To Be Or Not to Be
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Average of 2.5 stars from 3 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 14, 2008
Closed Nov 16, 2008

Playing at
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Tony nominee Casey Nicholaw directs the world premiere of To Be Or Not to Be, written by Nick Whitby, based on the film of the same name.

The black comedy is set in 1939 Warsaw, as Josef and Maria Tura are about to open yet another smash with their theatrical troupe. As the German invasion gets underway, the theatre is closed by the censors, forcing the troupe to face desperate times. But when a handsome young bomber pilot enlists their help to catch a spy, what is a group of actors to do?

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
261 W 47th St
New York, NY 10036

Formerly the Biltmore Theatre.

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

In the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of
To Be Or Not to Be, now at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater, ham actor-turned-reluctant hero Josef Tura exclaims: "There is nothing an actor can not do! For the actor, everything is possible!" I hate to differ -- but there is at least one thing actors can not do. They cannot pull Nick Whitby's inadequate adaptation of the beloved 1942 Ernst Lubitsch-directed film out of the fire.

The original flick, about a troupe of thespians thwarting Nazi plans for undermining the resistance in occupied Poland, starred the inimitable Jack Benny and Carole Lombard, two stars who could play off their well-known acting styles for side-splitting comic effect. H[...]

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Reviewed by David Finkle on Oct 15, 2008