CRITIC’S PICK: "...a creator’s isolation eventually gives way to collaboration: maybe maddening, bickersome and chaotic, but at least not solitary. Such is the nature of theater. Such are the habits of that particular art."
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“ 'The Habit of Art,' jagged with imperfections but still richly engaging, proves that Mr. Bennett is a first-rank playwright even if the play isn’t likely to be among his most enduring achievements."
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" 'The Habit of Art' thus operates on a third level: as a meditation on the nature of biography, suggesting questions about how much historical accuracy and verisimilitude matter in the search for broader truths."
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”Its tone is autumnal, its humor donnish and insular, its naughty bits left over from another era… It's all a jumble, featuring mordant thoughts juxtaposed with twee jokes and odd bits of theatre lore, and it's to the credit of director Philip Franks that it holds together as well as it does.”
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"With so much going on in 'The Habit of Art,' it feels as if Bennett in his serio-comic ruminating doesn’t quite blend the profuse ingredients...Nonetheless, Bennett’s gift for hilarity, for ribaldry within gravitas, remains."
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"Bennett’s bawdy, exhilarating tribute to the theater lovingly acknowledges the host of contributors, with their foibles and insecurities, who help make a work of art."
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