Julius Caesar NYC Reviews and Tickets

See it if If you can stand in line for tickets or win the daily lottery.

Don't see it if If out door Theater is your thing or if you need an intermission.

See it if You like Shakespeare up close and intimate. Good ensemble performances. Enthusiastic and exciting.

Don't see it if You like your Caesar in a toga. There's a lot of blood and war dance in place of battle. Unconventional set (distressed sheet rock wall). Read more

See it if You enjoy seeing re-imaginations of classic shows

Don't see it if You do not like change in classic shows

See it if brings new depth 2 Brutus as combo idealist/warrior; graphically shows how political violence he unleashes can’t be put back in bottle

Don't see it if several misses: symbolic fighting 2nd Act unconvincing; Caesar not enuf of foil 2 Brutus/see below Read more

See it if What I recall most about the show was the Set which used a black rubberized flooring which proved especially dangerous after the RAIN.

Don't see it if If U don't like watching actors fight to keep their footing on a slick stage, even Marc Antony made a pirouette at one point to stay upright

See it if You like on-target modern versions of Shakespeare, including gender-swapping -- Marc Antony is a woman-- and Caesar-Trump in the nude.

Don't see it if You like your Shakespeare "straight" and prefer to make your own connections to today's politics instead of having it spelled out for you.

See it if you fear for the future of democracy

Don't see it if you think Soros pays the protesters

See it if You are at all interested in history, especially Elizabethan and Roman. It explores both the personal and the political, and nails both.

Don't see it if you have trouble with the English language; there is a lot to comprehend here. Actually, do see it. You'll be overwhelmed, but learn a lot.