Time&#39;s Journey Through a Room

Slow

June 4th, 2018

See it if Starts detached. Very slowly gets into their internal, emotional journey of coping with a dead partner and accepting a new one in.

Don't see it if Super. Slow. Talking. With. Lots. Of. Pauses. Irritate. ...You. Death of a partner is triggering. No real plot annoys you.

Also Ticket from Todaytix for $29.

meccentric
New York City
25-34 | Male

232 reviews

Slow, Interesting, Striking

June 10th, 2018

See it if you enjoy avant-garde theatre.

Don't see it if you do not enjoy having to sit through dialogue delivered at a deliberately glacial pace.

Also I can’t help but think this could’ve been better performed in the original Japanese or perhaps as a walkthrough installation. Striking images, but the dialogue isn’t profound enough to be memorable.... Read more Read less

Philip 6247
New York City

121 reviews

Intelligent, Resonant, Slow, Romantic

June 10th, 2018

See it if you're interested in a piece that is more an evocation of than a drama about grief and the journey past it.

Don't see it if you expect a probing psychological drama.

Also This piece probably comes as close as anything to translating a haiku to the stage.... Read more Read less

Benjamin 0789
New York City
25-34 | Male

65 reviews

Confusing, Slow, Thought-provoking

May 22nd, 2018

See it if You appreciate works by non-United States born writers and stories.

Don't see it if You don't like shows without a clear plot.

Beth 629018
New York City
65+ | Female

325 reviews

During previews

Ambitious, Edgy, Slow, Thought-provoking

May 14th, 2018

See it if If you are interested in a look at death as a transitional state. It is slow but thought provoking.

Don't see it if Do not see if you do not enjoy a slow with limited action play.

Critic Reviews (8)

Laura Collins-Hughes |

May 21st, 2018

"'Time’s Journey' is a response to the Fukushima disaster, and the striking sensory evocation that begins the performance ensures that we make the connection. The translation, by Aya Ogawa, helps with that, too; fluid as it is, it does not feel like American speech...Told in fragments that come t...
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Helen Shaw |

May 21st, 2018

"The glacially paced 'Time’s Journey' is challenging...Our heartbeats and our thoughts slow. In this down-tempo mode, 'Time’s Journey' feels like a marathon: Time staggers, creeps, crawls through the room. Your thoughts may be inclined to flutter out of the box that Okada and Rothenberg have made...
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David Barbour |

May 21st, 2018

"Events unfold at a pace that may confound many Americans in the audience...'Time's Journey Through a Room' is never dull, yet it never deeply engages. And once again, one is left wondering if, in its detachment -- not to mention its allusion to still-recent traumatic events -- the play may have ...
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Darryl Reilly |

May 21st, 2018

"With its glacial pace, crypticness and arresting production design, Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada’s 'Time’s Journey Through a Room' at first seems more suited to a museum than a theater. However, halfway through its one hour running time it metamorphosizes into a majestic rumination on the p...
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