Press
ABOUT SOHO REP."[Soho Rep] has claimed an increasingly vital spot ... the venue has suddenly become one to watch for Manhattan theatergoers starved for new work." Variety view full text
"this indispensable theater offers more excitement per chair than any space in town." New York Magazine view full text
"The forceful and always daring Soho Rep..." The New Yorker view full text
"Sarah Kane Premiere Leads Soho Rep Season" The New York Times view full text
"Moving on up: Soho Rep" Alexis Soloski, Village Voice: Sightlines view full text
"Soho Rep is the best theater in NYC (official) ... the astoundingly kick-ass season that artistic director Sarah Benson has lined up ... makes us a little more hopeful about the future" David Cote, Time Out New York view full text
"After 32 years, Soho Rep, under its new artistic director, Sarah Benson, will move completely from Off Off Broadway to Off Broadway status for the coming season." Campbell Robertson, The New York Times view full text
"companies like Soho Rep ... have been helping to present one of the better crops of straight dramas seen below and around 14th Street in years." Jason Zinoman, The New York Times view full text
"proving you don't need big budgets to mount beautifully designed productions with style and sophistication." Jason Zinoman, The New York Times view full text
"Sarah Benson takes center stage at Soho Rep" Brian Parks, Village Voice view full text
"The invaluable Soho Rep ... one of the most daring companies." New York Times view full text
THE TRUTH: A TRAGEDY
"★★★★★ ... hugely moving ... the piece is funny and odd and full of musical delights"
-Helen Shaw, Time Out New York
"Mad jubilation ... making the leap from the individual to the cosmic"
-Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"Its insight, humor, music, and comedy make The Truth: A Tragedy something unique"
-Gwen Orel, Backstage
LEAR
"A big, fat nothing ... As the Elizabethans would say, huh?"
-Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
"The writer-director and her outstanding actors plumb the depths of a bona fide existential crisis ... [Lear] has power and ought to endure"
-David Cote, Time Out New York
"Lear is a hot mess ... powerful ... fundamentally original"
-Hilton Als, The New Yorker
"The zigzagging route she takes to this ultimate failure is full of exhilarating, illuminating moments"
-Michael Feingold, The Village Voice
"Lee uses [King Lear] and some beautifully unconventional additions to flesh out Shakespeare's themes of loneliness, mortality and filial responsibility in gratifying and moving depth."
-Sam Thielman, Variety
RAMBO SOLO
Listen to the feature on NPR's All Things Considered
Watch the Time Out New York video tour
Listen to the WNYC audio profile
"★★★★★ ... profound and delightful" Helen Shaw, Time Out New York view full text
"If you follow Zachary Oberzan down the rabbit-hole of his character's lapel-grabbing enthusiasm in Rambo Solo you may emerge starry-eyed" Charles Isherwood, The New York Times view full text
"Nature Theater of Oklahoma, which has forged a sharp, witty and utterly distinctive performance style ... has hit the mother lode in Rambo Solo." Marilyn Stasio, Variety view full text
"the hottest ticket in town ... charting the winding, hazardous journey between private thought and spoken word" Adam Green, Vogue view full text
"the latest winning experiment from the Nature Theater of Oklahoma" John Del Signore, The Gothamist view full text
"poignant and jocular" Alexis Soloski, Village Voice view full text
"mesmerizing" Dan Kois, New York Magazine view full text
SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE
"Mr. LeFranc expertly leads you to realize that, however many dimensions a normal car ride takes place in, this one has an extra. ... It's an intriguing miniclinic in expanding the playwriting box." Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times view full text
"Tightly directed by Anne Kauffman, actors Joseph Adams as the often-overbearing father Ky, and Dane DeHaan as his sensitive son, Denny, both give haunting performances." Jennifer Farrar, Associated Press view full text
"LeFranc has a golden ear for the inane conversations conducted by men in cars." Marilyn Stasio, Variety view full text
BLASTED
2008 Top Ten lists:
Associated Press
New York Magazine
The New York Times
Newsday
Time Magazine
Time Out New York
"Astounding drama ... impeccably staged ... BLASTED has finally arrived in New York in a first-rate production that opened Thursday night at Soho Rep on Walker Street, filling a significant gap in the history of contemporary theater here." Ben Brantley, The New York Times view full text
"Here is a vision of contemporary Western horror delivered with full force and total commitment, in a blazingly lucid production. ... Benson's fearless actors all give intensely raw yet technically adept performances." David Cote, Time Out New York view full text
"[Kane's] surreal vision has taken on authentic reality for any nation that happens to be at war" Marilyn Stasio, Variety view full text
"One of a kind theatrical experience" Andy Propst, Theatermania view full text
"Soho Rep's show [BLASTED] is a must-ticket for those interested in contemporary drama." Michael Sommers, The Star Ledger view full text
Also:
The New York Times:
Charles Isherwood's feature
Mark Blankenship's feature
Photo slideshow
Audio slideshow
WNYC:
Leonard Lopate's interview
NO DICE
"NO DICE is a tour de force ... that rare, wondrous type of theatrical sustenance: You leave blissful and sated, yet wanting more." Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times view full text
"it's still startling that such an unlikely show ... is drawing raves from the critics and has sold out its run at the Soho Rep" Campbell Robertson, The New York Times view full text
PHILOKTETES
"dangerously volatile ... the combination of tragic matrix and political urgency gives the verbal frenzies exceptional stature ... see it performed and you'll find it setting off small detonations in your mind for days afterward" Michael Feingold, The Village Voice view full text
"a minimalist video-mediated dreamscape ... the language is intoxicatingly rich ... the title character's speeches could infect your mind" David Cote, Time Out New York view full text
THE THUGS
"a delightfully paranoid little nightmare ... taut, entertaining" Jason Zinoman, The New York Times view full text
"Drabness has rarely been so thoroughly exquisite as in Anne Kauffman's production of The Thugs at Soho Rep." Adam Feldman, Time Out New York view full text
"The best of 2006: Post-September 11 urban dread was palpable-and nervously funny-in Adam Bock's workplace cringe comedy, intricately staged by Anne Kauffman." David Cote, Time Out New York view full text
"Highlights of 2006. #1 'THE THUGS': Anyone lamenting the lack of exciting new voices in American theater probably didn't catch Adam Bock's pitch-perfect black comedy, a squirmy blend of "The Office" and George Orwell, at SoHo Rep." Eric Grode, The New York Sun view full text
