Written by Mick Gordon and AC Grayling
Directed by Joseph Hardy
Synopsis: When noted scientist Grace Friedman learns that her son Tom has decided to become a Christian minister, she is forced to confront the meaning of both her atheist convictions and maternal impulses. Tom's father and pregnant girlfriend are caught in the cross-fire between mother and son that leads to a tragic twist in this profoundly thoughtful and critically-acclaimed play from London's Soho Theatre.
NYTHEATREREVIEWS.COM:
Truly exquisite! Lynn Redgrave is absolutely brilliant in this fascinating drama that explores religious belief as it mixes with family relationships. Lynn's performance is truly wonderful and worth seeing. Do NOT miss this fantastic new offering from MCC Theatre. Get your tickets now! (seriously).
THEATERMANIA:
"For the last four decades, Lynn Redgrave's choice of the portraits she paints on stage and screen has been impeccable. She hits pay dirt again with Grace, authoritatively co-written by Mick Gordon and AC Grayling, in which she gives one of the most astonishing performances of her career as the eponymous character of the 90-minute stunner MCC is presenting at the Lucille Lortel. To watch the tall, grey-helmeted, and fully committed member of the Redgrave acting dynasty at work is to observe what powers superlative acting confers on a worthy script as well as to see an award-winning interpretation in the making."
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NEW YORK TIMES:
"Ms. Redgrave, her captivating blue eyes glittering with righteousness, delivers Grace’s orations with a fine ferocity. She has a bravura scene in the play’s last moments, as Grace’s carapace cracks to reveal the wounded, desperate mother beneath the carefully maintained armature of the intellectual. But all the humanity in the performance seems to be cordoned off into this scene;"
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TIME OUT NY:
"Such rhetoric is balanced by touching, earnest articulations of belief. There are radical-intellectual joys to be had here, but in the end, family psychology trumps everything. Although necessary and engaging, this searching but typical domestic drama won’t overcome the most pernicious of blind faiths: convention."
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NEW YORK POST:
"Still, the evening has its affecting moments, thanks largely to appealing performances by the supporting cast and Redgrave's fiercely powerful turn in the title role. Their fine work makes the missed opportunity of the evening's provocative subject matter all the more frustrating."
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:
"British authors Mick Gordon and AC Grayling, who also teaches philosophy, shroud the story in mystery, which fits the subject. It plays out like a puzzle that slowly comes together to reveal what's happening. Despite one or two contrived twists and overwrought passages, it's always intriguing and intelligent."
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VARIETY:
"This family of academics may be intelligent and articulate, but their theology is rudimentary, their positions rigid and their arguments superficial. If one of them weren't dead, we'd probably never sit still for this."
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NEWSDAY:
" "Grace," which stars a feisty Lynn Redgrave at the MCC Theater, aims for a headier confrontation - again, with limited effect."
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