Don't Look Back NYC Reviews and Tickets
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Production Covid-19 Safety ProtocolsShow-Score Member Reviews (7)
See it if you like well written off-off Broadway shows, appreciate a good interpretation of a classic biblical tale.
Don't see it if You don't like off-off Broadway shows, classic tales with a modern twist, re-interpretations of Biblical stories. Read more
See it if You want to ponder on the timeless issue of refugees thru a known&well-acted biblical story, staged in the round.
Don't see it if The script could benefit from some editing as dialogue plays a bit flat and preachy at times.
See it if you would like a modern take on a Biblical story. Good acting, sound and lights on unique staging refined & managed by two shadows.
Don't see it if if expect to learn something new about this story - it follows the same path with modern dress. Seating in the round so you miss some action
See it if A very well written and directed show.
Don't see it if Very intense at times. If you want a lite show.
See it if minimum staging and the acting was uneven...90 mnutes..Good lighting...
Don't see it if If you are lookng or something sustantial...
See it if This is an unusual production of a beautifully written play, with strong acting.
Don't see it if If you don't like intense, provocative stories. Read more
See it if you're looking for something different, with beautiful writing, staging, acting and sound design. All the elements of this show are stron
Don't see it if you're not a fan of bold, downtown theater. Read more
Critic Reviews (5)
"Although there are moments of suspense thanks to some effective lighting, sound, and projection design (by, respectively, Paul Bartlett, Fan Zhang, and Tuânminh A Đỗ), the dialog becomes repetitive and increasingly philosophic and abstract, ending in some future place where Edith, permanently encased, a statue of salt, muses on her ultimate defiance, unhumbled and still looking back and remembering."
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"'Don’t Look Back,' by Adam Kraar, highlights current issues and profound themes in his reimagining of the Biblical story of Lot and his family fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah. With a minimalistic set devised in the round at HERE by director Wayne Maugans, we watch as Lot (Jeff Rubino), his wife Edith (Cynthia Bastidas), older daughter Annie (Masha King) and youngest Molly (Lina Silver) travel with suitcases through a desert wilderness, carrying just a few remnants of their previous life."
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"... Don’t Look Back has been simply yet elegantly staged (the direction is by Wayne Maugans) and enacted with urgency by a quartet of actors who play members of the family on the run."
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"Playwright Adam Kraar has a facility with language, dropping evocative poetry like cool sips of water into the mouths of his characters"
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"Such gentle moments shine bright throughout the evening, resulting in a play that seems at once classic and fresh."
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