative

Members say

Slow, Relevant, Ambitious, Thought-provoking, Disappointing

About the Show

Based on the playwright’s true-life experience, this is a genderqueer coming-of-age tale for the they/them generation.

Part religious rite, part dance/performance, "The White Dress" is Jonathan Howard’s genderqueer coming-of-age journey through familial shaming, peer bullying, and unrequited love to redefine what male looks, sounds and feels like. "The White Dress" features a music and movement score that accentuates Jonathan’s odyssey to be free in their own skin.

Member Reviews (15)

Edgy, Intelligent, Slow, Ambitious

See it if If you want a coming of age story. Music drowns words at times. Decent direction and acting.

Don't see it if If you do not like LGBTQ stories. If you do not like smaller venues with little to no AC.

Quirky, Slow, Entertaining, Great acting, Relevant

See it if you like new theater with honest representation of characters, mostly very well played by this cast, sharing important messages for society.

Don't see it if hearing every word is important as music sometimes drowns actors and multi-directional speaking is often lost. Some tough editing needed.

Critic Reviews (1)

July 13th, 2019

Darryl Reilly

"Packed with emotion, adolescent angst and eventfully picaresque, playwright Roger Q. Mason's passionate autobiographical saga of a "gender non-conforming queer person of color." It's boldly presented and contains vivid performances, but the amorphous structure and idiosyncratic writing dilute its momentum."
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