Moving Bodies
Closed 1h 25m
Moving Bodies
71

Moving Bodies NYC Reviews and Tickets

71%
(19 Ratings)
Positive
69%
Mixed
26%
Negative
5%
Members say
Ambitious, Entertaining, Slow, Absorbing, Great acting

About the Show

When the Marquise du Châtelet and Voltaire take opposing sides in a controversy over Newtonian physics, sparks fly. Part of the 2018 Dream Up Festival.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (19)

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195 Reviews | 16 Followers
85
Ambitious, Delightful, Great acting, Hilarious, Quirky

See it if You are into the intricacy of feminism and science in the 1700s. And ... the intelligent dialogues & costumes...Classic and yet contemporary

Don't see it if You prefer musical. Still, everyone deserves to see a good show like this.

71 Reviews | 6 Followers
82
Clever, Absorbing, Entertaining, Great acting

See it if you like historical drama.

Don't see it if you find it difficult to follow a story where one actor plays various parts.

102 Reviews | 65 Followers
81
Delightful, Intelligent

See it if you would like to know about a gifted 1700's philosopher, mathematician, physicist and author who persisted through sexism and jealousy.

Don't see it if you expect a play about Voltaire. Read more

524 Reviews | 133 Followers
81
Voltaire's lover --scintillating historical drama of early female physics genius

See it if Never heard of Emilie du Chatelet, but what a character! Lovely costume drama of 18th century French aristocratic intellectuals.

Don't see it if David Beck's music at the piano/harpsichord added atmosphere to the play. Jonathan Tindle was a deliciously arrogant Voltaire. Read more

755 Reviews | 145 Followers
80
Absorbing, Great acting, Funny, Entertaining

See it if Great Story about a Lady who was very smart with a sharp mind. Place in French.

Don't see it if If you want fast plat drama, If you do not like the time period. Read more

370 Reviews | 80 Followers
80
Absorbing, Intelligent, Quirky, Relevant, Thought-provoking

See it if you enjoy historical dramas & period pieces;are interested in Voltaire & French Enlightenment;want to learn more about a female scientist.

Don't see it if you dislike "talky" plays,historical dramas & period pieces,plays in which the narrative is kept going by reading letters from a character.

70 Reviews | 7 Followers
78
Thought-provoking, Great writing, Great acting

See it if you are interested in period pieces and women's issues

Don't see it if you need a contemporary plot and a lot of action

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243 Reviews | 67 Followers
76
Absorbing, Ambitious, Intelligent, Thought-provoking, Relevant

See it if you would like to see how women scientists have been overlooked in history and particularly the obstacles faced during the Enlightenment

Don't see it if You find Newton, Voltaire, Leibniz and their concerns too esoteric-much of play is theoretical discussion of physics, rest is romantic tngl