Written by David Mamet
Directed by Neil Pepe
Synopsis: Founder David Mamet returns to Atlantic with his new comedy that made its world premiere at Center Theatre Group, directed by Atlantic Artistic Director Neil Pepe. Keep Your Pantheon is a rousing farce that follows the fortunes and misfortunes of an acting troupe in ancient Rome. An impoverished acting company on the edge of eviction is offered a lucrative engagement. But through a series of riotous mishaps, the troupe finds its problems have actually multiplied, and that they are about to learn a new meaning for the term "dying on stage." Mamet's world premiere play School is a brief comic discourse on recycling, poster design and the transmission of information.
NEW YORK TIMES:
"Mr. Mamet, whose own voice has been channeled by a host of imitators, is always at his best when he sticks to his trademark machine-gun style. Say what you will about him; as “School” reminds us with gusto, there’s no denying that the guy’s got rhythm."
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NEW YORK POST:
"F these flimsy one-act plays weren't by David Mamet, they probably wouldn't have been produced by the Atlantic Theater Company. Both works amount to the kind of flimflam the author used to write about."
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THEATERMANIA:
"But despite the handsome physical production and the well-crafted performances -- particularly Murray, Pankow, and J.J. Johnson, who plays a hard-nosed Roman soldier with panache -- these amiable plays really only serve to whet the appetite for the more substantial Mamet plays (Oleanna and Race) being presented in New York this season."
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VARIETY:
"So they don’t add up to an awful lot and, like Ethan Coen’s “Offices” at the same address last season, it’s hard to imagine them landing a major Off Broadway slot without the playwright’s name. (Mamet also is a co-founder of the Atlantic.) But “Pantheon” delivers some hearty laughs, and even the American theater’s leading chronicler of bellicose masculinity needs to goof off once in a while."
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BACKSTAGE:
"At 85 minutes, these two unrelated plays are full of laughs, and that's not a bad bargain these days."
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TIME OUT NY:
"Oh, forget it: Here are a couple of minor works by a legend and a fine way to kill 70 minutes at the theater.
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