A collection of our favorite reviews from professional news sources.
"An enthralling, emotional knockout and the first must see play of the season. Mothers, take your friends and daughters, and vice versa."
The Washington Post
Naveen Kumar
"Powerfully moving and consistently funny. An unadulterated pleasure. If there is a show that can make the case for a Tony Award for best ensemble, it’s this one."
The New York Times
Elisabeth Vincentelli
"Go see Liberation, people! Both times I’ve seen Bess Wohl’s THRILLING play, I’ve felt unprepared for the emotional wallop it lands."
"I came of age in the 70’s. Liberation spoke to my heart. Women did not have the choices in the past that we have today. But if we are not careful, those choices will be taken away. They already are! Women must stick together to demand equality. I loved this show!"
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Broadway.com Customer on Dec 3, 2025
Brilliant Play
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This is one of the best plays I have ever seen. Insightful, thought provoking, and brilliantly written, Liberation set the bar high. The acting was perfect."
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Susan S from Haverford on Nov 16, 2025
A Bridge Across the Ages
"A group of six of us, two seniors, friends since elementary school, my grown daughter, and three of her friends, enjoyed this passionate performance together. The mix of emotions it evoked and the lively dinner conversation following were unanticipated and, well, liberating! We all concluded that this generation bridging performance was both inspiring and thought-provoking, albeit for our own reasons. Keep putting your bricks in the wall, people! I challenge you to see LIBERATION. Consider how each generation has more in common with the previous than we realize...but a word of caution: It may not be for the reasons you imagine! There is some nudity, but don't let that deter you. Just go, you'll see what I mean! "
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Cathy D from Thousand Palms on Nov 14, 2025
I laughed, I had tears & took a huge pause with my thoughts of today
"I liked the message "
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Broadway.com Customer on Nov 13, 2025
Thought provoking, funny, superbly acted and staged.
"I was in CR in the 70s and this show really hit home with me."
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Broadway.com Customer on Nov 13, 2025
Best play I have seen in a decade
"This creative telling of the struggle for equal rights by our mothers is a must see for all! I do hope a young student-friendly version is produced, because the message is so powerful and told in a disarming, compassionate way with humor, love and a lot of respect for the women who came before us. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 27, 2025
Laughing. Crying. Sobbing. Reeling.
"Liberation is the beautiful and timeless story of women fighting for the right to exist equally in the world. The tension between what that looks like to the outside world, and what that even looks like amongst themselves is among the primary themes of this hysterical and heart grabbing play. If this doesn’t win a Tony, the committee should quite simply be fired. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 26, 2025
A Woman’s Must See
"The acting was great, the dialogue fun, the issues so true. Loved the characters, particularly Margie & Isadora. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 23, 2025
Incredibly Powerful + Nuanced
"I absolutely LOVED this play. It was powerful, raw, and nuanced -- and hit so close to home! Beautiful (albeit complicated) commentary on society and the women's movement at large -- past, present, and future. I cried a lot... and absolutely loved it. It'll make you call your mom. "
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Heidi D from Richmond on Oct 21, 2025
The show reminded me of my own involvement in Women's Liberation.
"The actors were wonderful and the content was informative and funny at times. The play brought up many of the issues we grappled with in the 1970s and, like us, solved only a few of them."
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Renate B from New York on Oct 16, 2025
Phenomenal play
"What’s a fresh and fantastic new look at humanity and the role of women through time. This is a must see for multi generations… Not just for women, but for the men who love them or are trying to understand them."
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Jennifer Y from Palm Beach Gardens on Oct 12, 2025
Fabulous show!
"This show was so powerful! It really hit home for those of us who lived through the 70's. The acting was fabulous, and the way the story was presented was very clever. I highly recommend it!"
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Broadway.com Customer on Apr 13, 2025
A liberating Perspective
"What daughter hasn’t wondered what her mother was like when she was young? What did she care about, dream about? That’s the premise of Liberation. It’s a beautifully written play with actors who really care about the material. I loved it. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Mar 29, 2025
Mother/daughter show
"It was a very meaningful show that was heartfelt and funny. Great show to see with my daughter, gave us a lot of meaningful topics to discuss. Recommend for anyone wanting to be entertained while learning about women’s struggles over the years."
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Janet R from Knoxville on Dec 1, 2025
Provocative and full of humor
"Great performances by the whole cast and interesting characters, play structure unusual but it works, thought-provoking with just the right amount of humor"
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 10, 2025
Great show!
"I thought the show was very thoughtful and informative of the roles that women play not only in 1970 but in contemporary culture. The acting was superb and the writing very insightful and funny. Highly recommend attending. Because of the nudity, I don’t think it would be recommended for children."
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 20, 2025
Progress in the eye of the beholder
"An interesting exploration of women’s issues that asks us to look back at what was achieved, and was it enough - personally? societally? "
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Lauren W from Pennington on Mar 29, 2025
for women
"i thought the acting was excellent. loved the topic. missed capturing how angry the male population was against the movement. I was 25 during this time so cried during the show -it hit the nerves"
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NANCY S from San Francisco on Dec 2, 2025
This is a conventional drama with conventional dialogue
"This play was obvious . Nothing in the dialogue was surprising or revealing about the period that we didn't know already.
it was a family drama about women who might be interested in liberation, get married and have children, no radical thinking.
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 18, 2025
About
Liberation
It's 1970: somewhere in Ohio, six women meet on a basement basketball court, determined to shake up their lives and change the world. Fifty years later, one of their daughters tries to understand where things fell apart. A provocative, wildly theatrical world premiere that poses vital questions about friendship, legacy, and the true meaning of liberation.
