Heartless - Off-Broadway

Reviews

• Review by Michael Sommers
  from New Jersey Newsroom
  August 28, 2012

  ‘‘Signature Theatre’s world premiere is capably acted and nicely designed under Daniel Aukin’s direction.’’

• Review by Ben Brantley
  from The New York Times
  August 27, 2012

  ‘‘…For Shepard aficionados, “Heartless” offers a fascinating focus on a figure that this restlessly imaginative author—in contrast to other great American playwrights, like Tennessee Williams and Eugene O’Neill— usually doesn’t pay much attention to: good old long-suffering, child-shaping, hearth-keeping Mom.’’

• Review by Keith Staskiewicz
  from Entertainment Weekly
  August 27, 2012

  ‘‘There's something dark and alluring about the tapestry Shepard weaves.’’