The Effect 2024
Run Time:
1h 40m, no intermission
Opened: March 13, 20241h 40m, no intermission
Closing: March 31, 2024
The Effect - 2024 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More
The Shed
West 30th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues New York, NY
As clinical drug trial participants Connie and Tristan explore their attraction to each other, how can they be sure it’s the real thing and not an exhilarating side effect of the new antidepressant they’re taking? The supervising doctors begin to ask themselves questions too: where do they draw the line between love and ethics?
The Effect - 2024 - Off-Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR The Effect
THE EFFECT: A PLAY ABOUT A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT THAT FEELS LIKE ONE
5 / 10
Lloyd only emphasizes the play’s weaknesses with his sterile production that makes you feel like you’re observing lab rats from a distance. The actors’ voices are loudly amplified, making even their most intimate dialogue sound ring announcements at a boxing match. The sound and lighting effects, including portions of the stage floor lighting up strategically, are so emphatic that you expect a white-suited John Travolta to strut onto the stage and dance. You get the feeling that if the director had his way, he’d be wiring up audience members with sensors to gauge their reactions.
The Effect Review. Is love real?
4 / 10
A regular laboratory for clinical trials is itself an artificial setting, as is the relationship between researcher and subject, so perhaps there’s an analogy at work here that explains the brutally artificial staging. The stage pictures can certainly be arresting. But it’s a conceptual imposition, which paradoxically keeps intellectual engagement secondary, at best. Director Jamie Lloyd’s last gig in New York, last year’s production of “A Doll’s House” on Broadway starring Jessica Chastain, was also devoid of props and of a realistic set, and also imposed a heavy-handed directorial conceit: The actors rarely stood up from their chairs. Lloyd clearly has a preferred aesthetic – call it minimalist chic – which others have praised as removing distractions so that the audience can focus on what matters. But what matters in a play? Is it only the theatrical effect?
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Review Roundup: THE EFFECT Opens At The Shed
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2024
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2024
The exclusive U.S. presentation of a new production of The Effect, the acclaimed play examining love and ethics by Lucy Prebble and directed by Jamie Lloyd opens tonight! Read the reviews!
THE EFFECT to Begin Previews This Weekend at The Shed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 1, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 1, 2024
Previews begin on Sunday, March 3 for the exclusive U.S. presentation of a new production of The Effect. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
The Effect FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of The Effect have there been?
The Effect has had 3 productions including West End which opened in 2012, Off-Broadway which opened in 2016 and Off-Broadway which opened in 2024.
What theatre is The Effect playing at Off-Broadway?
The Effect is playing at the The Shed, which is located at West 30th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues New York.
What awards has The Effect been nominated for?
The Effect has been nominated for several awards, including Distinguished Performance for Paapa Essiedu, Outstanding Direction of a Play for Jamie Lloyd, and Outstanding Revival of a Play for The Effect at the Drama League Awards.
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