Modern Swimwear
Modern Swimwear
Closed 1h 20m NYC: Midtown W
69% 37 reviews
69%
(37 Ratings)
Positive
46%
Mixed
38%
Negative
16%
Members say
Great acting, Disappointing, Intense, Ambitious, Edgy

A provocative new play about swimwear designer Sylvie Cachay's life and the cost of women's ambition.

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Critic Reviews (3)

The New York Times
January 25th, 2023

โ€œ...it features a strong central performance from Fig Chilcott, but is incurious about its subject to the point of feeling arbitrary, with the choice to turn this particular womanโ€™s tragic end into dramatic fodder unjustified.โ€
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Theatermania
January 24th, 2023

"Even if your husband is a shiftless idiot, you can still find some consolation in his material benefits, right? 'Modern Swimwear' is the story of that bet gone horribly wrong."
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Lighting & Sound America
January 24th, 2023

"The stage is populated with straw people, ripe for easy condemnation; by the time the action reached its horrible conclusion, I was ready for early checkout."
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