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Press: August: Osage County

August: Osage County

At the Paramount Theatre
August: Osage County
By Tracy Letts
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro
October 27-November 1, 2009
Running time: 3 hours and 20 minutes with two intermissions

Press: August: Osage County

Press

"Yes, it is all that. August: Osage County is a savagely funny and ultimately devastating indictment of the failed experiment that is the American family." —Denver Post
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"August: Osage County is flat-out, without qualification, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years." —New York Times
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"One of the best plays of the year. A flat out triumph. Letts has written a darkly funny and harrowing American family drama à la O'Neill" —New York Magazine Year-End Review

"Enormously entertaining with immaculate staging by Anna D. Shapiro and simply beautiful acting by the whole cast. One hot drama, mama!" —New York Post
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"A great big exhilarating gift for Broadway theatergoers. In this bracingly fresh, hugely ambitious and note-perfect production, Tracy Letts lets fly so many original and diabolically funny ideas that he reinvigorates the family drama and brings it up to date. Anna D. Shapiro's direction is masterful." —Daily News
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