Walnut Street Theatre's Private Lives Tickets

The acting was excellent; however we didn't enjoy the play itself and find it hard to understand why this was revived.

More enjoyable than expected and I was delighted to find myself laughing out loud more than once. Not too long and great seating throughout the theater. Just go!

Private Lives fell short of it's potential. The plot should have been funnier than what was delivered. Can't fault the actors, they were OK to good. Some of the lines were very funny, but overall the play did not build any momentum. Seemed a little on the "stilted" side. We stayed for the 2nd act, but would have enjoyed going out fro drinks more.

Funny, all actors very good but it was a little slow.

I've seen two other productions of "Private Lives," both at highly acclaimed major theaters. This was by far my favorite. The director took the second act over the top comedically, and it worked very well. The actors had great comedic timing, and the sets and costumes were beautiful, especially the Parisian apartment set. There were four in our party, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.

My friends and my husband and I laughed out loud frequently and afer the show we named one another after the characters and carried on a running conversation with the accents!

This was basically an afternoon of arguing and fighting, to no apparent end. We were very disappointed.

First act was wonderful! Second act was S L O W moving and repetitive.

Those at Walnut Street Theater who select the play to produce certainly missed the mark with Noel Coward's Private Lives. While I'm a huge Coward fan, this work simply doesn't have enough story to carry an entire two-act play. The production designer, cast performances and costume design were wonderful as usual. However, no amount of heart, creativity and effort could make up for the shortfall on the material itself. As the creative arts community knows all too well, it's challenging to get folks into theaters these days. Ticket prices are high and those who purchase expect to be wonderfully entertained. I'm happy to say that Walnut Street typically delivers, but the decision to put on Private Lives should have been shelved in favor of a work that is worthy of the organization's talents.

A wonderful production of a Noel Coward classic. Each of the characters are so well cast. The gorgeous costumes and staging are only surpassed by the superb acting.

Whether the script or disinterested performers, it dragged on and on. I could hear the imaginary clock ticking. Second by second. Fine work for a practice run at an acting class. But a paid performance? Oh, my. The number of empty seats after intermission spoke volumes. The ushers even asked people to move down, if they wanted, to fill in the front. The actors even began looking into the seats as if to ask for a laugh or two. As an aside, are performances featuring men hitting women repeatedly really appropriate after the 19th century? Do we want that to be our comedy?

Good acting, fabulous set, but a rather tired, old play.

I enjoyed this performance immensely. My wife and I had 2nd row seats and were amazed by the set and by the quality of the acting performances. The play is brilliantly written and while mainly comedic it has deeper elements that makes one think about much more - love, politics, nationalism, relationships etc...

Quite entertaining ! Very much enjoyed the production. I thought the sets were very well designed . Looking forward to my next show there !!

Noel Coward's Private Lives is a well designed show with some of the cloesest to period appropriate costuming I have ever seen from the Walnut Street Theater. Unfortunately, the line delivery was slow. Unlike even the original recording of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence, where the lines were delivered quickly and sharply, the direction for the actors seems to have encouraged them to talk slowly, hamming it up where the punchlines are in the script. It was as if they assumed Americans needed the entire play dumbed down for them. The play still made me chuckle but not nearly as much as the original.