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#27
Posted: 12/4/25 at 8:31am
I think maybe besides “Wit”, this is the best I’ve ever seen Cynthia Nixon onstage. It was just a devastating evening of phenomenal acting, all around. Astounding to have seen Squibb in person on a two show day. Astounding that she has that stamina.
#28
Posted: 12/4/25 at 1:55pm
Jordan Catalano said: "I think maybe besides “Wit”, this is the best I’ve ever seen Cynthia Nixon onstage. It was just a devastating evening of phenomenal acting, all around. Astounding to have seen Squibb in person on a two show day. Astounding that she has that stamina."
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#29
Posted: 12/5/25 at 7:28pm
General seating question. The extreme sides in orchestra are all listed as "restricted view" They're quite inexpensive actually. Has anyone had experience with the level of obstruction from that location?
#30
Posted: 12/6/25 at 11:44am
Loved this the other night. This play has truly aged like a fine wine. The performances are across the board impeccable with Cynthia Nixon really walking away with the show. June Squibb is pitch perfect and Danny Burstein will break your heart. I was also impressed with Christopher Lowell in a challenging role. I thought there was a bit of “uncanny valley” in his performance. His voice and movement were very effective to me. As a fan of him in last year’s Cult of Love, this role is very different. The man has range.
The play itself is so effectively written and succinct. I like that it doesn’t become a “tech play” and it isn’t shoving anything down your throat. It’s a play about grief. Anne Kaufman’s directing style is so well-suited to this material and makes this play feel truly lived-in. Grab your tickets before the inevitable rave reviews.
#31
Posted: 12/6/25 at 3:56pm
Not a lot obstructions on the extreme sides but I would pick house right over house left.
nycward said: "General seating question. The extreme sides in orchestra are all listed as "restricted view" They're quite inexpensive actually. Has anyone had experience with the level of obstruction from that location?"
#32
Posted: 12/7/25 at 3:28pm
nycward said: "General seating question. The extreme sides in orchestra are all listed as "restricted view" They're quite inexpensive actually. Has anyone had experience with the level of obstruction from that location?"
Also, the mezzanine is good for this production. No obstructions on the sides and you dont miss anything
#33
Posted: 12/8/25 at 3:02pm
What a joy to see June Squibb on stage. She was so natural, funny, and gave a wonderful performance. I found the play to be a bit on the thinner side, though I still enjoyed it. I just watched A.I.: Artificial Intelligence a few weeks ago and thought it was a masterpiece. This felt like a bit of a retread of that story.
I can say with some certainty that the Hayes Theatre has the most uncomfortable seats on Broadway with the possible exception of the upper mezzanine at Studio 54. Torture, but at least it was short.
Updated On: 12/8/25 at 03:02 PM
#34
Posted: 12/8/25 at 5:41pm
TotallyEffed said: "I can say with some certainly that the Hayes Theatre has themostuncomfortableseats on Broadway withthe possible exception of the upper mezzanine at Studio 54. Torture, but at least it was short."
They really are spectacularly uncomfortable. You will get to rub elbows, shoulders, and perhaps thighs with the persons sitting next to you, if you're into that sort of thing.
Updated On: 12/8/25 at 05:41 PM
#35
Posted: 12/8/25 at 7:09pm
I’m really not! A woman next to me was testing me with both her elbow and her obnoxiously loud gum chewing.
I couldn’t believe how much younger Cynthia Nixon looked in her wig!
#36
Posted: 1/10/26 at 8:04pm
Oh I loved this. The AI theme is certainly relevant, but for me Nixon and Burstein are the heart of the piece as the caregivers. Their push and pull between hope and reality is one I've seen play out many times in my own life. And of course, June is astonishing.
#37
Posted: 1/21/26 at 11:36am
I saw this last night. Exciting spotting in the audience: John Kander (looking great at nearly 99!) sitting directly in front of Tony Kushner! Orchestra was totally full from what I could see -- impressive for a bitterly cold Tuesday night.
I had never seen the play before and didn't love it. For my money, Harrison tries to look at the AI question from every possible angle, and in the end, it all feels too tentative and equivocal. As others have pointed out, the scenes that center on family bonds and hardships are more effective.
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That said, the scene between John and Tess Prime broke my heart -- largely because of Cynthia Nixon's uncanny performance. Expecting a nomination for her.
Squibb is remarkably agile, though her somewhat gentle persona clashes with the abrasive woman we're led to believe Marjorie has been all her life. I can imagine Lois Smith being entirely different and more in line with how I viewed the character. Unfortunately, I thought Christopher Lowell was pretty bad -- way too sci-fi from the beginning, leaving no shock at the reveal of the first scene.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
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#38
Posted: 1/31/26 at 12:12pm
I really enjoyed Marjorie Prime! Danny surprisingly wonderful in such a non-ebullient role. June a force of nature. Cynthia solid. Surprised I never saw this in it's run with Lois Smith. Jordan Harrison's spare, wryly funny, & powerful, heart-achingly beautiful rumination on aging & artificial intelligence, memory & mortality, love & legacy, the line between life lived & life remembered should now be shared with a larger public via film.
#39
Posted: 1/31/26 at 6:25pm
I caught this on a whim this afternoon, and I’m so glad I did. This play wasn’t really on my radar, but with nothing else on the calendar this weekend, I decided to check it out.
The performances are remarkable, and I truly loved everyone in the four-person cast. The play itself is a very quiet yet thought-provoking look at aging, memory, and AI. It’s a tight, short piece that manages to say a lot without ever “beating” the audience over the head with its themes.
I’d definitely recommend checking this one out. Having seen three plays this month (Oedipus, Bug, and Marjorie Prime), I’d say I enjoyed this one the most.
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