Becoming Eve

[Melissa25]

Posted: 2/18/25 at 7:21pm

A week before the High Holidays, three rabbis find themselves in a room fighting to save a family by building a bridge between orthodoxy and modernity. One of these rabbis is Chava,the child ofa dynastic Hasidic rabbinical family and destined to become a leader of the next generation before the revelation of her trans identityclashed explosively withthe strictly gendered world in which she was raised.As we jump through memory—and wrestle with theology—truths and secrets emerge that ensure no one will read the old stories the same way again.

Based on the critically acclaimed memoir by Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve is a remarkable playwriting debut from Emil Weinstein with direction by Tyne Rafaeli.

Joining the previously announced Rising Star Award winner Tommy Dorfman (Broadway’s Romeo + Juliet, “13 Reasons Why”) as Chava will be Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn (Fun Home) as Mami, Tedra Millan (Leopoldstadt) as Fraidy, Rad Pereira (“Betty”) as Chesky, Justin Perkins (Shank’s Mare) as Puppeteer, Emmy Award winner Richard Schiff (“The West Wing”) as Tati, Tony Award winner Brandon Uranowitz (Leopoldstadt) as Jonah and Emma Wiseman (Three Houses) as Puppeteer.

Becoming Eve will feature scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado (Yellow Face), costume design by Enver Chakartash (Romeo + Juliet), lighting design by Ben Stanton (Maybe Happy Ending), sound design by UptownWorks – Daniela Hart, Noel Nichols & Bailey Trieweiler (Blood of the Lamb), puppet design by Amanda Villalobos (Wolf Play) and original music by Daniel Kluger (Oh, Mary!). Claire Yenson is the Casting Director and Jason Kaiser (Monsoon Wedding) will serve as Stage Manager.

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Just picked up my tickets for an early preview. 

https://playbill.com/article/judy-kuhn-and-brandon-uranowitz-to-join-tommy-dorfman-in-becoming-eve

 

[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 2/20/25 at 9:08am

Has anyone sat in the balcony? Are the sightlines okay? TIA!

[ELP]

Posted: 3/24/25 at 12:35pm

Has anyone seen this play yet? Interested in seeing this…Thank you 

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 3/24/25 at 12:51pm

I saw this on Friday evening (their second preview, I believe) and thought it was very good. Very interesting, great performances (Brandon Uranowitz is a standout for me). I know they are still very much in the process of rewrites and such, but I thought it was in quite good shape already. It's a very thoughtful and moving (and often, surprisingly funny) show. I would recommend it.

[ELP]

Posted: 3/24/25 at 1:06pm

GilmoreGirlO2 said: "I saw this on Friday evening (their second preview, I believe) and thought it was very good. Very interesting, great performances (Brandon Uranowitz is a standout for me). I know they are still very much in the process of rewrites and such, but I thought it was in quite good shape already. It's a very thoughtful and moving (and often, surprisingly funny) show. I would recommend it."

Thanks GG! 

[Ricey2]

Posted: 3/24/25 at 1:09pm

I saw this on Friday as well, loved it. Very thought-provoking and heartbreaking. I felt like I learned a lot about Hasidic Jewish culture by watching this which was fun. 
 

I highly recommend, but do echo that they were working through a lot of things. My friend saw it on Sunday and they said that the things that I had worries about on Friday were already seemingly fixed so that’s good news. I’d like to go back post-opening. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 3/24/25 at 2:42pm

This is good to hear.  We like Uranowitz but have not purchased tickets due to Dorfman, who brought down R+J.   They didn't seem an actor(ess).  How did they fair in this?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/19/25 at 6:19pm

I thought this was pretty good, today. It needs some trimming and it kind of goes overboard (for me) in the last half with the comparisons of Old stories to modern day definitions of “trans”. I think the story could have really streamlined that because it got pretty repetitive, I felt. But overall Id say it’s worth seeing. 

Love me some Judy Kuhn but she’s onstage for maybe 10 minutes and most of it is in dimly lit rooms. I wish she had more to do, I was very interested in that character who just felt really wasted in this. But I thought Schiff and Uranowitz were both fantastic. I’m curious if they continue to work on this after the short run downtown.