Henry V NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (15)
See it if You like stripped-down interpretations of the Bard, with excellent storytelling and a great cast.
Don't see it if You're not into stripped-down interpretations of the Bard, with excellent storytelling and a great cast.
See it if You like in your face productions and edgy acting.
Don't see it if Staged productions with costumes
See it if You like the notion of a rag-tag, slightly uneven group of amateurs as "flat unraised spirits" in this mostly well-directed play.
Don't see it if You need your Shakespeare well-spoken... at least in English; the French scene is great! You want to laugh in Eastcheap, or to root for Hal.
See it if you want to understand why classics become classic. Politics are one thing, but underlying humanity informs everything anyone does.
Don't see it if you're going to fall asleep. You'll miss it, and then you'll regret it. See it when you're wide awake.
See it if You love historical plays with great writing.
Don't see it if You don't have 3 plus hours to enjoy a great play
See it if you love Shakespeare
Don't see it if you love the "Hangover" movies.
See it if the casting of Michelle Terry in the tile role was a brilliant and timely. She was superb!
Don't see it if you don't like Shakespeare or can't handle seeing a female hero(ine) as King.
See it if One of Shakespeare's greatest heros comes to life in Henry V. He is a great warrior, a just king, and also very human. Delightful to watch!
Don't see it if If big action and profound phylosophical self-reflection do not appeal to you, this is not the show for you.
Critic Reviews (3)
"I felt as though I had been invited to watch a final semester project at one of New York’s fine acting schools...The production’s greatest asset is Kelly Monroe Johnston’s magnificent staging...The production is solid and will remind you of the beauty and simplicity of this glorious text."
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"On the whole, the show looks interesting, without being especially remarkable...Everything about this ‘Henry V’ works. It all hangs together, the actors know what they’re doing, an aesthetic has been committed to, a world has been created, you can watch and experience Shakespeare’s play without impediment. And that’s it. This show doesn’t reinvent the story, it doesn’t challenge it and break new observational or theatrical ground, it just tells the story well."
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"The production, directed by Kelly Monroe Johnston, is at once simplistic and chaotic. Out of a cacophony of sound, cleverly punctuated by a wonderful percussion set of hanging wine bottles and buckets, comes forth a clarity of text. It's interesting and entertaining...In this 400th year since the death of Shakespeare, it's a great idea to add Rogue & Peasant's production of 'Henry V' to join in on the commemoration."
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