“As a piece of theatrical and cultural history it is fascinating. And despite some sluggish moments, it does not feel overlong at two hours and 40 minutes.”
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"Mavis bemoans that there aren’t more plays about ordinary people with ordinary problems. Despite Sidney’s more optimistic friends trudging up his dormant delusions of grandeur, 'The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window' is essentially that kind of play (though without the straight-edged naturalism the apartment dwellers deride)."
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“The play is harsh, but as it pares its hero down, it reveals something hopeful. ”
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“The sign of the title is one of support for O’Hara...it is an astute symbol with layered meanings, attesting to Sidney’s idealism as well as his naivete, but more broadly the universal human need to establish a secure place in the world, to stand for something, to be someone.”
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“Crackling with ideological argument and loaded with withering observations about American progressivism, ‘Sidney Brustein’ is thrilling and unwieldy in a way that too few plays are given sufficient berth to be on Broadway.”
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“What struck me most of all in this second go-round with ’Sidney Brustein’ is Hansberry’s self-conscious commentary on art and artists, as if interrogating her own purpose before leaving it behind.”
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"While Sidney dominates the play by being the loudest and most self-important voice in the room, it is the women's story that could have easily turned the play inside-out."
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“Though few people have made more of such a short life, one can’t help but walk away from this production feeling like Hansberry is somewhere watching from the wings, begging us to put down the platitudes every once in a while and treasure however long is left.”
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