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Review - White People - A Trio of Monologues, Examining, Exposing Racism

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New York Daily News

'White People' observant, but heavy-handed
"White People" is an observant but heavy-handed play that exposes the three title not-quite-everyday characters' intense — and un-PC — feelings about people of color.

Variety

Review: White People
...Rogers brings real insight to the character of Martin Bahmueller -- a well-dressed, short-fused, middle-aged attorney -- and all three cast members supply interesting perfs. But while the playwright has a lot on his mind, "White People" ultimately misfires when he loses ...

Back Stage

White People reviewed by Gwen Orel
J.T. Rogers' new play of interlocking monologues inadvertently argues the case that white supremacists have been making for years, which is that they are now the oppressed ethnicity.

TheaterMania

Review: White People
J.T. Rogers' heavy-handed examination of race prejudice holds few surprises.

Talkin' Broadway

Review: White People
Racism is like greatness in some ways, if we are to believe J.T. Rogers and his new play, White People, which has just opened at Atlantic Stage 2: Some are born with it, some achieve it, and some have it thrust upon them. And, oh yes, it’s a defining characteristic of American society in that it can - and does - affect people of every social background. .

nytheatre.com

Review: White People

CurtainUp

Review: White People