Doctors Jane and Alexander
Doctors Jane and Alexander
Closed 1h 20m NYC: Soho/Tribeca
74% 31 reviews
74%
(31 Ratings)
Positive
71%
Mixed
29%
Negative
0%
Members say
Intelligent, Ambitious, Great acting, Clever, Confusing

About the Show

A new play about the playwright’s grandfather, Alexander S. Wiener, who discovered the Rh Factor in blood. 

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Critic Reviews (4)

The New York Times
February 7th, 2020

"Blood Runs Too Thick in ‘Doctors Jane and Alexander’: Edward Einhorn’s playful play takes on a lot: his scientist grandfather, his aging mother and his own doubts about putting their lives onstage."
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Lighting & Sound America
February 3rd, 2020

"At times, Doctors Jane and Alexander comes across a pileup of interesting data points in search of dramatic expression, but the mother-son scenes are written with real tenderness and regret; Jane's terse answers are suffused with a Pinterian melancholy."
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TheaterScene.net
February 4th, 2020

"Fortunately, the piece is about more than RH factors, even if it doesn't completely spare its audience some of the dry, lid-lowering facts about the red stuff..."
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New York Theater
January 29th, 2020

"Comes off as less about either of these two potentially fascinating people -- their work, their relationship -- than as the theatrical equivalent of Edward Einhorn's family album….painfully self-conscious…It does contain some rich material...It's poignant to see the infirm Jane."
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