American Moor NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (8)
See it if if you want to be completely captivated by Cobb's magnificent and enlightening (almost) solo reflections on playing Othello today.
Don't see it if if you have no interest in racial stereotyping and the modern theater. Read more
See it if you are ready for something intimate but brave, personal, unapologetic, funny and heartbreaking - all in one.
Don't see it if you can't handle the open and just anger of marginalized people. Also, if you only enjoy big productions. Read more
See it if informative, intelligent, dramatic theatrical work intrigues you. A performance I hope to see several times.
Don't see it if you are not interested in the complex and layered experiences of racial prejudice.
See it if You like to see the challenge of a (almost) one man show! Can relate, sympathize or care about the Black mans experience and angst!
Don't see it if You do not want to confront social and profession realities of a Black man, and his emotions! Read more
See it if you are interesting in seeing a mind-challenging, verbally dense show of ideas and anguish. If you like highly charged performances.
Don't see it if you don't like getting bombarded and at times overwhelmed by a highly personal response to important and relevant social themes and issues. Read more
See it if You want to see an earnest thought provoking play about acting and race.
Don't see it if You don’t like monologue heavy plays.
See it if Keith Hamilton Cobb has written and is acting in an amazing play - a play that asks important questions about race, casting actors - IT.
Don't see it if You want to sleep, feel happy, and think the musical ‘Whale of a Tale’ is the high point of Western Civilisation - you want onto WhatsApp.
See it if you are looking to see what it is like to be a minority, or if you are a minority then you get to hear an inspirational story.
Don't see it if the talk of racism triggers you, and or you are close minded. Read more
Critic Reviews (2)
"'American Moor' breaks free of its creator via its sheer boldness and its honesty about the racial issues that still surface at theater venues in the Obama era. Cobb may well be the first Black American artist, in fact, to look Shakespeare's Moor squarely in his black eyes and then write about the minefield that a black actor must navigate before dramatizing the iconic role on stage. "
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"I laughed unexpectedly. Felt annoyed at idiot teachers. Was fascinated by your character study of Othello. And saddened that, best I can tell, you speak all of it from infuriating experience. Very well done, indeed."
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