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
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
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
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...
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
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
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.
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
"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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"Truth As the Immoral Fibre of Being in 'HAVEL: THE PASSION OF THOUGHT' at Atlantic Stage 2"
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"A handful of mini-plays honors Vaclav Havel."
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"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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"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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