Nights at the Algonquin Round Table

Paa-shaw... I hath lended an ear and at least 1 eye, say I...Aye yes! This wit-laden curio twill be a feast for all 4 of thine senses, nay...Say 5. A rare delicious exercise weaving wicked wit with fearless frivolity. Aye...I say GO you must. Go and peer in, again to this wit-whittled world, but beware! For you might find it peering back curiously, with another eye, Nay...say 2 at you, at YOU!... full review

Roz Stanley as Dorothy Parker superbly carries this show with poise and grace! Her performance is terrific and her delivery is delightful! The show is well written and directed. Overall, it's a great piece of theater. ... full review

What makes witticisms work is a light, deft touch. Sadly, the actors took a sledgehammer to every one, assuming the audience too slow to notice otherwise. As a result, the pacing was too ponderous.... full review

The first preview clocked in at 100 minutes, not 80, thanks to a late start AND some interminable waits for costume changes which the director should have solved BEFORE the audience arrived! An entertaining anecdote from the 1930s with a supporting cast of famous names and a modest sprinkling of sparkling quips quoted. It all builds, too slowly, to a climactic card game, which goes on and on and on. The show should be shorter, so cut it, judiciously, as well as the hair of all the actors, very noticeably NOT period correct! Surprisingly, the stars turn out to be the only women, two of them---"Dorothy Parker" and a sympathetic waitress who gets to demonstrate The Black Bottom, a ditzy dance of the period!... full review