Havel: The Passion of Thought
Havel: The Passion of Thought
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Havel: The Passion of Thought NYC Reviews and Tickets

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(27 Ratings)
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Great writing, Great acting, Absorbing, Profound, Intelligent

About the Show

PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project) presents an evening of five serio-comic one act plays from master playwrights Harold Pinter, Václav Havel, and Samuel Beckett.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (27)

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519 Reviews | 256 Followers
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Great acting, Great writing, Masterful, Relevant

See it if Havel's trilogy on dissident Czech Vaneck,Pinter's New World Order&Beckett'Catastrophe are still relevant on morality&tiranny.Grt act&set

Don't see it if you don't like absurdist playwrights who are often mirrors/molders, reflecting /changing history&instilling "passion" into new playwrights. Read more

372 Reviews | 84 Followers
90
Profound, Entertaining, Delightful, Clever, Ambitious

See it if In tandem with Dogg's Hamlet and Cahoot's Macbeth a revisitation of two Czech playwrights and their work viewed through a contemporary lens

Don't see it if heady, intelligent, resonant, political and quite astonishing, as well as quirky, dissonant and unusual​. Read more

90 Reviews | 5 Followers
90
Profound, Intelligent, Hilarious, Great writing, Great acting

See it if you love laughing with amazing writing - my laughter came from deep within, really powerful stuff!

Don't see it if you hate absurdist theater

126 Reviews | 26 Followers
90
Resonant, Masterful, Great writing, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if you fear our country is entering a totalitarian phase and want to see a glimpse of the paranoia and absurdity of life in that environment

Don't see it if your head is in the sand about what is happening in Washington...

683 Reviews | 161 Followers
90
Committed, Precise, Absurdist, Chilling, Smart

See it if you are interested in experiencing theater of the absurd at its most politically committed.

Don't see it if scenes of muted political torture would upset you too much to sit through. Read more

398 Reviews | 120 Followers
90
Resonant, Relevant, Great writing, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You want to see five short plays involving dissidents that are absurd, clever, and politically charged.

Don't see it if You need straightforward plays or are not interested in politics. Read more

120 Reviews | 40 Followers
90
Relevant, Profound, Riveting

See it if Intelligent thought provoking political theater. Great writing & acting. Valclav Havel plays resonate today & not to be missed.

Don't see it if You do not like profound theater.

450 Reviews | 148 Followers
90
Absorbing, Resonant, Intelligent, Great writing, Great acting

See it if you want to see 4 great, varied shorts that explore suppression and dissidence with more care and insight (and less ego) than railing satire

Don't see it if 1 so-so Pinter act is a dealbreaker for you even if it’s only maybe 6 minutes long and sort of silly Read more

Critic Reviews (5)

The New York Times
July 17th, 2019

"A Vaclav Havel Trilogy Drives Evening of Political Theater. 'Havel: The Passion of Thought,' along with work by Harold Pinter and one by Samuel Beckett (dedicated to Havel), takes on morality and tyranny."
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BroadwayWorld
July 18th, 2019

"Truth As the Immoral Fibre of Being in 'HAVEL: THE PASSION OF THOUGHT' at Atlantic Stage 2"
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Theater News Online
July 20th, 2019

"A handful of mini-plays honors Vaclav Havel."
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TheaterScene.net
July 24th, 2019

"That 'Havel: the Passion of Thought' still has much to say to us after 45 years says a great deal about the state of the world and human rights today. However, Richard Romagnoli fails to do justice to the plays by using the same flat style with all five."
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Off Off Online
July 16th, 2019

"A sporadically interesting, though somewhat flat, theatrical experience, that, despite the horrific political situation in this country today, never manages to feel particularly engaged or relevant."
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