Arendt-Heidegger: A Love Story NYC Reviews and Tickets

79%

(29 Ratings)

Positive

86%

Mixed

14%

Negative

Members say

Thought-provoking, Intelligent, Ambitious, Absorbing, Relevant

About the Show

This world premiere dramatizes the relationship between two leading intellectuals of the twentieth century: Hannah Arendt, a Zionist, and Martin Heidegger, who became an ardent Nazi.

Hannah Arendt was a brilliant political theorist and a philosophical thinker of the first rank. As a teenager, she commenced an affair with Martin Heidegger, a celebrated German philosopher who went on to become a leading and unapologetic supporter of Adolf Hitler. After World War II, Arendt maintained her friendship with Heidegger, met with him and corresponded with him, despite Heidegger’s silent refusal to disavow the Nazi party. The play explores how this could have happened, by probing into the Arendt/Heidegger affair.

Show-Score Member Reviews (29)

Thought-provoking, Interesting

See it if Interested in learning a little more about this relationship in a well crafted and well acted drama

Don't see it if You would like an action adventure story or prefer a beer night with some entitled jerks who will serve or are serving in an illicit GOP g

Ambitious, Intense, Profound, Relevant, Intelligent

See it if If you like autobiographical plays, history, philosophy

Don't see it if If you want a grand production

Ambitious, Slow, Thought-provoking, Historical, Reality-based

See it if You are interested in the love affair between 2 Germans - one a Jew, the other became a Nazi. Span from 1920s thru 1960s.

Don't see it if You can’t keep still for long speeches and discussions of what is “being” and what poets are the best. Read more

Great acting, Entertaining, Thought-provoking, Ambitious, Slow

See it if you know or want to begin to know the two principals and their interaction over five decades in a multi-scene production, well-staged & lit.

Don't see it if ou are not interested in philosophy, the German-Jewish struggles pre and post WWII or do not like long plays with over 20 scene changes.

Relevant, Thought-provoking, Intelligent

See it if you like autobiographies, history and great acting. All the actors are really good

Don't see it if you've had a bad experience or are just aren't interested in infidelity

Entertaining

See it if You are interested in Heidigger's cowardice under totalitarianism. You'll be inspired by Cassirer's clear sightedness.

Don't see it if You expect some of Arendt's brilliant insights, this is about their affair, with predictable, if entertaining scenes. Read more

Entertaining, Clever staging & lighting / great video-projection, Strong fully-committed performances, Enlightening / informative / relevant, Historical (episodic) / funny / intelligent

See it if you'd enjoy a based-on-true-life drama re: WWII, history, philosophy, featuring a very small (clipped) glimpse into the "A-H" relationship.

Don't see it if you can't sit thru a LONG show w/TONS of scene changes. Except for the beautiful pics (video-projection), this one's a big mental exercise. Read more

Uneven, Restrained, Historical, Long, Informative

See it if the political chaos in our country has you seeking a voice of reason. The portrait of Hannah Arendt here is periodically arresting.

Don't see it if you'd like to see Heidegger truly confronted for his anti-Semitism. The playwright pulls a lot punches (and places too much blame on Mrs. H) Read more

Critic Reviews (5)

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