Erika Sheffer's Vladimir opened its world premiere Off-Broadway via Manhattan Theatre Club October 15, and the reviews are in. Tony winner Daniel Sullivan (Proof) is directing, with performances to continue through November 10 at New York City Center Stage I. See what critics are saying below.
The company features two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me If You Can), Francesca Faridany (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Macbeth), Erik Jensen (The Collaboration, Corpus Christi), Olivia Deren Nikkanen (The Little Foxes, Supergirl), Jonathan Walker (The Assembled Parties, Daredevil), Erin Darke (Good Girl Revolt, Dietland), and David Rosenberg (Death of a Salesman, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel).
Set in Moscow, Vladimir follows an independent journalist, who is covering Putin’s first term. Struggling to maintain sanity and hope in increasingly hostile circumstances, she finds herself on the brink of an explosive story.
Read the reviews below.
New York Magazine/Vulture (Sara Holdren)*
New York Stage Review (Michael Sommers)
New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)
New York Theatre Guide (Joe Dziemianowicz)
The New York Times (Laura Collins-Hughes)*
TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)
Times Square Chronicles (Suzanna Bowling)
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
The production also has scenic design by Mark Wendland, costume design by Jess Goldstein, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, original music and sound by Dan Moses Schreier, projection design by Lucy Mackinnon, fight direction by Tom Schall, hair and wig design by Charles LaPointe, makeup design by Ashley Ryan, and dialect coaching by Charlotte Fleck.
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