Divine Horsemen

See it if You loved the Labyrinth Theater of the early 2000s - See it if you like raw story lines about tough neighborhoods - see if you liked FARGO

Don't see it if U R looking for light fare or are challenged by rapid dialogue - Don't see it if u don't like grit - don't see it if you hated Pulp Fiction

Also To be clear my favorite plays are Stephen Adly Guris's Motherfucker with a hat, Jesus Hopped the A Train, Our Lady of 121 Street and John Patrick Shanley's Storefront Chuch , Quiara Alegría Hudes' Water by the Spoonful and Daphine's Dive - so you get the picture

I just loved this

There are weaknesses

The dialogue is too dense in spaces - & trying too hard to get in street lingo at certain points

It needs more rehearsing - they need to figure out the pauses / timing / pace a bit

The younger actor is less believable - less comfortable in his role... Read more Read less

See it if Bring a friend who's not into theater but loves gangster/crime caper films. Great street-a-logue (I made that word up)

Don't see it if One of the actors was clearly out of his league. He slowed things down a bit. The other two are knockouts. Needs some pauses for laughter.

See it if Desperate trio courts the devil, with devastating consequences. Violent, yet ultimately a satisfying morality tale. Excellent acting.

Don't see it if Extremely dark humor. Graphic descriptions of violent acts to people and animals. Four flight walk-up to theater.

See it if You like gritty, male-oriented, intense drama with a good dose of humor and violence thrown in and excellent acting.

Don't see it if You are sensitive to a story involving loan-sharking and questionable moral activity.

See it if If you want to see 4 powerhouse electrifying performances in an intense dark play about bad men doing bad things.

Don't see it if If you are offended by criminal behavior and rough language.

Also This is a bare bones play, beautifully acted and staged. It stays with you.... Read more Read less

See it if You love great acting and a snappy script.

Don't see it if You like fluffy musicals.

Also If I could, I would see it again. Each of the performers was outstanding. Kudos to Mr. Calderon: the play is earthy, fast-faced, and sucks you in. There were a few well-placed comedic moments to break the drama at the right time. When the play is over, you don't want to leave; you want to remain with the characters.... Read more Read less

See it if you are interested in a fast paced crime drama with spots of humor. The acting is amazing, powerful with well choreographed fight scenes.

Don't see it if you are easily offended by remarks and behavior that are anti-women and cruel to animals and the handicapped. Bad men doing bad things.

See it if You want to see a great play with great acting.

Don't see it if You don't like small theaters or simple staging.

See it if Like snappy dialog and great acting; reminiscent of Stephen Adly Guirgis

Don't see it if Sometimes gratuitously un-PC, plot forced.

See it if you enjoy intense drama with some laughs and racial humor

Don't see it if you are offended by profanity, politically incorrect language and acts of violence

Also In spite of negative & politically incorrect remarks and acts, it was a well-acted, entertaining show... Read more Read less

See it if If you want to see intense acting laced with violence and well staged fight choreography.

Don't see it if Might have a bit of trouble understanding quickly spoken slang- but this did not diminish raw power of this production.

See it if You like AMERICAN BUFALO, but with more plot

Don't see it if You are not able to suspend your disbelief

See it if You like tense, American Buffalo like dramas with clever wit and authentic everyday characters struggling to achieve the American Dream.

Don't see it if You don't like gritty, true to life plays, or are way too politically correct and easily offended by characters who speak the way they feel.

See it if you enjoy watching loathsome characters engaging in loathsome activities. Plus you get amazing character actors from TV.

Don't see it if you insist on political correctness. If you are looking for amazing sets, lighting, etc you should look elsewhere; this is bare bones.

See it if you love great actors and great writing, you want to laugh, but also be surprised by the meaning it holds, if you like Stephen Adly Guirgis

Don't see it if you don't like violence, you are sensitive around subject matter involving developmental disabilities

See it if you enjoy gritty, raw and non-PC theater which is nearly too realistic. Violence against people, animals, the disabled; women are disparaged

Don't see it if you don't enjoy any of the above; not for the squeemish, especially description of cruelty to animals, women as nags; very dark humor

Also So many non-PC things going on, in a way it's hard to take seriously if you are a very PC person. Fine acting and a somewhat absurd situation made this piece a worthwhile evening spent. And they DO have an elevator, but you need to call the number on the front door to fetch it.... Read more Read less

See it if well written fast paced stories are enjoyable, even if they aren't terribly profound

Don't see it if violence, whether psychotic, socio-economic, or protective, is something you can't tolerate.

Also David Deblinger's autistic Raffi is a bit over the top. An autistic individual as high functioning as Raffi is unlikely to be continuously out of control.... Read more Read less

See it if You like heist/crime stories. You're into comic books. You are not easily distressed by stage violence or descriptions of animal abuse.

Don't see it if You want female characters to be more than off-hand remarks about nagging wives and hysterical mothers.

See it if good plotting and engaging tragedy catches your attention regardless of performance

Don't see it if Excess profanity and expletives annoy you, if lines are missed due to being unable to hear them, then skip this show.

See it if You want to see some great acting in a really small space

Don't see it if Want to see something that is polished and complete

Also Overall this play is missing a little bit of everything with the exception of one thing. The acting! I have never seen a play with such great acting while everything else is lacking. I don’t understand why an actor has to play the part of JoJo? Why can’t the same actor that plays raffi also play jojo? The actor that plays JoJo is in the play for two Quick scenes playing two different people with no lines. Raffi it’s not in the play until the end. The only thing I can think of is that this actor is also part of the production team and wanted to be on stage. I don’t want to pick on this actor but when the play ended and after the actors took their final bow he broke the wall and kissed a member of the audience. I really hope he reads this or someone that knows him reads this and tells him that is very unprofessional. That would bother me if I saw that in a community theater. I really wish someone could have cleaned this play up a bit and still used this exact same cast... Read more Read less

See it if you want to see some good actors perform a depressing story. The acting/writing was good, but I can't say I enjoyed myself.

Don't see it if skip this if you're averse to hearing animal torture; that's what utterly lost my sympathy for the characters. It's a rough show.

See it if You like great acting! David Zayas is a tour de force, forreal. It's incredible to see him up close. The ensemble rounds it out nicely.

Don't see it if You're gentle. There's a lot of hyper-masculinity in this play, and not a lot of redeeming characters. Women are poorly represented.