Krapp’s Last Tape
Written by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Vicky Featherstone
NYU Skirball
October 8, 2025
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💉💉💉 out of 5.

I made a huge mistake with seeing Krapp’s Last Tape and I really should have learned my lesson by now.  I forgot somehow that when you see Beckett, you really need to sit right up close – no matter what the cost.  Whether it is Godot or Endgame or Happy Days you are going to see little movement and most of the play is going to happen on the actor’s face and body.  It is NOT the time to scrimp on ticket cost.  What made it worse this time, the theatre, Skirball at NYU, is built like a roadhouse where the back rows are really far back. And this man spent most of the time at his desk with his tape recorder AND he had a big mop of hair that shadowed much of his face.