"Charming revival...'Travels With My Aunt' registers as low-calorie froth...Its over-the-top plot, and equally exaggerated leading lady, are always framed by a certain middle-class circumspection. Much of its appeal lies in the contrast between the ostensibly stodgy actors and the outlandish tales they purvey...While the cast of four takes on a multitude of roles, it blends virtuosity with modesty."
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"A high-energy joyride for audience and actors alike is now viewable in an optimal, intimate setting, ably navigated by Keen Company’s artistic director Jonathan Silverstein...So warped is the play’s moral compass, it may leave yours disturbingly askew."
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"This production is an inventive piece of theater that is elevated by the delightful performances of its four actors, who play no fewer than two dozen roles...In addition to the production's funny performances, Silverstein creates the feel of travel onstage by keeping the actors and the scenery in motion...'Travels With My Aunt' is a trip worth taking."
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"The terrific versatility of the actors makes it great fun to keep all the multi-played personas sorted out...The first act is not that difficult to follow. The second act, on the other hand, was more convoluted as the casting conceit got deep into Greene's favorite genreses and themes. This did give Silverstein and company a chance to give the quartet a whole new look and end things as a colorful very Greenian entertainment.
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"Jonathan Silverstein’s revival of 'Travels with My Aunt' is both challenging and understated so that its pleasures are low-key and refined. With Graham Greene’s witty, extravagant and fanciful plot and the creative acting of its four performers, 'Travels with My Aunt' is an exquisite jewel that is not for everyone. However, the evening does have a good deal to teach us about living life to the fullest and not settling for easy compromises that we may come to regret."
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"The story moves with surprising fluidity. The characters interrupt each other, change topics. switch or chop sentences and Silverstein encourages as much humor as the play allows. Certainly it is a dated picaresque adventure, not digging deeply into anything but telling a nutty flamboyant story."
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"Mr. Havergill’s adaptation demonstrates that it’s possible to turn a multi-locale, multi-character novel into a play, using only four identically dressed actors and barely any props. It’s a trick, and, like all good tricks, needs distractions to make it work. Such distractions would have been a first-rate cast and production, and a consistently engrossing story. Their absence leaves the trick’s illusion exposed."
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"Jonathan Silverstein’s direction, brings some delightful performances, but it is truly like having a book acted out for you. If you like this kind of theater you will love this, if not you will be extremely bored as it is two hours long. Just to think we have gone from book, to movie, to kindle to theater."
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