The House of Bernarda Alba (Gallery Players) NYC Reviews and Tickets

77%

(20 Ratings)

Positive

85%

Mixed

10%

Negative

Members say

Absorbing, Great acting, Slow, Intense, Great staging

About the Show

A revival of the 1936 play written by Federico García Lorca right before he was killed.

The play is set in the house of the widow Bernarda Alba, who lives with her five daughters and is preparing her house for eight years of mourning following the death of her second husband.

This production is translated by James Graham-Luján and Richard O’Connell and directed by Sarah Bellin.

'The House of Bernarda Alba' is the final show of the 55th season of Gallery Players in Brooklyn.

Show-Score Member Reviews (20)

Great staging, Great acting, Great writing, Entertaining, Absorbing

See it if You’re curious about Lorca. You like good productions that flow, family dramas with strong matriarch although she drives her 5 daughters cra

Don't see it if You don’t like community theater- although this felt a step above. Very well done. It’s in Brooklyn- I’m glad I added extra train time!

Riveting, Great writing, Great staging, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if Play is abt the repression of5daughters by a domineering mother who brings violence &death into the family.Solid performances on adequate *

Don't see it if Uninterested in other ppl's cultures. Ay, Que' Pena !!!! Read more

Edgy, Absorbing, Riveting, Great acting, Great staging

See it if you enjoy good community theater - here is a great cast on a delightful set providing intense drama over 90 minutes with no intermission.

Don't see it if you want a light show - here is a dour, family struggle w/ the recently widowed matriarch making life hell for her servants and 5 daughters.

Intense, Quirky, Riveting, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if Electrifying production of a classic. Intricately designed costumes & scenery, powerful performances. Religious hypocrisy, familyconflicts

Don't see it if you need something sweet and fluffy. Play is unsettling and shrill.

A good example of why well written stories never go out of fashion. very good set design, costumes & acting.

See it if Good community theater. Powerful, affecting story of the tragic costs of repression on families & society. Wonderful set, costumes & acting.

Don't see it if you prefer lighthearted pieces and happy endings or find plays with profound family tensions triggering or upsetting. Read more

Absorbing

See it if I really liked the play. Its intense and has a nice building tension. thought the performances were solid.

Don't see it if you mind some weak production decisions and in general design that at best isn't in the way. Casting can be iffy. Arguably sexist. Read more

Indulgent, Slow, Thought-provoking, Great writing, Absorbing

See it if Gallery Players commendable production of Lorca's classic melodrama Thompson's clean direction is aided by topnotch work from Bove & McGrath

Don't see it if Some of Bernarda's daughters start at too high an emotional pitch forcing them into shrillness Others capture the right emotional despair

A play from the days of yore, good acting and nicely staged.

See it if You want to see an old play staged today. Good ensemble and Ms. McGrath as Poncia, steals the show.

Don't see it if You want to see something modern. (Some period plays like this tells us how we have come so far or how far still we have to go)

Trailer

Creative team

Federico Garcia Lorca

Playwright