The Life and Times of Lee Harvey Oswald

See it if you love experimental theater, no matter how weird. Subject (LHO) is interesting but treatment is incoherent. The charming marionettes are..

Don't see it if too small to see, even fr close seats. Having m'ettes shag often isn't funny. Storytelling crawls..almost 2 hrs w/o intermission. A misfire.

Also I left after 30 mins (luckily, I sat near an exit). LATOLHO had nothing to redeem it: the script was clunky, the acting amateurish, the marionettes too small to see. I've seen many enjoyable works at LaMama; this was not one of them.... Read more Read less

See it if You want to see a variation on the JFK myth--- the stretching of time and depth of character analysis was fascinating.

Don't see it if You want to see more work with marionettes, the staging made it hard to really enjoy the puppets, although the actors were all great.

See it if you need to witness truly horrific theatre to convince yourself that God is dead

Don't see it if you value your quality of life

Also this is why people hate "experimental" theatre

See it if You enjoy sloppily executed puppetry.

Don't see it if You value your time.

Also I think this might be the worst show I've seen this year. You could see the marionettes on the way in and they were gorgeous, but they're so small that it's impossible to see anything they're doing on stage. It doesn't matter though because the puppets were entirely superfluous to the action.

This was almost like a bad parody of what people think experimental theatre is. The show had it all: Pretentious dancing for no reason, an overly simplistic summarizing of history masquerading as cleverness, forced audience participation.

The actor playing Lee Harvey Oswald was fine, but the ensemble was a mess. There were at least a dozen obvious line mistakes and the show has been running for two weeks.

Avoid!... Read more Read less

See it if marionettes are your thing... amazing use of all sizes

Don't see it if you will be disturbed by the content

See it if You like puppetry, wanna know more about the life of Lee Harvey Oswald, & dig great experimental La MaMa Theater!

Don't see it if You have bad eyesight & hate non-linear storylines.