Till We Meet Again

See it if you like a story with an interesting mix of war with its horrors and love, family, honor, attempts to do the right thing.

Don't see it if you only like big productions with lots of props (this one has very minimal props) or don't like to be reminded of war.

Also 11-year old Mehret Marsh as granddaughter and David L Carson as Robert are great, and the other actors are pretty good, too. I loved the historical film projections. I thought the story was interestingly different and yet very relatable and was absorbed by it from beginning to end. They had a few mic problems but I believe we saw the first preview and I am sure they can sort it out.... Read more Read less

See it if You like an original subject, historical connections, bare bones staging, talented actors. Interesting historical film backdrops.

Don't see it if You want a fast moving up beat evening or elaborate staging

See it if You like good acting; you like melodrama (which here was meant to be symbolic) with a historical backdrop

Don't see it if You do not like fictionalized history, and this history was fictionalized into a preposterous story, you dislike melodrama

Also This show wanted to say some serious things about war and the role of women but the fictionalized history of the bombing of Hiroshima with the survival of Allied soldiers in a foxhole detracted from it. So did the family melodrama.

It was also disconcerting to have the grandmother as a caricature although she played an important part in the plot, while the rest of the actors were being naturalistic, at least most of the time

It takes a lot of skill to combine symbolism with naturalism and this play did not quite pull it off.

The child actress was amazing although at the end she too was saying symbolic things rather than acting like a child.... Read more Read less

See it if Well staged, excellent young lead.

Don't see it if If you don’t like plays where there are obvious clues to the ending.

See it if you have no knowlege of WW2 & aftermath or will overlook a preposterous plot to enjoy a few good performances.

Don't see it if you have any common sense and will have trouble ignoring a preposterous plot.

Also Spoiler alert....
I enjoyed the first act.However, the idea that 2 white US citizens were asked to get a Japanese-American spy out of a Hiroshima hospital the day the nuclear bomb was dropped, but escaped injury by crawling into a foxhole in Hiroshima(!) ; that despite the destruction of Hiroshima they were able to get out safely & that one of them would then travel to see the other many years later to tell him that he might have been exposed to something horrible while he was in Hiroshima on the day of the bombing because otherwise he would have never known are just some of the many plot holes. Yes, the hospital really was ground zero for the attack. (Does the author not know what happened to people within walking distance of the hospital that day? ) The idea that anyone would have been able to escape Hiroshima AFTER the bomb was dropped without difficulty and wouldn't have known what kind of bomb was dropped by 1950 or later defies common sense.
No historical films at my performance... Read more Read less

See it if Very slow- low energy but interesting plot-

Don't see it if you have no patience

See it if you'd like to see what appears to be an unedited plot lifted from a 1940s war movie with all kinds of disparate detours; has some moments

Don't see it if you would like to spend your time watching a coherent, finished piece of work and not sit there wondering how you would fix this one

Also There is a germ of an interesting idea under all the meandering subplots, but I still can't get over the feeling I have seen this before in an old movie. This play was like watching a first draft of something that could possibly be a worthy production, but is not now ready for public viewing. Needs a serious rewrite and an impartial editor to do some purging. This play was like watching someone make a salad with too many ingredients to be palatable. Perhaps the side trips to Japan & (maybe) Hawaii were relevant but what's with that banjo, and Australia (Australia?) and Scotland (?) Geez, please reevaluate Kevin's TERRIBLE "accent" and those distracting paste-on sideburns.... Read more Read less

See it if You like plays that make you reflect about life and think about feelings and what moves us. If you like to hear about strong women and war.

Don't see it if You want a glitzy show or big production