George Kaplan NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (4)
See it if If Hitchcock & Kubrick ever collaborated this dramedy might be the result A surreal satire about surveillance & the fragility of identity
Don't see it if Starting off at a fever pitch one never quite gets ones bearings but that's not a bad thing Try to hang on as more is revealed... & revealed
See it if into meta absurdism: energetic musings about playwriting/ screenwriting, revolving around the keyword George Kaplan as a creative tool.
Don't see it if you hate being confused; in my case, the lively acting pulled me through, and I dare say I understood part of it. Read more
See it if You’re into avant garde theater that doesn’t really have a plot
Don't see it if You want to understand what you’re watching Read more
See it if George Kaplan is a wild ride. Fans of North by Northwest will love the starting point of this famous character who doesn't exist. The play
Don't see it if is structured in 3 parts with some overlapping elements, and this deepens the experience and themes, which include identity and politics. Read more
Critic Reviews (3)
"George Kaplan" is a beautifully realized drama with comedic elements by Frédéric Sonntag, translated into North American English by Samuel Buggeln. The viewer will laugh but will also be brought to gently encounter deeper and possibly disturbing questions about our political and cultural perceptions. Questions such as What is the nature of a surveillance culture? How do fiction and disinformation relate to the perception of reality? Does myth lead to conspiracy theories? Who is manipulating us, and for what purpose? Does any of it matter in the whole scheme of things?
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There’s certainly humor in “George Kaplan,” but it’s often dark. Two of the scenes are explicitly violent…. If I were to guess the point of “George Kaplan,” I would say that it’s an attempted critique of the cynical use of invented narratives in modern politics and culture…. I’m afraid I reached my fill of the surreal, obscure proceedings quite some time before the third and final nightmarish ending.
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"The show and the cast are consistently funny...and the production's moments of tension and eruptions of genuine anger gain by the contrast. Smart, silly, and stimulating, 'George Kaplan' creates a consummate myth for our time."
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