"In 3 Short Plays, the Art of Making Up and Breaking Up. The second program of 'Summer Shorts 2019,' at 59E59 Theaters, is a patchy evening including a contribution by Neil LaBute."
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"The conclusion of war brings neither happiness nor peace in Lucky, Sharr White's tense and mysterious two-hander, which kicks off Series B of this festival of one-acts on a strong, satisfying note…[this is] a better-than-average edition of 'Summer Shorts,' a series that continues to display its vitality."
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★★★ "'Neil LaBute Delivers a Typically Toxic Comedy.' A smart topical comedy outshines lesser works in an annual off-Broadway festival"
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"Saving the best - and most controversial - for last, the provocative Neil LaBute once again stirs the pot with 'Appomatox.'"
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"While the premises are interesting, all three plays are a bit too long and could use some cutting or rewriting. As always the acting in this long-running festival created by producing artistic director J.J. Kandel is superb despite the plays' deficiencies."
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70% "This year’s crop of 'Summer Shorts' is a ho-hum, hum drum sort of an evening. At 'Series B' the evening featured three plays, each with a solid core of an intriguing idea that was then dressed up with too many words and not enough action."
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"Neither of the first two plays…succeeds in making you feel that what's happening really matters much…'Appomattox'…condenses the issue of…reparations into a dynamically tense, thoroughly dramatic, politically charged, and rhetorically informative experience."
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"The 'Summer Shorts Series B' showcases three plays that deal with the gulf that can separate people in relationships….The evening gets off to a shaky start, with the plodding Lucky…Bleemer's Providence [is] a humorous though melancholy look at a seemingly happy marriage…LaBute's gripping Appomattox concludes the evening."
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