The Night of Blue and Salt (FringeNYC) NYC Reviews and Tickets

93%

(31 Ratings)

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94%

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Members say

Great acting, Great writing, Clever, Absorbing, Intelligent

About the Show

Part of FringeNYC: Young love, a professional medical surgeon, whispers, a manic wife, a pool, a baby, Virginia Woolf, sauce, suicide, a psychic, death, a minnow, and one blue night tell the story of how love alters through the course of marriage and loss.

Categories: Drama, Comedy, Local. Written by Jenna Langbaum. Directed by Jenna Langbaum.

FROM THE ARTIST:
The Night of Blue and Salt follows WIFE and MAN, a couple who's young love rusts into a seemingly hopeless fate. WIFE, full of magic and manic, longs to be a writer, often speaking in lines of Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf. MAN, full of knowledge and numbers becomes a surgeon, speaking mostly in medical jargon and statistics. When WIFE and MAN endure the tragedy of losing their baby girl, their lack of communication is ultimately their greatest downfall. Written in the style of Theatre of the Absurd and riddled with dark humor, WIFE gradually dismantles the shackles of domesticity and a loveless marriage to be the dramatic feminist ingenue she always longed to be.

Show-Score Member Reviews (31)

100

Delightful, Great acting, Profound

See it if you are a human!

Don't see it if you're an idiot!

100

Absorbing, Enchanting, Exquisite, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if You are prepared to be challenged, stimulated and entertained.

Don't see it if you are more Tosh.0 than Charlotte Perkins Gilman

100

Absorbing, Great writing, Resonant

See it if You are a romantic living in the modern world. Aka. Human

Don't see it if You like fast cars, fire, explosions and/or Nicolas Cage.

100

Great acting, Great writing, Edgy, Masterful, Profound

See it if You are not afraid to be wowed. You want to watch three extremely talented actors perform. You are ready for an authentic and strong piece.

Don't see it if You can only enjoy positive stories.

100

Clever, Funny, Great acting, Absorbing, Romantic

See it if Strong performances all around! Tons of energy. Short and punchy story of a romance gone flat, even toxic. Loved it!

Don't see it if Trigger warning: this show meditates at length on suicide (should be clued by the mention of Plath and Woolf in the "about," but just FYI).

100

Great acting, Great writing, Thought-provoking, Intense, Absorbing

See it if You want something that will challenge your conventional view of 'happily ever after' after marriage.

Don't see it if You don't want your views/opinions challenged or see a thought provoking show.

100

Absorbing, Clever, Great acting, Intelligent, Thought-provoking

See it if You want to be challenged by a show's narrative. This show is absolutely fantastic and mirrors the audienence's perception of romance.

Don't see it if You are unwilling to have your views challenged. If you are close minded. If you are unwilling to see a play that could expand your reality.

100

Riveting, Intense, Great writing

See it if you love drama and fantastic acting! You feel intimately connected to the character's marriage and leave feeling absorbed by it

Don't see it if You are looking for a comedy.

The Night of Blue and Salt (FringeNYC) NYC Reviews and Tickets

About the Show

Show-Score Member Reviews (31)

Critic Reviews (2)

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