Aubergine
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Aubergine
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Aubergine NYC Reviews and Tickets

78%
(163 Ratings)
Positive
83%
Mixed
14%
Negative
3%
Members say
Great acting, Absorbing, Thought-provoking, Resonant, Intelligent

About the Show

Playwrights Horizons presents the NYC premiere of Julia Cho's new play, a mediation on family, loss, and the expressive power of preparing a meal.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (163)

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439 Reviews | 79 Followers
60
Boring, pointless, choppy,

See it if you like the kind of plays Playwrights seems to do now....korean family so that is new on stage....

Don't see it if you want a moving serious intelligent story..this is choppy, short scenes, pastrami sandwich stupidly links it together, forgettable

83 Reviews | 26 Followers
55
Clever, Cliched, Disappointing, Great acting, Funny

See it if You love food & the human relationship to it and around death...

Don't see it if If you are bored easily. Slow moving plot & just kind of over your head enough to not make any sense in the end

152 Reviews | 34 Followers
50
Disappointing, Intense, Slow, Ambitious

See it if If you can tolerate 2 hours of a morose, slow moving vigil of a terminally ill father. Cast members lecture the audience for depth.

Don't see it if You are not in the mood to wait for the inevitable without much to engage you except an elementary equation of food with memories of life.

338 Reviews | 70 Followers
49
Disappointing, Slow, Indulgent, Unfocused, Uneven acting

See it if You like plays that deal with sickness/ death issues

Don't see it if Unfocused writing and uneven acting are unforgivable.

52 Reviews | 12 Followers
35
Ambitious, Cliched, Quirky

See it if you enjoy quirky talk about food and ethnic backgrounds

Don't see it if you like your theater disciplined and tightly plotted

263 Reviews | 108 Followers
15
Excruciating, Terrible acting, Terrible lighting, Illogical set design

See it if You're very interested in food and droning monologues that lend nothing to the story.

Don't see it if You expect something more than amateurish acting, a first draft script and terrible design elements.

24 Reviews | 14 Followers
83
Great acting, Intelligent, Resonant, Thought-provoking, Intense

See it if stories about food, family, and words unspoken intrigue you. Peppered w/bittersweet, strong food memories that represent their lives/regrets

Don't see it if death and dying are too much to bear - though this serves as a catalyst to reveal relationships, intergenerational/transnational differences Read more

32 Reviews | 9 Followers
83
Absorbing, Resonant, Great staging, Great acting, Thought-provoking

See it if You enjoy food, and some very pointed conversations on death and dying and family.

Don't see it if Have a hard time with shows about dying, or the loss of a parent. Read more

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