We will be the first to admit it: The premise for Tribes, a new play by Nina Raine now playing at The Barrow Street Theatre, sounds very unappealing. A deaf boy born into a hearing family falls in love with a hearing girl born into a deaf family. The hearing girl is also slowly going deaf. On paper it's not the type of show that has you flocking to the theatre, but the play does have a lot going for it. The director, David Cromer, who also directed the hit revival of Our Town, is one of our favorites directors and can always be counted on to conjure up magic. The play was up for a couple of awards when it ran at The Royal Court Theatre in London in 2010, and we all know that the British have good taste in theatre. Even so, we were a bit unsure that this two-hour play could send us into theatre nirvana. In the end were we left speechless by the show or did it read on stage as it does on paper? Watch the video review to find out!
We will be the first to admit it: The premise for Tribes, a new play by Nina Raine now playing at The Barrow Street Theatre, sounds very unappealing. A deaf boy born into a hearing family falls in love with a hearing girl born into a deaf family. The hearing girl is also slowly going deaf. On paper it's not the type of show that has you flocking to the theatre, but the play does have a lot going for it. The director, David Cromer, who also directed the hit revival of Our Town, is one of our favorites directors and can always be counted on to conjure up magic. The play was up for a couple of awards when it ran at The Royal Court Theatre in London in 2010, and we all know that the British have good taste in theatre. Even so, we were a bit unsure that this two-hour play could send us into theatre nirvana. In the end were we left speechless by the show or did it read on stage as it does on paper? Watch the video review to find out!
