TimeOutNY Critics’ Pick
The smoothly loquacious Todd Robbins guides us through the macabre histories of mediums and murderers in this lecture and magic act, directed and cowritten by Teller. Although the show sometimes tries to cast dark shadows, it succeeds best as necromantic comedy; several sequences set in inky blackness have audiences shrieking with jittery glee.—Adam Feldman To read more, click...
We’re To Die For
“This wild, wicked show is not just a screamfest after all; it’s a pretty good piece of theater!” – The New York Times “Play Dead is a solidly crafted, sensationally entertaining Off-Broadway shockfest!” – The Wall Street Journal “Robbins is a consummate showman” – New York Magazine “If there’s one thing more fun than a haunted house, it’s a haunted theater” – Variety “The creaky, homegrown quality of Robbins’s illusions is what gives the show its charm” – The New Yorker “You may find yourself nervously whistling in the dark at “Play Dead,” the fiendishly frightening but playful spookfest devised by Todd Robbins and Teller” – New York Post “Our smoothly loquacious host guides us with aplomb through the macabre histories of violent...
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