The Talmud NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (11)
See it if You enjoy multidisciplinary story telling.
Don't see it if Looking for traditional theatre piece / straight story telling. Read more
See it if you are interested in the Talmud, kung-fu, and a completely believable idea of how they might converge; you want to be surprised by theater
Don't see it if You prefer a conventional play with a linear plot, you don't like mash-ups of different traditions
See it if Hypnotic, lush production design & seductive soundscape provide the greatest enjoyments in this edgy Talmud/Martial Arts juxtapositioning
Don't see it if Excerpts from the Talmud, often dense & complex are further hindered by over amplification of the actors Yet text/movement combo captivates
See it if an exquisitely executed performance connecting the seemingly unrelated forms of Talmud and Chinese martial arts appeals to you.
Don't see it if content clarity means more to you than performance. While significant thought went into the development, necessary exposition was left out.
See it if into a dance/spoken-word piece mixing 2 cultures
Don't see it if you need your performance-art to have depth Read more
See it if you have a deep knowledge of the minutiae of Jewish scripture and are interested in seeing it brought to life... Kind of
Don't see it if you're looking for structure, plot, or interesting choreography. There was some cool production design here, and I can see how this might... Read more
See it if you are adventurous about theatre that is more interested in concept and theatricality than in traditional story-telling and sensibilities.
Don't see it if you require a more traditional approach to story-telling and theatrical presentation; you want to understand what is going on up there.
See it if You enjoy multi-cultural + technologically innovative + fluid + physical + weird (in a good way) theater.
Don't see it if You do not enjoy ambiguity in a narrative or an abstract plot (where the beginning, middle, and end are hard to differentiate). Read more
Critic Reviews (2)
"This ambitious work moves at a dizzying pace, and combines new technology with traditional stagecraft…Many things feel significant, but it is rarely clear just what that significance is…Further, for a self-described kung fu-inspired show, there isn't much martial arts movement."
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"Talmudic scholars and kung fu movie fans will both find something familiar in this singular hour-long hybrid …I could discern little connection at any given moment between what the performers were saying and how they were moving....[yet] an exquisitely eerie hour of theater."
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