The charismatic rapper follows this line with bumbling flattery, and she laughs it off. It’s a solid comic beat, but like the play, it’s not enough to fall for, or to bridge a cultural divide.
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Critics' Reviews
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‘Duke & Roya’ Review: He’s Got Swagger, She’s No-Nonsense
From: The New York Times |
By: Juan A. Ramirez |
Date: 6/25/2025
7
Swoon Over This Summer’s Most Unlikely Love Story
From: The Daily Beast |
By: Tim Teeman |
Date: 6/24/2025
Fair warning: Duke & Roya is slow. Transitions between scenes feel labored. But its design (Wilson Chin), lighting (Amina Alexander), and projections (Caite Hevner) are spare and attractive, and the performances are so well-observed, the humor so sub...
8
'Duke & Roya' Off-Broadway review — a love story set against a war-torn backdrop
From: New York Theatre Guide |
By: Allison Considine |
Date: 6/24/2025
Despite its heady topics, the play is surprisingly funny, and director Warren Adams gently brings the play’s moments of levity to the stage. With its strong performances and nuanced script, Duke & Roya challenges audiences to consider the ways we c...
7
Duke & Roya: Finding Love in a Hopeless Place
From: New York Stage Review |
By: Melissa Rose Bernardo |
Date: 6/24/2025
There’s also a somewhat confusing subplot concerning Roya and a prisoner named Behrouz that neither Randolph-Wright nor director Warren Adams manage to make work. Then again, the course of true love never did run smooth.
7
Duke & Roya Review. Repercussions from American Involvement in a Foreign War
From: New York Theater |
By: Jonathan Mandell |
Date: 6/25/2025
The events of the last few days make Duke’s line extraordinarily timely, and would likely heighten interest in a suspenseful and pointed story of an American’s clueless and disastrous entanglement with a foreigner, presented as a microcosm of Am...
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