Tomorrow in the Battle NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (48)
See it if You like great acting, great writing, intense characters, and engaging scenes.
Don't see it if have to like your characters or prefer black and white moral tales.
See it if you enjoy intellectual character pieces, monologues, and precisely crafted poetic language that still feels contemporary and witty
Don't see it if you prefer back-and-forth dialogue, likeable characters, or fluffy entertainment
See it if you love great writing, monologue driven works, and want to see three wonderful actors bring those words to life in front of your eyes
Don't see it if nonconventional storytelling will distract you from enjoying a great written play
See it if you like superb acting and staging. The language of the play is beautiful. Unlike much of B'way, this is a play for grownups.
Don't see it if You dislike really good theatre!
See it if you like well staged emotional and engaging drama about relationships, passion, love and work.
Don't see it if you don't like lots of monologues in the play or an amazing acting in intimate atmosphere. Read more
See it if Well acted show in intimate surroundings
Don't see it if Conflicting professional and moral crisis
See it if You like original plays the break the standard of traditional writing
Don't see it if You prefer prefer plays with a traditional dialogue structure where the story and the setting are straightforward
See it if You are looking for an original , thought provoking modern play . You appreciate sophisticated humour . Enjoy a subtle sober scene .
Don't see it if You are looking for a light play that you will have forgotten as soon as you walk out of the theater , and do not want a challenge .
Critic Reviews (5)
"An artfully rendered midlife crisis...The three actors really know how to make their monologues exciting and active...Director Tana Sirois stages the play with an appropriately frosty elegance...Self-centered and unlikable, our three characters nevertheless prove to be competent vessels for Barry's striking prose. It is entirely likely that some of the lines will haunt you long after the story has faded."
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"Hamilton, Threadgold, and Sullivan, have at the script with considerable energy, but, under Sirois' direction, all three deliver relentlessly angst-filled performances that only accentuate the script's risible, all-purpose solemnity...No matter how much the dialogue labors, it never seems to connect with real life. With its tortured plot, it manages to be both sordid and high-toned at the same time. It's not an appealing combination.”
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“The main problem with this production directed by Tana Sirois is a bothersome disconnect between the sophisticated, world-weary dialogue and the obvious youth of the three actors. They all seem at least ten years too young for their roles, let alone to be convincing members of the upper crust. Ms. Sirois can't make these youthful, but skilled and bold actors come across as anything but what they are, although some skillfully designed hairdos, a touch of grey…might have helped.”
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"An effective and fun piece of theater storytelling...Though the trappings may feel pretentious to some and soap opera-y to others, the work finds a very fine balance of understated behavior and vivid descriptions, keeping the story in a genuine place, never bogging down the pacing...While the events of 'Tomorrow in the Battle' probably won't stick with you, and certainly won't surprise you, the production is strong enough to create drama."
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“Kieron Barry’s three-character play is a series of monologues...Characters, even when in the same room, don’t interact; they face front and tell us what they said to each other and what happened then and how they felt about it...When an actor can only describe rather than interact or otherwise explore, it limits the emotional palette considerably...’Tomorrow in the Battle’ offers a rare instance of what might be a very interesting story told in a really uninteresting way."
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