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Posted: 10/26/09 at 5:20pm
Variety gave Orphans Home Cycle a rave review. It closed at Hartford Stage this past weekend and starts performances next week at Signature.
"In his final gift to the theater Foote has created a work of gentle existentialism. It asks: Why do things happen in life the way they do? That Foote's central character ultimately accepts the mystery and finds his own sense of love, home and peace is as quietly profound as a zen master's prayer. Each of the pieces can stand alone. Taken in a big gulp or longer sips over three perfs, this saga of three families responding to the changing social, economic and personal conditions in a single community becomes a transformative work and its production a stunning achievement."
Variety Review -
"In his final gift to the theater Foote has created a work of gentle existentialism. It asks: Why do things happen in life the way they do? That Foote's central character ultimately accepts the mystery and finds his own sense of love, home and peace is as quietly profound as a zen master's prayer. Each of the pieces can stand alone. Taken in a big gulp or longer sips over three perfs, this saga of three families responding to the changing social, economic and personal conditions in a single community becomes a transformative work and its production a stunning achievement."
Variety Review -
