An Early History of Fire - Off-Broadway

Reviews

• Review by Jennifer Farrar
  from Associated Press
  April 30, 2012

  ‘‘[An Early History of Fire] is an entertaining, accurate portrayal of a time when America was on the cusp of social upheaval.’’

• Review by Ben Brantley
  from The New York Times
  April 30, 2012

  ‘‘There’s a moment of stopped time, in which Ms. Darke’s character holds a spoon filled with peanut butter over a piece of bread while the others stare unblinkingly into the future, that beautifully captures both the age of the characters and of the country they belong to. Their glazed but rapturous expressions summon an eternal chapter of youth when, to borrow from a Stephen Sondheim lyric, everything is possible and nothing makes sense.’’