Caught NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (39)
See it if What is truth? Be prepared for a surprising and perplexing exploration.
Don't see it if You don't like mental gymnastics.
See it if You like theater that makes you think and is also enjoyable. Excellent script and acting and several fabulous dizzy moments of pure joy.
Don't see it if You like plays that are conventional.
See it if You enjoy being challenged by a piece of theater. This show delights in confusing you, so just go along for the ride.
Don't see it if You don't like confusing or challenging theater. This show sticks with you, but only if you can allow your mind to be expanded.
See it if You'd like a thoughtful, intelligent exploration of life and humanity in a small theater setting
Don't see it if You need a linear story with a plot, dislike off-Broadway productions in small settings or feel uncomfortable with dissimulation
See it if A challenging and engaging work.
Don't see it if (the last section did not work for me but that might be a personal thing.. still worth checking out)
See it if want to see mind-twisting performance
Don't see it if don't want your mind messed up
See it if A fascinating take on truth and how it is stretched and manipulated.Well acted and imaginative
Don't see it if looking at truth and questions about it unsettle you.
See it if You love meta-theater, even if the meta aspects overshadow the theatrical aspects.
Don't see it if Theater bordering on gimmick annoys you.
Critic Reviews (11)
“Evans has created precisely the right ambience for capturing the play’s nuances by inspiring performances that seem off-the-cuff and honest enough to suck the audience into its world. Each member of the ensemble has a relaxed, everyday believability that makes their lies like truth (to quote Shakespeare). Heady as ‘Caught’ is, you’ll find that by the end of its 80 minutes you may not have understood every jot and tittle but that you’ve certainly been caught. And that’s the truth.”
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"It's not a mystery but rather, a series of scenes in which each one changes the context of the previous scene — leading you to ask what is true and how you can be sure....Chen's play has no narrative. And to say too much would ruin the experience. Let's just say that Evans keeps all the reversals from being confusing. Instead, they're disorienting in the best possible way, leading you to question everything you thought you knew."
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"Chen's dark meta-comedy, 'Caught,' is a smart, self-assured meditation on the politics of truth, in art and in life…Under Evans's direction, 'Caught''s cascading series of revelations unfolds crisply, set against shifting white backdrops that give the impression we're in an art gallery, and a theater, at once…There's a frame around every fact, Chen suggests. Theater, an art form in which no one's who they say they are, helps us see it."
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