TOO MUCH SUN Review Quotes
“CRITICS’ PICK! AN UNCONDITIONAL TREAT! LINDA LAVIN IS AT THE VERY TOP OF HER GAME! SHE IS REMARKABLE. Jennifer Westfeldt is terrific. Mr. Silver is a dramatist with an original and thoroughly sustained tragicomic worldview. He gives the cast the generous gift of speaking beautifully, in epigrams and winged barbs and poetic soliloquies that cascade […]
“CRITICS’ PICK! AN UNCONDITIONAL TREAT! LINDA LAVIN IS AT THE VERY TOP OF HER GAME! SHE IS REMARKABLE.
Jennifer Westfeldt is terrific. Mr. Silver is a dramatist with an original and thoroughly sustained tragicomic worldview. He gives the cast the generous gift of speaking beautifully, in epigrams and winged barbs and poetic soliloquies that cascade like a Schubert impromptu.”
– Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“LAVIN IS PRICELESS!
She is in a class by herself, at once monstrously funny and absurdly human.
Don’t even ask how she does it. Her comic mastery remains a mystery.”
– Marilyn Stasio, Variety
“LINDA LAVIN SHINES BRIGHTLY IN ‘TOO MUCH SUN’!
She is terrific. Jennifer Westfeldt is excellent.”
– Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press
★ ★ ★ ★
“CHEERS!
All the Silver trademarks are here, but they emerge fresh in Mark Brokaw’s smart, delicate staging.”
– David Cote, Time Out New York
“WE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF THE DAZZLING LINDA LAVIN IN ‘TOO MUCH SUN’!
Nicky Silver’s latest lets her pull out all the stops.”
– Frank Scheck, NY Post
“HILARIOUS AND HEARTBREAKING!
Under Brokaw’s steady direction, this solid ensemble registers powerful performances. The show floats along on Silver’s considerable wit and the cast’s ability to deliver it with flawless timing.”
– Zachary Stewart, Theatermania
“SHARPLY DIRECTED BY MARK BROKAW!
Lavin masterfully blends Audrey’s contradictions into a shimmering portrait of a life in flux.”
– Matthew Murray, Talkin’ Broadway
“LAVIN AT HER MOST HILARIOUS!
Too Much Sun benefits from director Mark Brokaw’s smooth direction.”
– Elyse Sommer, Curtain Up
★ ★ ★ ★
“ONE OF MR. SILVER’S FUNNIEST PLAYS TO DATE!
Director Mark Brokaw extracts outstanding performances from the gifted ensemble. Linda Lavin is wonderfully acerbic. Jennifer Westfeldt gives a poignant portrayal of Kitty.
– Scott Harrah, Stagezine.com
“STUNNING! ‘TOO MUCH SUN’ SHINES BRIGHTLY!
LAVIN DELIVERS A TOP-NOTCH PERFORMANCE, THE NEW THEATER SEASON’S FINEST.
The actress uses every bullet in her arsenal, from her martini-dry delivery of a putdown to the perfect raised eyebrow to her still-superb singing voice, and hits bulls-eye after bulls-eye. Mark Brokaw provides sure-handed direction.”
– Brian Scott Lipton, Cititour.com
Artists
Linda Lavin
Kennedy Center: FOLLIES; LCT: OTHER DESERT CITIES, THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG (Broadway), THE NEW CENTURY (Drama Desk Award; Off-Broadway). Broadway: THE LYONS, COLLECTED STORIES (Tony nomination), HOLLYWOOD ARMS, THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE (Tony nomination), THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Tony nom., Drama Desk Award), GYPSY, BROADWAY BOUND (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Helen Hayes awards), THE LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS (Tony nom.), COP OUT, STORY THEATRE, SOMETHING DIFFERENT, IT’S A BIRD…IT’S A PLANE…IT’S SUPERMAN, A FAMILY AFFAIR. Off-Broadway: CAKEWALK; DEATH (The Public); THE MAD SHOW; OH, KAY! (Theatre World Award), LITTLE MURDERS (Outside Critics Circle Award). Regional: FINISHING THE PICTURE, COLLECTED STORIES, DOUBT, RABBIT HOLE, DRIVING MISS DAISY. Film: The Backup Plan, The Muppets Take Manhattan, See You in the Morning, I Want to Go Home. TV: “Alice”, “Barney Miller”, “Room for Two”, “Conrad Bloom”. TV films “The $5.20 an Hour Dream”, “A Matter of Life and Death”, “A Place to Call Home”, “Lena: My 100 Children”, “Best Friends for Life”, “The Ring”, “Collected Stories”. Cabaret: Songs and Confessions of a One-Time Waitress; national appearances include Birdland, The Metropolitan Room, Wilmington Symphony, NY. Upcoming: the film Wanderlust and her first CD, Possibilities!