SUPERIOR DONUTS Reviews — Page 2

I hope this will last until the Tonys!

Updated On: 10/2/09 at 01:28 AM

"It's not a masterpiece, but it is fun."

I agree with your first statement, but I found it anything but "fun." In fact, I cringed throughout--- from the awful sitcom jokes, the deadly monologues, the preposterous fight scene--- the whole thing was appallingly bad.

But the critics circled the wagons around their pet. If this play had been written by an unknown, it would have been massacred.

NY1 is very positive:

"Far too much of what we see on Broadway is like a donut: sugary-sweet, hollow at the center, and bad for you. But Tracy Letts's new play "Superior Donuts" could never be mistaken for junk food.

This witty, melancholy but hopeful chamber drama is a full-course meal served up by a crew of top chefs.

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"Superior Donuts" is very funny and also gut-punching sad, but ultimately it's a redemptive tale about community and the need to let go of the past, however painful.

It would be silly to ask if "Superior Donuts" is as good as Tracy Letts' mega-hit two seasons ago, "August: Osage County." They're totally different plays, united by an author whose muscular dialogue and skewed view of humanity makes him one of our most valuable playwrights."


Review and Video

Updated On: 10/2/09 at 06:05 PM

"That's it?" was my reaction to GOD OF CARNAGE, when I read it and when I saw it performed.