The Fat Lady Sings
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The Fat Lady Sings
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The Fat Lady Sings NYC Reviews and Tickets

42%
(16 Ratings)
Positive
13%
Mixed
31%
Negative
56%
Members say
Confusing, Excruciating, Disappointing, Ambitious, Slow

About the Show

La MaMa presents the premiere of playwright Jean-Claude van Itallie's drama about a white authoritarian evangelical family, with a father eerily like the occupant of today's White House. NYC Opera sensation Lauren Flanigan stars.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (16)

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267 Reviews | 52 Followers
74
Great acting, Confusing, Thought-provoking, Quirky, Relevant

See it if You're interested in an experimental play with trumpian overtones. While not always clear, it was quite engrossing.

Don't see it if You can't tolerate experimental theatre and need a clear plot. This is unusual but powerful.

MJK
677 Reviews | 192 Followers
65
Disappointing, Confusing, Fervid, Fervent, Slow

See it if you want to see an earnest & impassioned protest play that takes aim at a Trumpian autocrat & his family (but mostly misses the mark).

Don't see it if you're not interested in experimental theatre; you are hoping for a biting, effective satire/skewering of our current First Family. Read more

VSG
243 Reviews | 67 Followers
62
Dizzying, Disappointing, Confusing, Excruciating

See it if You want to see what Jean-Claude van Itallie is up to these days and you'd like to hear a bona fide opera singer in a PC anti-Trump piece.

Don't see it if You remember creativity of Van Itallie in his prime. I do and was hoping to see a glimmer of his genius; unfortunately this effort failed. Read more

683 Reviews | 161 Followers
60
Disappointing, Some great singing, Some good acting, Boring

See it if you'd like to experience the great soprano Lauren Flanigan performing a song at full volume in a small space.

Don't see it if you are expecting the playwright to deliver a play in the same league as his early off-off Broadway classics. Read more

287 Reviews | 32 Followers
58
Ambitious, Great staging, Quirky, Confusing

See it if you like experimental theatre & non-linear plots

Don't see it if you're looking for a happy musical

276 Reviews | 47 Followers
50
Excruciating, Indulgent, Disappointing, Confusing, Ambitious

See it if You do not mind a high school production of a confusingly written play.

Don't see it if You expect a professional production.

435 Reviews | 60 Followers
49
Cliched, Banal, Slow, Excruciating, Disappointing

See it if You feel it necessary to attend a LaMama show.

Don't see it if You’re looking to be entertained. This is a real bore.

253 Reviews | 13 Followers
49
Creepy, Confusing, Raunchy, Funny, Good acting

See it if You enjoy nonlinear plays with at times creepy scenes and where nothing is off limits. Ending isn’t bad but a little confusing.

Don't see it if You enjoy great theater, linear plots or prefer musicals.

Critic Reviews (1)

TheaterScene.net
March 27th, 2019

"Jean-Claude van Itallie, one of the key figures in New York's Off-Off Broadway theater in the 1960's, takes on Trumpian politics in 'The Fat Lady Sings'. Clearly, van Itallie still feels at home at the La MaMa, where he developed some of his most influential early work, including parts of his landmark anti-war trilogy, 'America Hurrah'. The fire in this playwright's belly can still radiate heat in the East Village more than a half century after the premiere of his most famous title."
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