Sabbath's Theater 2023
Opened: November 1, 2023Closing: December 17, 2023
Sabbath's Theater - 2023 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
The Pershing Square Signature Center [The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre]
480 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036
When his secret life of debauchery comes to a heartbreaking end, disgraced puppet maker Mickey Sabbath plunges into increasingly mad and maddening encounters with people from his wild and wicked past. Part ghost story, part love story, Sabbath’s Theater unleashes Roth’s power to shock and amaze in this profound meditation on mortality and juicy celebration of life.
Sabbath's Theater - 2023 - Off-Broadway Cast
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Sabbath’s Theater
6 / 10
Ariel Levy and John Turturro's stage adaptation of Sabbath's Theater begins with a bang: Over-the-hill lecher Mickey Sabbath (Turturro) and his insatiable Croatian mistress, Drenka (Elizabeth Marvel), schtup with abandon in the opening scene. But the play goes flaccid fast. Despite the transgressiveness of the source material—the late Philip Roth's scabrous novel, considered a masterpiece by some and purely masturbatory by others—the play is an impotent affair, with three excellent actors working awfully hard to screw inert vignettes into a whole.
SABBATH’S THEATER: PHILIP ROTH’S RIBALD NOVEL NOW STAGE STRUCK
7 / 10
Roth devotees — and maybe readers, mostly women, who believed him more misogynistic than misanthropic — might wonder how such an immaculately stylish prose writer with a boundless gift for humor translates to the stage. Well they might. Turturro, evidently a close Roth friend, and Levy have trimmed the 451-page novel into something exploding over the footlights for around 100 minutes. The result passes muster along the lines of professionally accomplished CliffsNotes. As could be expected, the playwrights include sections of all, or most, of the important sequences, although they don’t always catch the hilarity that comes so easily to Roth. Nevertheless, they do impressively convey the mounting frustrations eventually causing Mickey to contemplate ending it all.
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Review Roundup: SABBATH'S THEATER Opens at The New Group
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 2, 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 2, 2023
See what the critics are saying about Sabbath's Theater at The New Group.
Photos: Go Inside The New Group's SABBATH'S THEATER Opening Night Celebration
by Bruce Glikas - November 2, 2023
by Bruce Glikas - November 2, 2023
See photos from opening night of The New Group's Sabbath's Theater!
SABBATH'S THEATER Extended Through Mid December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2023
Due to demand, The New Group has added two weeks for Sabbath’s Theater, adapted from the novel by Philip Roth by Ariel Levy and John Turturro.
The New Group to Present World Premiere of SABBATH'S THEATER Adapted from Philip Roth's Novel by John Turturro & Ariel Levy
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 19, 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 19, 2023
Immerse yourself in the world of 'Sabbath's Theater', a world premiere play adapted from Philip Roth's novel by John Turturro and Ariel Levy. Don't miss this provocative and profound exploration of mortality and celebration of life.
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How long has Sabbath's Theater been running Off-Broadway?
Sabbath's Theater opened at the The Pershing Square Signature Center [The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre] on Wednesday Nov 01, 2023 and has now been running for 1 month.
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