Monthly Archives: January 2024
“Public Obscenities” Review: The New Yorker
Written on January 26, 2024 at 1:03 pm, by Jennifer Lam
“As a writer, Chowdhury interweaves humor, allusion, gravity, and extended metaphor as if each quality were a musical line, making an integrated symphonic whole…As a director, his greatest talent is how he uses his spectacular cast. Each virtuoso is gorgeously at ease. Along with Infinite Life by Annie Baker and Stereophonic by David Adjmi, Public…Read More »
“Public Obscenities” Review: New York Mag
Written on January 26, 2024 at 12:59 pm, by Jennifer Lam
“Exquisitely crafted…meticulously rendered middle-class Bengali home…dense and detailed…rich and strange. The play’s great poignancy lies in its restraint. The whole ensemble is marvelous.” – Sara Holdren Read more from New York Magazine here. Public Obscenities runs through February 18. Click here to learn more and buy tickets.
“Public Obscenities” Review: New York Times
Written on January 26, 2024 at 12:54 pm, by Jennifer Lam
“New York Times Critic’s Pick! A confident playwright…successfully writing a bilingual play…who with Public Obscenities, may have found himself on the brink of greatness…uniformly excellent cast…leaves the audience longing for even more.” – Juan A. Ramírez Read more from The New York Times here. Public Obscenities runs through February 18. Click here to learn more and buy tickets.
“Public Obscenities” Review: The Juggernaut
Written on January 26, 2024 at 12:49 pm, by Jennifer Lam
“Public Obscenities is the most Bengali play…heartwarming, unusual, and astounding.” – Snigdha Sur Read more from The Juggernaut here. Public Obscenities runs through February 18. Click here to learn more and buy tickets.
Public Obscenities: This Year’s Best Theatre- The New Yorker
Written on January 9, 2024 at 11:24 am, by Angela Renzi
“We’re lucky that Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s intricate bilingual drama is returning in 2024 for an encore run, at Theatre for a New Audience.” Read more from The New Yorker here. Public Obscenities plays January 17- February 18. Click here to learn more and buy tickets.
Public Obscenities: 2024’s Most Anticipated Theater- New York Magazine
Written on January 9, 2024 at 11:18 am, by Angela Renzi
“After an acclaimed run at Soho Rep last spring, Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s play is back for a longer stint in Brooklyn. Told in English and Bangla, with supertitles about the stage, the play depicts a Bengali American Ph.D. student and his American boyfriend’s trip back to Kolkata, where they research the local queer history and…Read More »
Public Obscenities: Best in Arts & Culture- Hollywood Reporter
Written on January 9, 2024 at 11:08 am, by Angela Renzi
10 Arts and Culture Favorites From 2023 “It’s rare that I can use a year-end list to endorse a theater show that people still have a chance to see. Shayok Misha’s revelatory and affectionate bilingual play Public Obscenities premiered at SoHo Rep in New York earlier this year, and is transferring to TFANA’s Polonsky Shakespeare…Read More »