A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 Reviews — Page 3

"Critic's Pick" - I don't know if I've ever seen people care so deeply about three syllables. I mean, I loved the show, but does anyone really think that significant numbers of people see those two words and immediately call Telecharge?

I don't chime in too much anymore but loved the play. Glad to see it god the reviews it did. Thanks for adding the the to the reviews Jeffrey it is very helpful and helps people like me looking for a quick scan. Oh and all why put yourself through After Eight. Have had the person blocked for years. Forget they even still attend the theatre to be miserable until someone mentions them and I see their name mentioned in a copy and paste.

Would be so much more enjoyable if no one really saw what the dinner mint had to say.

But back on topic. See the play if you have the chance. :)

The thing about After Eight is that he has such an interesting taste in shows that I would genuinely be interested in reading what he has to say about the shows that he sees, but instead he just uses a bunch of buzzwords and fails to say anything meaningful. Not to mention the constant reminders that he didn't like a show, as if we didn't hear him loud and clear the first time.

After Eight, I don't think it's necessarily that the words you use don't have meaning, it's just you rarely use examples to back them up. If you explained why you thought it was self-indulgent, or actually mentioning actual aspects of the writing, direction, design or acting that you didn't like, people might be more willing to actually listen to the buzzwords. It's just a thought.

Really excited to see this play, I just wish they did more advertising with it. So few people know anything about it.

Toby Zinman writes an outlier review for the Philadelphia Inquirer in which she doesn't even try to hide that the play went over her head.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillystage/Dolls-House-Part-2-Entertaining-but-unsurprising.html

Caught this Saturday night, and while I don't think I liked it as much as many here, I can't stop thinking about it. Clever, thought provoking.....I hope it gets some Tony love.

haterobics said: "How insane is it to think of catching this at 8p and then bolting down to try and catch The View Upstairs at 10[... is that even do-able? Is this the kind of show where some post-show breathing room would be preferred?



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I saw at 7pm performance. The show was over by 8:30 and I was able to catch a 9 o'clock train. It's doable.

It's doable, but the only issue is that you will need to walk from the subway to the Redgrave from Prince Street.

Train is probably easier on a Saturday night.

I saw this last night and I was out the door before 830 so I think you can make it.



I'm in the vast minority here apparently cause I read over this thread and the previews thread this morning and other than AfterEight who I normally don't agree with cause I don't hate everything I see I think I'm the only one who hated this show with a passion. If I had an aisle seat I would have actually left 25 mins in and I've never left a show before. I felt like it was a giant lecture. I found the character of Nora to be another disgusting and repulsive me, me, me personality who didn't give a **** about anyone but herself. I didn't feel a bit of truth in her remorse about leaving her kids behind because she was more concerned with herself. Like Nora's daughter said, she didn't even want to meet her until she wanted something from her to help her. I didn't feel the least bit of sympathy for her. The worst of it was having to listen to her lecture us numerous times with her actually looking into the crowd like it was a lecture.

I didn't see anyone comment about this but I actually felt like they were talking about our time now with the hint and a wink that Nora kept saying it's going to get better in future times for woman. She kept bringing up the 20-30 year comment that things will change. Now I absolutely agree in equal pay for women but that's not really what she was talking about, this was more about marriage. Maybe I missed the boat entirely on this aspect but I really felt like there were numerous subtle hints about this.

Anne Marie was the only redeeming character here for me.

I know I'm in the minority here because the majority of theatre was laughing along even though I didn't find much of it funny at all besides a few of Anne Maries 1 liners.

I'm not really looking for an argument, I just figured I'd give my 2 cents with a completely different point of view. I wanted to delve into it a bit more without just giving a few words to describe it.

I will say this though, it definitely got a reaction out of me. My gf and I talked about it the whole way home and I'd rather sit through something like that vs six degrees of separation where we both went meh and forgot about it soon as we left the theatre.

Updated On: 5/5/17 at 12:16 PM

You might not hate everything you see, but you don't seem to make an effort to talk about the shows you like other than Hello, Dolly! of which most of your comments involve comparing it to other shows you hate. What have you seen recently that you liked? I'm actually curious, not trying to be rude.

Hey everybody, sorry if this is the wrong thread but didn't want to start a new one. Anybody have a report of the view from rows A-C? Thinking of sitting row B. I heard they're not obstructed but trying to get a sense of the view from the sides (didn't get a good look at the seats when I was there a few weeks ago). Thanks!

briansb said: "Hey everybody, sorry if this is the wrong thread but didn't want to start a new one. Anybody have a report of the view from rows A-C? Thinking of sitting row B. I heard they're not obstructed but trying to get a sense of the view from the sides (didn't get a good look at the seats when I was there a few weeks ago). Thanks!



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I didn't sit there but any of those rows look fine, the stage is low and it comes out into the crowd.