Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This is a reverent return to everything the classic play unleashed when it first seized the attention of the world in 1944 and catapulted Tennessee Williams from obscurity to international acclaim at age 33. What Antaeus and director Carolyn Ratteray have accomplished with this glorious return is nothing short of … Read more
Dany Margolies – The Daily News If you had a perfectly happy childhood with ideal parents, good for you. Tennessee Williams did not, and this led to some of literature’s most-affecting, most-enduring plays. Many in his audiences didn’t, either, and that’s why we keep coming back to his classics, particularly “The Glass Menagerie.” Indeed, its … Read more
Neal Weaver – Stage Raw This play, which provided Tennessee Williams with the first great success in his spectacular but ultimately blighted career, is astonishingly rich, simple, and forthright. That it requires only four actors and a single set has deluded many actors and directors to think it is an easy play to do. But … Read more
Neal Weaver – Stage Raw The published text of Tennessee Williams’ play is rife with stage directions insisting that it’s not a realistic play, but its production history suggests that Williams didn’t trust his own creation. When it’s performed with honesty and simplicity, as it is here, debates about realism vs. memory seem merely academic. Read … Read more