Comments on: ‘Four Rooms Waking’

By: Me

Me — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:54:10 +0000

This “play” is the textbook definition of masturbatory theater. It made no sense, had no purpose, and showed the audience nothing. Apparently, Princeton students should stick to studying engineering.

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:54:59 +0000

The first half of the play was slow. After the three minute break I was totally captured by the characters and their situations, so deftly fleshed out by the words and acting. Cried at the end. Written so well. Can’t stop thinking about the story lines, how the four situations compare, it doesn’t bother me a bit that there is room at the end of all the stories for hope. Not a bit!

By: sam

sam — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:17:52 +0000

i don’t think you could have been more off. full disclosure: i have friends in the show, and I work at the Fringe office.

I expected to fall asleep at the noon show on saturday–a 2 hour straight play at the fringe? But the opposite was true: I was riveted by an utterly compelling script produced in a surprisingly polished manner. The stories were engrossing and moved at a fever pace, with constant stage business so that you’re never bored, even during scene transitions. The stories climaxed in an exciting web of emotions and drama that gave me that rare feeling of goosebumps that 99% of theatrical experiences do not.

It’s in the round, so you can see audience reaction, and for a noon show, the audience appeared to be fully into it.

As with all blog posts, these are meant to get people talking about shows, not to discourage you from seeing them, so see it for yourself and decide. I expected to be bored but found myself enraptured with this delightful play. I would definitely see it again and would highly recommend it.