The Cover of Life NYC Reviews and Tickets

69%

(44 Ratings)

Positive

68%

Mixed

16%

Negative

16%

Members say

Entertaining, Great acting, Thought-provoking, Slow, Absorbing

About the Show

Set in 1943, this drama revolves around three young brides with husbands at war, and the female reporter assigned to write their cover story for Life Magazine.

Tood, Weetsie, and Sybill are brides in rural Louisiana. Each married a Cliffert brother. The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce. He decides that they belong on the cover of Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story. She has been covering the war in Europe and, though she views doing a "women's piece" as a career set-back, she accepts because it will be her first cover story. Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women and her haughty urban attitude gives way to sympathy as she begins to understand them while coming face-to-face with her own powerlessness in a man's world.

Show-Score Member Reviews (44)

Great writing, Notstalgic yet relevant, Well developed characters, Good acting, Entertaining

See it if Well written women's play w/ something for everyone. Exceptional well developed characters with wonderful actors portraying them.

Don't see it if You don't like period piece from the south in the 1940 in a charming intimate theater. great evolving characters beautiful brought to life. Read more

Clever, Entertaining, Intelligent, Resonant

See it if you like to reflect re: times of yore. LIfe Magazine was was a major pubicati of the times. WW 2 was THE EVENT in the 40's.. (see more)

Don't see it if You need a musical and do not want to go back in time. The score was the average partners % & my 8% Read more

Absorbing, Great acting, Intense, Resonant, Intelligent

See it if you wish to see a powerful drama about problems women faced during WW2. The dialogue is excellent and the performances powerful.

Don't see it if you like comedy or do not like discussions of women's problems. Some of the transitions between scenes are abrupt. Read more

Absorbing, Great acting, Great staging, Entertaining, Thought-provoking

See it if You want to see a play set in 1945 in a little town in Louisiana and how their lives were affected when their men went to war.

Don't see it if You're not interested in what goes on in women's lives when their men go off to war. Read more

Thought-provoking, Ambitious, Great acting, Entertaining, Intelligent

See it if you would enjoy being placed in the 1940's in the south with a strong cast to witness daily life interrupted by the media giant of the day!

Don't see it if you are not willing to spend time with character development and the complications that are faced during the time of war & simpler days.

Slow, Thought-provoking, Disappointing

See it if You like off-off theater where everyone is trying very hard but not quite there yet, still working to make the play work and women's plays

Don't see it if You are impatient with inexperienced actors who don't project the words well, don't like small dramas and enigmatic scenes Read more

Thought-provoking, Strong perfromances, Nice set

See it if you want to step back in time and see how life differed for women who were more subjected to the whims of the men in their life.

Don't see it if want a fast paced show because this one is slow but thoughtfully done.

Absorbing, Intense, Resonant, Riveting, Feminist

See it if You're interested in the story of women relating to each other and coming into their own in the 1940s.

Don't see it if You are triggered by guns, infertility, or Southern accents. Read more

Critic Reviews (1)

"While the character of Sybil is written to be interesting, Callahan comes off as lazy and flat instead of languid...Even when she is tragic, she is boring. Luckily, as Weetsie and Tood, Milner-Sweetser and Carillo more than make up for that...The writing and directing took the time to draw out each character...No matter how they may self-identify, every audience member will see themselves in the women in this play. Highly recommended."
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