Dust to Dust: An Inherently Dark Comedy (FringeNYC) NYC Reviews and Tickets

79%

(14 Reviews)

Positive

86%

Mixed

Negative

Members say

Delightful, Entertaining, Exquisite, Absorbing, Ambitious

About the Show

Part of FringeNYC: When five unlikely individuals find their paths crossing in ways they never imagined, and are forced to face each other in order to save their home, their dissimilarities-along with an estranged cousin and dead landlord-cause quite an explosion.

Member Reviews (14)

Slow, Indulgent

See it if you get it's just college actors getting time in front of an audience. Less a fully-formed play, more loosely connected actor showcases.

Don't see it if you want to see something resembling a plot, or deeper themes than "it's hard out here for young people."

100

Confusing

See it if okay

Don't see it if you want excitement

Clever

See it if Great show - good acting very clever

Don't see it if You don't like great acting

Ambitious, Great acting, Relevant, Quirky, Great singing

See it if If you like drag, black current day issues, women's issues.

Don't see it if If you need a definite ending, or don't like cliff hanger endings

Exquisite, Epic, Intelligent

See it if Very good watch it

Don't see it if Dont like theaters

Delightful

See it if Great

Don't see it if Boying

100

Delightful, Funny, Edgy

See it if You're open minded to issues about AIDS, drug abuse, and homosexuality

Don't see it if You get lost easily around main characters

Absorbing, Riveting, Great singing, Entertaining, Ambitious

See it if You love music. You enjoy eclectic, flawed, well-rounded characters. You enjoy audience participation and want to leave feeling hopeful.

Don't see it if If you are conservative or cannot appreciate or understand another person's point of view. Stay home if you are judgemental.

Critic Reviews (2)

"The script offers up snapshots of lives of the characters as opposed to a cohesive plot, a dramaturgical choice that leaves the eventful final scene feeling somewhat contrived...Themes of black femininity are great for a play, but 'Dust to Dust' falls short in its efforts to address such potentially rich subject matter. Yet despite its shortcomings, the show’s cast is deeply talented, and should continue to cooperate on endeavors, hopefully writing another, more coherent play in the future."
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"Five good actors are the start to a good show. Five good actors working as a unit takes it to an even better place. Add to this the solid direction of Lilith Bachelder, and you have a diamond in the rough here. That, of course, is another way to say this needs some cutting and polishing…Some scenes end too abruptly, others go on too long. One or two aren’t explored enough…And yet, these are minor matters, and indeed, they are simply matters of taste, not matters of talent or effort."
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