CRITIC’S PICK: “If ‘Summer, 1976’ feels too comfortable to be fashionable, it’s sharply observant, too, and subtly, insistently feminist — more than the wisp of a two-hander that it might first appear to be.”
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“I don’t regret the 90 minutes I spent at this smoothly rendered memory play. But already, I struggle a bit to remember it. ”
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“...’Summer, 1976,’ a pleasant wisp of a play with an A-list pedigree that has all the dramatic heft of catching a few rays...this new work provides a not-so-surprising reminder about a simple fact of life. People come into our lives and then they go, but they leave a mark – whether we want to acknowledge that or not.”
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“They don’t experience anything grandly triumphant or devastating, but the play offers the challenge of sitting quietly, meeting them at their level, and considering what is big from that vantage.”
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“...the play is small in scale—just two characters, coming in at 90 minutes—unusual in its design, and filled with interesting detail. The closer you look, and listen, and the more you reflect upon it, the deeper grow its rewards.”
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“Broadway can be a loud place, with belters belting and orchestras swelling and actors playing to rafters in the theater across the street, so it’s both comforting and mesmerizing to see a play as quietly poignant as David Auburn’s ’Summer, 1976.’ ”
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“It breaks some of the spell of empathy and shared experience, which may well have been fully intentional. A tilt toward a crucial spark, then, but not as helpful as really catching summer heat.”
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“There’s not one false note in director Daniel Sullivan’s clear direction or in the natural yet precise performances of Linney and Hecht, who are working at the top of their game and together offer a master class in acting.”
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