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Little Bear Ridge Road Reviews

Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock star in Samuel D. Hunter's new work.

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"Even by Metcalf’s lofty standards, this is one stunner of a performance. A beautiful play. In today’s American theater, it’s unique. It is a revelation."

Chicago Tribune

Chris Jones

The New York Times

"Critic’s Pick. The glorious Laurie Metcalf plays one of the funniest and most thoroughly human characters seen lately on a New York stage. One of the most entertaining, too. In Samuel D. Hunter’s keen-eyed and compassionate play, the riveting Metcalf rips into her role."

The New York Times

Laura Collins-Hughes

The Wall Street Journal

"Laurie Metcalf gives a performance of unvarnished, plain-spoken beauty. Her remarkably fine performance is flinty, funny, and savagely unsentimental. Little Bear Ridge Road is as moving as it is bruisingly truthful."

The Wall Street Journal

Charles Isherwood

The Hollywood Reporter

"A jewel of a play. The brilliant Laurie Metcalf is in blazing form in a singularly beautiful piece that shifts almost imperceptibly from acerbic comedy to searing pathos. This is a gorgeous play. Its rewards are as immense as the Idaho night skies"

The Hollywood Reporter

David Rooney

New York Post

"A hard-hitting, hard-laughing show you leave wanting much more of. A rockstar of the New York stage, Laurie Metcalf is never less than nuclear. Uproariously funny and bruisingly honest"

New York Post

Joey Oleksinkski

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Fantastic
"A beautifully written play. Laurie Metcalf’s performance is a tour de force!"
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 27, 2025
We are Family…
"Superb performances. Humour, grief, fear, hope… the gamut of emotions. Awards must be given… "
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Shona G from MELBOURNE on Oct 24, 2025
Weird and fun becomes profound
"The main male character Ethan seemed like an unlikable and rather superficial immature 30 year old. No wonder his aunt Sarah doesn’t seem to like him. Or he her. So where do we go from here? Turns out the road traveled in 90 minutes is funny, winding, and profound. Well acted and skillfully written, it builds beautifully with acting that supports the slow build quite well. By the end I loved it and was quite nicer. "
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Dan S from West Caldwell on Oct 12, 2025
Brilliant
"Riveting performances from all the actors, especially Laurie Metcalf."
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Broadway.com Customer on Oct 12, 2025
So good!
"What I expected and more. Laurie Metcalf is spectacular. I laughed a lot and cried just a little bit. Very touching and heartfelt. A great perspective on how difficult the family dynamic can be and how misunderstood we are most of the time...highly recommend "
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Dominique M from Garwood on Oct 12, 2025
Not at all what I thought this would be
"I expected family drama, and it was there, but the performances were funny, and real. I walked away loving that i had a chance to see this play. Loved the interactions between the characters!"
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Lisa W from Atlanta on Nov 8, 2025
Brilliant poignant and hilarious
"The acting was truly superb. Loved the writing as well. Wish it hadn’t taken a serious turn but I went with it and enjoyed it. "
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Brock C from Chicago on Nov 1, 2025

About Little Bear Ridge Road

Four-time Emmy® and two-time Tony Award® winner Laurie Metcalf returns to Broadway opposite Tony Award® nominee Micah Stock in Little Bear Ridge Road, the wry and piercing new play by Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale) directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Joe Mantello. This production marks Hunter’s Broadway debut and Metcalf and Mantello’s seventh collaboration.

Set on the remote edge of a small Idaho town, Little Bear Ridge Road centers on a razor-tongued aunt and her long-estranged nephew who find themselves suddenly back in each other’s lives—two lonely souls with a crumbling house to sell and a tangled history to unravel. Bitingly funny and quietly explosive, Little Bear Ridge Road lays bare our messy, human need to reach across voids for one another, even when it shakes us to the bone.

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