Log Cabin

Well, it’s still in previews so I imagine changes may be still made. We saw this this afternoon. After I bought tickets I ended up seeing it on TDF for a hot second.

This show has it all....and that’s not a good thing. I started laughing to my myself during the play because I thought to myself “What else can they add to this play and then they do?” Unfortunately they’ve added so many different topics that the play is unfocused and barely developed.

Unfortunately, the weakest actor plays, for the most part, the center of all the action. The rest of the cast does a great job with the material that’s available to them but it’s really hard to overlook the flatness of the Henry character and the actor portraying him.

On a positive note, the actors playing the roles of Pam, Chris and Myna are really good. The set and lighting design is impressive given the small space.

As AfterEight noted, it appears that they can check off all the boxes because they cover it all in this play.

Updated On: 6/16/18 at 07:12 PM

One of the worst plays I've seen in a long while. It's amazing that something trying so clearly to be topical can feel SO tired. It's trying to say everything about every big issue and actually ends up saying nothing at all. Seriously, I hated sitting through this and no offense intended but the cast is pretty roundly bad (though, to be fair, the material is far worse and I am sure is mostly to blame). I don't usually tell others to avoid something just based on my opinion, but yikes steer clear of this one.

I surprisingly liked it. the only thing I DIDNT like was the toddler. but that you for casting a transgender man playing a transgender man......

Is it that bad? Debating on seeing it. Can get a $25 ticket, but these reviews make me not want to spend any money on it. Is the design/direction interesting?

I really wanted to like this one. I applaud them for casting a trans man as a trans man but surely they could have found a trans man who could actually act!? It's not like this guy was some big name or anything. It was like they threw every topical thing they could think of at this show hoping something would stick, and as a result it felt like a lecture rather than a play. But again by far the biggest grievance I had was that the main acting catalyst for the plot is just so incredibly bad! Every single line was said with the same smirky half smile, without a single bit of emotion.

Log Cabin opened last night and the reviews aren't exactly glowing. They seemed to capture what mostly everyone here stated.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-What-Did-the-Critics-Think-of-LOG-CABIN-20180626