Harriet's Return
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Harriet's Return
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Harriet's Return NYC Reviews and Tickets

85%
(37 Ratings)
Positive
95%
Mixed
5%
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Members say
Great acting, Absorbing, Masterful, Thought-provoking, Ambitious

About the Show

Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre presents a 20th anniversary restaging of this bioplay on Harriet Tubman, written and performed by Karen Jones Meadows.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (37)

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131 Reviews | 36 Followers
88
Great acting, Great writing, Thought-provoking, Intense, Informative

See it if you want to see a well-written, well-acted solo show as it traces one woman's journey through slavery, freedom, and then freeing 300 others.

Don't see it if you're not into history, solo shows, or the subject matter of slavery and man's inhumanity towards man. Read more

215 Reviews | 34 Followers
88
Great acting, Absorbing, Relevant

See it if Important story. Beautiful acting.

Don't see it if Act 1 should be trimmed. Sound effects need improvement.

137 Reviews | 32 Followers
87
Great acting, Absorbing, Ambitious

See it if you want to be drawn in by a stellar and multifaceted performance with a truly moving ending.

Don't see it if you have a hard time sitting through a one woman historical drama in two acts - it is well done but not an easy journey.

281 Reviews | 121 Followers
86
Great acting, Great staging, Masterful, Profound

See it if You want to see a historical play abt Harriet Tubman.Karen Jones Meadows brings you on an incredicle journey as Harriet-she was OUTSTANDING.

Don't see it if If you dont like one woman shows, even still the actress was so good, see it anyway.

1136 Reviews | 383 Followers
85
Riveting, Intense, Thought-provoking, Relevant, Great acting

See it if you want an engrossing, entertaining, enlightening evening. Impressive script, performance, staging. Touching and inspiring. An Amer hero

Don't see it if you have trouble w/accents; some words get lost. Act I sh be trimmed. Opening segment is weak. But great story/acting! Impressive, moving.

336 Reviews | 46 Followers
85
Absorbing, Great acting, Intelligent, Great writing, Profound

See it if you want to see an amazing solo performance about a woman who holds a very important, memorable place in our country's history

Don't see it if you are not into solo performances

458 Reviews | 101 Followers
85
Absorbing, Great writing, Intelligent, Ambitious, Great staging

See it if You are interested in the title character and a closer look at the underground railroad. Race as filtered through many different lenses.

Don't see it if You are not interested in one woman shows. are sensitive about the depiction of race, of slavery or the use of the venacular.

59 Reviews | 17 Followers
84
Clever, Great acting, Intelligent, Profound, Thought-provoking

See it if you are interested in her life from a young girl born into slavery to her harrowing escape to freedom and triumph over it. Poignant & funny

Don't see it if you don't like a one-woman show or have difficulty understanding the southern dialect of the uneducated negro born into slavery in that era.

Critic Reviews (4)