THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH Reviews

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 12:15am

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:10pm

Shaw in Vulture is positive:

The Skin of Our Teeth Is No Dinosaur

Sure, some of the humor is dated. But that third act is anything but.

 

https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/theater-review-skin-teeth-wilder-broadway-vivian-beaumont.html

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:12pm

NYT Critic's Pick from Alexis Soloski:

‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: A Party for the End of the World

Thornton Wilder’s antic play, from 1942, packs in an ice age, a deluge and midcentury décor. This Lincoln Center production is the maximalist revival it deserves.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/theater/skin-of-our-teeth-review-lincoln-center.html?

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:13pm

Deadline: ‘The Skin Of Our Teeth’ Broadway Review: Ice Ages, Civil War And Everything Old That’s New Again

https://deadline.com/2022/04/the-skin-of-our-teeth-broadway-review-2-1235008942/

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:13pm

Variety:

‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: Thornton Wilder’s Beautifully Decorated Disaster on Broadway

https://variety.com/2022/legit/reviews/the-skin-of-our-teeth-review-broadway-1235240292/

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:14pm

Three stars from Time Out:

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/skin-of-our-teeth-review-broadway-revival-thornton-wilder

Updated On: 4/25/22 at 10:14 PM

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:15pm

Daily Beast:

‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Is Crazy, Deep, and Stars Broadway’s Coolest Dinosaur

Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer-winning ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ spans 5,000 years, including an ice age, dinosaurs, and war. Its odd mischief still sparkles in a Lincoln Center revival.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-skin-of-our-teeth-is-crazy-deep-and-stars-broadways-coolest-dinosaur

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:16pm

The Wrap is negative:

‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Broadway Review: Thornton Wilder Classic Needs a More Radical Update

The end doesn’t come soon enough in Lileana Blain-Cruz’s revival of Thornton Wilder’s problematic play

https://www.thewrap.com/skin-of-our-teeth-broadway-review-thornton-wilder/

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:17pm

NY Daily News is negative:

Theater Review: Lincoln Center’s ‘Skin of Our Teeth’ will be impenetrable for many

https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/broadway/ny-broadway-review-skin-of-out-teeth-proves-impenetrable-20220426-yz25o4bntjbx5mfnyomvag7deu-story.html

"The peaks were high enough to woo the critics of 1942 and win a Pulitzer Prize. The chasms are long enough to send the ordinary viewer spiraling into confusion interrupted only by soul-crushing boredom. “The Skin of Our Teeth” is such a difficult play to make work, it makes “Macbeth” look like a walk through the heather.

And there you have the problem with Lileana Blain-Cruz’s epic Lincoln Center revival, an admirably imaginative treatment of the play that alas does much too little to find a way in for its audience."

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:28pm

MemorableUserName said: "Three stars from Time Out:

Theater review: Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth is still crazy after 75 years

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/theater-review-thornton-wilders-the-skin-of-our-teeth-is-still-crazy-after-75-years-022817"

This is NOT the production currently running on Broadway.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:32pm

2.5 out of 4 from Oleksinski:

https://nypost.com/2022/04/25/the-skin-of-our-teeth-review-a-set-as-big-as-the-running-time/

 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:38pm

DTLI Consensus: An apocalyptic revival for the ages.

6 positive (including the NYT), 1 mixed, 1 negative.

*Currently up to date under "Broadway Reviews", but not when you click on "The Skin of Our Teeth"

https://didtheylikeit.com/broadway/

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:45pm

it's now 8 Positive/1 Mixed/ 2 Negative! Really happy to see this show be received well by the reviewers!

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 10:56pm

jkcohen626 said: "it's now 8 Positive/1 Mixed/ 2 Negative! Really happy to see this show be received well by the reviewers!"

Now 7 positive, 3 mixed, 3 negative. 

Updated On: 4/25/22 at 10:56 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 11:02pm

3/5 from Time Out. This IS the production currently running on Broadway: 

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/skin-of-our-teeth-review-broadway-revival-thornton-wilder

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 11:02pm

TotallyEffed said: "MemorableUserName said: "Three stars from Time Out:


This is NOT the production currently running on Broadway."

Fixed. Still Feldman, still three stars.

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 11:11pm

Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it seems to me that Oleksinski attributes some of Wilder's words to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in his review:

"This staging tries to add in some modern meaning with new text. The excellent playwright Branden Jacobs Jenkins contributed material for Beans, who occasionally breaks character as Sabina to speak as herself.

'I hate this play and every word in it,' Beans says in Act 1. 'I don’t understand a single word of it, anyway. All about the troubles the human race has gone through. There’s a subject for you.'

That’s funny commentary. But is it wise, with three hours still to go, to acknowledge that audiences famously don’t care much for this show? I’m not convinced. There are always two choices: Do the play or don’t do it. Save the essays for the program."

The lines he quotes are included in Wilder's original script, and, from what I recall, the contributions from Jacobs-Jenkins in this production were relatively minimal. It seems odd to spend a sizable chunk of his review criticizing LCT for not "do[ing] the play," when that's pretty much exactly what they did - and in a way that makes the text feel so fresh, it's seemingly confused some critics into thinking it's been heavily updated by a contemporary playwright.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 11:21pm

Is anyone a real expert of the play who can tell us what changes BJJ made aside from changing some show titles and references? From what I've seen, his contributions sound extremely minimal –– like, "directors & producers have done more extensive changes without an actual writer" minimal. But I'm no authority on this play.

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 4/25/22 at 11:27pm

Oleksinski is horrible. And here is proof that he just doesn't know what he's talking about (and yet is so sure of himself, he is trying to pit himself as an expert of the play despite clearly having no knowledge of it). His thoughts on For Colored Girls were fairly problematic. But now he just makes himself look silly and uninformed to the rest of the theater world. I guess that's your comeuppance Johnny!

[UWS10023]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:44am

After reading The NY Times review someone is going to get a talking to.

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 2:01am

Why?

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 8:55am

New York Stage Review - 4 stars from Melissa Rose Bernardo, 5 stars from Bob Verini:

http://nystagereview.com/2022/04/25/the-skin-of-our-teeth-its-so-extra/

http://nystagereview.com/2022/04/25/the-skin-of-our-teeth-we-will-survive/

Theatrely (Joey Sims) - rave:

https://www.theatrely.com/post/the-skin-of-our-teeth-brings-frightening-unpredictable-energy-to-the-beaumont-stage-review

Exeunt NYC (Cameron Kelsall) - mostly positive, but not a rave:

http://exeuntnyc.com/reviews/review-the-skin-of-our-teeth-at-the-vivian-beaumont-theater/

Observer (David Cote) - rave:

https://observer.com/2022/04/review-director-lileana-blain-cruz-brings-the-skin-of-our-teeth-to-a-modern-audience/

New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell) - rave:

https://newyorktheater.me/2022/04/25/the-skin-of-our-teeth-broadway-review/

Updated On: 4/26/22 at 08:55 AM

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 2:25pm

Very Happy with the reception, hoping to Tony noms in the future and better ticket Sales!

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 2:46pm

These reviews have me really wanting to see this. I hope we at least get a Lincoln center taping.

[UWS10023]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 11:45pm

jkcohen626 said: "Why?"

The review indicated that someone working front of house asked the reviewer is she was  planning to leave early.