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Good show , overhyped maybe Review by: Direct 66, Sep 1, 2012 |
| I liked this play ,almost two one act plays. The actors were excellent taking on a different role in each act. They are to be commended for their effort. The setting was also good seeing how the house changed in 40 years, from the fifties to the nineties. The coda really did not work for me and I felt it unnecessary. This play has it's history in the play, The Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury. It takes a minor character from Raisin and ... read more makes him a focal point in Act One. A lot of humor in this play but watch out for the second act filled with jokes that offend everyone. A full house when I saw it and a standing ovation. |
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Review by: CM, May 29, 2012 |
| I don;t understand how this play won the Pulitzer. It's good but nothing to write home about. The performances were good, the change of the scenery interesting, but the play itself not so. Maybe it's because i'm not american and i don't get all the social issues of your country, but still this is not a top notch play. |
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Good Play, but not Entirely successful Review by: Bill from Long Beach, May 6, 2012 |
| Funny and thought-provoking, but maybe about too many things. I was a bit disappointed, but appreciated the acting and a play that deals with race relations to an extent. |
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Dead End Review by: Mr. C, May 6, 2012 |
After reading the other reviews before I saw the show, I was not as disappointed as i would have been if I did not read the reviews. Definitely some of the actors were too loud and were not believable in their roles.
The plot was thin and could have been more developed. Only see it if yuo have discount tickets and you are not expecting a great show. |
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Ugly stereotypes at its worse! skip this one if you truly want entertainment and not a mud fight! Review by: Brownsugar, Apr 29, 2012 |
| Saw this the last time, this must be a revival. Wonder how this happened, the play was horrible!!! if you want an afternoon of entertainment, this will not be the play. If you want politics at it worse, a bias view at that. I came away needing a shower. Especially if you are African American you will sit through all of the ugly, negative stereotypes. just to see the name of the play brought back the bad feelings I experienced after seeing this ... read more play. |
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I hear the actors are great, but... Review by: Tom, Apr 19, 2012 |
| Saw this in a prevous incarnation and found it wholly dis-entertaining. Was a big hit in London, but race-wise London is somewhat behind the curve. May well be a critic's darlng here too, but the subject matter is old, old, old, as in 1950s Eisenhower old and if it is of any value at all it is only as an homage to "Raisin In The Sun" |
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Skip This; Read A Raisin in the Sun Review by: Carol, Apr 17, 2012 |
| One can only wonder at awarding Clybourne Park’s winning the Olivier and Pulitzer Prizes for Drama 2011. The play, based on the classic A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry reprises some of the same characters, notably Karl Lindner, who tried to keep the black family out of the white enclave. Instead the play, a talky, tedious production devolves into crass racial and sexist jokes and Jerry Springer-like shouting matches between ... read more characters who go full tilt at one another so any dialog is indecipherable. This evening could have been a much welcome nap if only the volume had been turned down. It was an expensive migraine, full of sound and phooey signifying nothing, and it should have won the Pullet Surprise because it laid an egg. |
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Pertinent...Thought-Provoking...and Humorous Review by: Drama Fan, Apr 12, 2012 |
| Clybourne Park is a play that we found relevant to our current lives. While it deals with "living together" issues in a suburban setting, it has applicability to how people relate to each other. The actors bring out viewpoints that provoke self-examination of internal values. The dialogue is lively with many humorous moments - especially during critical confrontations. An interesting show that causes further discussion on the way out ... read more of the theater. |
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Do Not Miss If Possible Review by: Beth M, Mar 7, 2010 |
| Run or grab a cab if necessary to Playwrights Horizons, where Bruce Norris’s side splittingly hilarious play on one of the most serious possible subjects, race relations, is playing for just two more weeks. Sometimes these attitudes are blatant, sometimes they seem to come from a conditioning that the characters are not always are of. This play is brilliantly conceived, with two acts, 50 years apart in time (1959 and 2009), and uses the ... read more same wonderful actors playing different roles in each act, characters which amusingly and powerfully reflect the social mores of each period.. The play’s central focus is a house in a neighborhood in Chicago called Clybourne Park. In 1959, the neighborhood is white until a family is about to move out due to a tragic circumstance in their life. Enter an unashamedly racist representative of the community who harbors the news that a “colored” family has bought the house and tries, without success, to convince that family not to sell it to them. Fifty years later, Clybourne Park has transformed into a black community where there is a strong sense of heritage and pride. Ironically, a white couple, with a baby on the way, is planning a move into the same house on Clybourne Street which was the center of controversy in act one. We witness a meeting where ostensibly the subject is the degree of architectural changes that are allowable in the landmarked neighborhood as the new couple wants to renovate. Not surprisingly, despite almost excruciating attempts at political correctness, the initial politeness on the part of all rapidly deteriorates into an event worthy of a comedic street brawl. True feelings now come to the surface and the air is filled with the same kinds of conflict and mistrust that echoes those in act one. But in 2009, there are no holes barred. Nothing can be swept under the proverbial rug. The play underscores the fact that not all that much has changed over the 50 years in the attitudes, misperceptions, fears, and discomfort that are all too often are present in the relationships between the races.. In the second act, Mr. Norris very cleverly uses some of the lines and scenarios that closely parallel those of the first, which adds to the fun. However, there seems always to be discomfort in the air, a discomfort that audiences, not matter how much they laugh or gasp, are likely to identify with at some level of their experience, as much as no one would want to ever admit this. While I laughed a great of the time, I would like to add that there is poignancy to be found in the play, especially involving a sub plot. Despite the very strong entertainment value of Cybourne Park, one is left with a great deal to reflect upon. I feel that this is a play that deserves a Broadway transfer. |
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Review by: rMarki, Feb 17, 2010 |
| Great play! Perfectly written and acted. Thought provoking and funny at the same time. kept my attention and wanted to talk back at the characters! |
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