Should You See 'The Rose Tattoo' on Broadway?

Marissa Tomei stars in Tennessee Williams "the Rose Tattoo". See what the critics are saying:

Surviving every obstacle, Tomei never falters, remaining fiery, hypnotic, sensually charged and irresistibly charming.
Rex Reed, Observer

Individual scenes are affecting, Tomei can toss off a funny line with the best of them, and you are, by the end, rooting for Serafina to find happiness again.
Christopher Bonanos, Vulture

Marisa Tomei bares just about all, emotionally speaking.

Marisa Tomei's earthy performance as half-crazed Sicilian American widow Serafina Delle Rose is the main attraction in Trip Cullman's maddeningly uneven production
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

Despite the fact that it concerns a protagonist newly widowed, it's essentially a romantic comedy, a genre Williams was never really known for
Roma Torre, NY1

Tomei is effective as far as she goes, and it's likely she has it in her to go much farther. But she hasn't been guided that way.
David Finkle, New York Stage Review

Whatever, Elliott and Tomei play their stuttering progress to romance with both flare and sensitivity, as well as for belly laughs.
Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast

Its principal weapon is Tomei, whose performance is marked by her embrace of transformation.
Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune

Tomei knows from Italian-flavored portraiture. (She won an Oscar playing a character named Mona Lisa Vito in "My Cousin Vinny.")
Ben Brantley, The New York Times

Tomei is a lighter, flightier presence - sensuous and delightful - and she plays even the darkest moments brightly, in on the joke.
Alexis Soloski, The Guardian

''...director, star and a very strong ensemble cast bring out the operatic flourishes of sorrow. joy, and even a little madness"
Michael Dale, BroadwayWorld

"The Rose Tattoo" is what happens when a poet writes a comedy - something strange, but kind of lovely.
Marilyn Stasio, Variety

But Tomei's great talent for romantic comedy clicks into place in her flirtation with Mangiacavallo. Although the tone of the play and production waver too much to leave a permament impression, The Rose Tattoo has an interesting place in the Williams canon.
Adam Feldman, Time Out New York

Laced with humor and colorfully loopy characters and an ending - no spoiler - that is atypically upbeat, The Rose Tattoo is as close as Tennessee Williams comes to romantic comedy.
Joe Dziemianowicz, Theater News Online

Though he doesn't appear until the play's second act, he and Tomei have a natural chemistry that helps bridge the question of why Serafina would be so attracted to a man of Alvaro's somewhat questionable character.
Lauren Morgan, Entertainment Weekly