Fool for Love (Destiny Manifests)
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Fool for Love (Destiny Manifests)
72

Fool for Love (Destiny Manifests) NYC Reviews and Tickets

72%
(43 Ratings)
Positive
63%
Mixed
37%
Negative
0%
Members say
Great writing, Disappointing, Absorbing, Slow, Great acting

About the Show

Destiny Manifests presents a staging of Sam Shepard's celebrated drama of forbidden love. 

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Show-Score Member Reviews (43)

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589 Reviews | 142 Followers
95
Realistic, Masterful, Great acting, Great writing

See it if You want to see masterful writing with exceptional acting

Don't see it if you don't know that rural America lives in trailer parks and motel rooms where alcoholism, philandering and incest are standard, not unusual Read more

116 Reviews | 18 Followers
85
You can't fake real cowboys

See it if You like Sam Sheppard's work and want to see a really authentic troupe perform it in a unique setting.

Don't see it if You are looking for a big broadway production.

519 Reviews | 256 Followers
85
Great writing, Riveting, Great acting

See it if Brilliantly acted,directed,written&lit. Shepard's best known play abt the dark side of life in West,focusing on 2lovers who can't live -MORE

Don't see it if Uninterested in Tom Shepard's plays. Read more

52 Reviews | 25 Followers
82
Resonant, Intense, Intelligent, Absorbing

See it if If you like to THINK about the trials and tribulations of real america and all of the messed up things that just kind of happen in life.

Don't see it if you want an action packed fun filled show. this is thought provoking & requires patience; we found it intellectually/emotionally rewardimg Read more

133 Reviews | 17 Followers
80
Great writing, Intense, Absorbing, Entertaining, Funny

See it if tonight. It is the last performance

Don't see it if You dislike seeing dysfunctional people portrayed in a small theater space

712 Reviews | 401 Followers
79
Intelligent, Great writing, Great staging, Great acting, Quirky

See it if Bottom line, all Sam Shepard lovers will love this production. It is quirky and gives Sam’s prospective on the west.

Don't see it if Sam Shepard plays are generally quirky and this one meets that goal. It might not be your kind of play.

281 Reviews | 27 Followers
79
Quirky, Entertaining

See it if You want to see something offbeat that’s very good

Don't see it if You put off by the off beat

1122 Reviews | 324 Followers
78
Intense, Quirky, Great writing, Riveting, Absorbing

See it if you like Shepard's writing and his subjects - off beat, true-to-life characters in a one act, one scene intimate production with good actors

Don't see it if you expect a complete story - here you get different points of view and tie them together without a happy ending.