The Royal Family Tickets

""The Royal Family is suffused with the radiance of pure, inexhaustible love of an ancient craft. The passion at the play's heart is forever. You may find yourself moved to tears. Rosemary Harris and Jan Maxwell are giving the kind of performance that turn agnostics into true believers. It's something close to a miracle.""

The New York Times

Ben Brantley

""Effervescent! This comedy is graced with a terrific collection of actors. Jan Maxwell hilariously raises neurotic indecision to a fine art. Reg Rogers is wonderful. Ana Gasteyer is supremely comic. Director Doug Hughes never lets any of the actors descend into cartoons, which makes the play's ending all the more poignant.""

Associated Press

Michael Kuchwara

""The Royal Family is royal inside-theater delight. There are many pleasures in Doug Hughes' sumptuous joy of a revival. The legendary Rosemary Harris gives a thrilling and ravishing performance. Hughes clearly knows that comedy is serious business.""

Newsday

Linda Winer

""A fine showcase for two marvelous actresses, Jan Maxwell and Rosemary Harris. They are a joy to behold. Maxwell's elegant, high-cheekboned beauty and comic dexterity suit the part perfectly. it's imposible to imagine an actress who would be more likable or funnier. Harris similarly makes us laugh and breaks our heart. She is masterful. Under Doug Hughes' sprightly direction, the ensemble performs gamely.""

USA Today

Elysa Gardner

""The Royal Family is a love letter to the stage and an amusing look at the lunacies of the theater. Jan Maxwell squeezes her juicy role for all it's worth. She is a riot, while Tony Roberts is terrific.""

New York Daily News

Joe Dziemianowicz

""Dazzling comic performances from a superb cast who go for broke and emerge triumphant. With exquisitely juicy material and over-the-top bravura performances, it persuades you that there's nothing funnier than actors playing actors. Under the stylish, pitch-perfect direction of Doug Hughes, it's crucially, believably human and it works beautifully.""

The Record

Robert Feldberg

""The Royal Family is one of those ageless comedies with extravagant, often brilliantly comic banter that is sure to beguile audiences. Rosemary Harris etches a sassy, valiant Fanny while the ever-elegant Jan Maxwell stops the show. It's very early in the Brodway season to predict the spring's Tony Award contenders, but this classy staging of The Royal Family sets a high bar for subsequent shows to beat.""

New Jersey Newsroom

Michael Sommers