Suddenly NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (18)
See it if you are interested in a play adapted from a 1950s screenplay.
Don't see it if You don’t enjoy tense crime dramas.
See it if you enjoy watching a B&W 50s gangster movie revised as a play. Enjoy the old movie days when things were done in a simpler manner
Don't see it if you're not a fan of the old 50s style dramas. You're expecting an elaborate set Read more
See it if you can savor vintage noir with a multimedia veneer as if it were a vape disguised as a Cuban cigar. The designers & composer went to town.
Don't see it if you demand adaptations stay exactingly faithful, you find all assassination plots distasteful or you expect a Frank Sinatra impersonator. Read more
See it if You want to see very clever staging of an old film. The play feels a lot like you’re watching an old film, same sense of style and dialogue.
Don't see it if You don’t enjoy old noir films or suspenseful storylines. Some may find it a bit corny but I thought it was perfectly in the style intended.
See it if You enjoy a clever reenactment of a 1950s film about a plot to assassinate a president. Small, intimate theater, good acting. Worthwhile.
Don't see it if You prefer fancy Broadway productions, not quite polished, but I think I saw one of the first performances.
See it if you'd enjoy a suspenseful 1954 screenplay reworked for the stage; if you feel that 1950s' values can comment on 2018 + why guns fascinate us
Don't see it if you can't understand the 1950s McCarthy Era, when folks were proud of being American & men were defined by their WW2 military records Read more
See it if you like theater used differently; comparing old-fashioned entertainment/aesthetics/norms to today’s to see how national ideals developed
Don't see it if you prefer shows that aim to make you buy into the story or want to be convinced that film noir was the bee’s knees Read more
See it if You liked movies of this genre-- 1950's Crime, Film-Noir.
Don't see it if If you expect the same tension and expertise of the film. Read more
Critic Reviews (2)
"'Suddenly,' the film, is a smart choice for this sort of exercise, because it presents a naturally tense, suspenseful situation inside a single location...Settecasi's script captures the Hollywood-pulp tone of Richard Sale's screenplay, but there's a slight disconnect between the actors and the artificial words they have been given to say...'Suddenly' isn't a total success, but it is an unusual and arresting experiment; this company is worth keeping in mind."
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"Sale’s well-constructed screenplay sets up a familiar scenario of underworld types invading a commonplace domain...An aesthetically successful presentation with some neat stage pictures and tableaus. However, the deliberate quest for stylization leads to an exaggerated tone in the performances...There’s the sense of experiencing a stilted art project rather than being engrossed by a play...Ultimately, it’s all a mildly entertaining, inconsequential exercise."
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