Sunday, July 21, 2013

Full-page New York Times feature on THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY!

We got a full-page feature in The New York Times, with color photos!

This terrific interview with Brad Dourif and Amanda Plummer, the stars of Tennessee Williams' THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY now playing off-Broadway at New World Stages, is in the Arts Section today (Sunday, July 21).

Here's a link to read it online:
Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif Onstage

Sunday, July 14, 2013

New York Times Critic's Pick +14 more TWO-CHARACTER PLAY reviews to celebrate!

We're thrilled that Ben Brantley's review in The New York Times resulted in our being designated a New York Times Critic's Pick!To read his NYT Review click here

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Our current aggregate grade on StageGrade.com is an "A-"!  We'll take it! And here are some of the reviews that got us there--along with other reviews I'm fond of!

More good news: Elizabeth Vincentelli in The New York Post really "got" the play, calling this production "revelatory" and giving us the delightful pull quote: "Few can do cray-cray like these two."  Read her review "Divine Crazy from Tennessee" by clicking here 

USA Today's Elysa Gardner Recommends the show too!Tennessee Williams' Two-Character Play Haunts Anew linked here
 
Edge New York's Matthew Martello says "an absolute must-see duo for this rarely seen Williams masterpiece."  Read his review here

Also, Dan Callahan of The L Magazine wrote a penetrating, insightful review that I like a lot.  Read that review here  
 
Similarly, Judd Hollander in The Epoch Times calls the show "Riveting!" Read Judd's review 
 
BlogCritics.org's Carole di Tosti calls the play a "rare work of existential genius" and "one of Williams' finest": Read her very insightful rave!

Likewise, CurtainUp.com's Simon Saltzman really understood what we're going for: "how fortunate we are to have this under-valued play back..." Read what Simon Says!

Cory Conley of NYTheatre.com concurs that our production is "a gem." Read the review

Vulture.com's Scott Brown had some nice things to say...Read Scott's review

A little later we got this great review from Joseph Cervelli of NorthJersey.com which is published in print in several New Jersey newspapers--"a fascinating, moving work".  Read the NorthJersey.com review here

David Roberts of Theatre Reviews Limited implores: "Do not miss the opportunity to see this production." Read David's rave here

Wolf Entertainment Guide likes our stars: "the powerful acting duo is the prime attraction." He also understands why "it is valuable...to see this play resurrected." Read by clicking here

Upstage-Downstage says "a miracle is happening at New World Stages!" Read more here

Finally, after devotedly reading Michael Feingold all these years, what a treat to have him write insightfully about our production on TheaterMania.com, and frame it in the context of today's NYC off-Broadway theatre scene. Read Feingold here
 
Proud to be part of the producing team of The Two-Character Play.  Thanks to everyone who has been a supportive friend along the road from dream to reality for this production.

If you're thirsting for still more info about the show, I'm especially proud of the deep content Program Notes on our website--you'll love and appreciate the play all the more:
 http://thetwocharacterplay.com/programnotes