Paris (Atlantic Theater Co)
Paris (Atlantic Theater Co)
Closed 1h 30m NYC: Chelsea
76% 57 reviews
76%
(57 Ratings)
Positive
70%
Mixed
26%
Negative
4%
Members say
Thought-provoking, Great acting, Absorbing, Relevant, Great writing

About the Show

Actor Eboni Booth makes her playwright debut with this drama about one of the only black people living in Paris, Vermont.


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Critic Reviews (10)

The New York Times
January 21st, 2020

"Shrinking Lives at a Big Box Store in ‘Paris’: Racism is a stealth force in Eboni Booth’s astute study of the (mostly) quiet desperation of minimum-wage workers in Vermont."
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Time Out New York
January 21st, 2020

4/5 stars: "'Paris' is often funny in the style of a workplace sitcom. But Eboni Booth's remarkable new play also casts the discomfiting shadows of a low-key social and psychological thriller...Booth's deft and delicate hand cuts with a slow deliberation until it reaches the bone."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
January 24th, 2020

"Scary Stuff: 'Paris' and 'The Woman in Black'"
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Theatermania
January 21st, 2020

"'Paris' Is Where Dreams Go to Die Eboni Booth pens a new play about the drudgery of retail employment."
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Talkin' Broadway
January 21st, 2020

"Booth clearly has talent as a writer, but Paris needs another draft to be the hard-hitting drama it has the potential to be."
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New York Stage Review
January 21st, 2020

3/5 Stars. "An excellent production of Eboni Booth's insightful working class drama, set in a big box store in 1995"
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Theatre is Easy
January 21st, 2020

"Falling behind is the defining struggle of every character in Paris. Playwright Eboni Booth has written distinct and equally fragile circumstances for each employee…Director Knud Adams' sharpest moments come via racially charged, wordless exchanges."
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Theater Pizzazz
January 21st, 2020

"The Paris in Eboni Booth's darkly comic play has no Eiffel Tower nor Moulin Rouge; it's a small town in Vermont (circa 1995) where a night out at the local bar drinking vodka and singing karaoke appears to be the pinnacle of entertainment."
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