Playing With Grown Ups by Hannah Patterson at 59 E59 New York

05/15/2014

"Why would someone do that, to their face? I can't imagine willingly wanting to be cut open" "Yet."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/14/nips-tucks-botox-right-to-choose-mutated-into

Suzanne Moore: The bloated faces of so many of our stars do not speak to me of empowerment: instead, I see powerlessness and women masking age with an odd veneer

05/15/2014

"You need to eat." "I need to lose weight" "You don't" "I do, Robert"

"Wobbly," "imperfect," "stumpy," "short," "frumpy," "disgusting."

Those are some of the responses Taryn Brumfitt received when she asked 100 women to describe t...

05/13/2014

'All four actors are superb in their roles.' 'Patterson’s script has a lot of humor and a lot of insight. It’s a deftly crafted examination of what life is, what it can be, and what it doesn’t have to be.'
http://www.womanaroundtown.com/sections/playing-around/playing-with-grown-ups-playing-with-expectations?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

How does she do it? How does she find time to have a family and a career? How marvelous. How strong. How deeply devoted. How blissfully fulfilled. How is it even possible? In modern, first world suburban homes, we girls are raised from tiny tykes to know that whatever boys can do, we can do. And som…

05/12/2014

Check out what people are saying about the show. LAST WEEK to catch it - finishes on 18th. https://storify.com/KPStheatre/playing-with-grown-ups-at-59e59-theater-new-york

Late thirties, careers under their belts and a new baby just arrived. Isn't that what everybody wants? A wry, provocative look at what it is to be a woman today, in a society that tells us we can have it all and our ambitions can be unlimited.

05/11/2014

'quite one of the most absorbing, stimulating and upsetting – and entertaining – evenings in this singular season of smashing entertainments. How kind of the Brits to give us this jolt. Or did kindness have anything to do with it… ' http://www.theaterscene.net/ts/articles.nsf/OBP/B8BE17E30515A47985257CD2006D08ED

05/11/2014

'the synthesis of playwright, director and actors are so beautifully in sync that the play moves to the height it is brilliant enough to climb.' http://www.theaterpizzazz.com/playing-grownups-59e59-theaters/

Playing with Grownups, 59e59 Theaters, by Hannah Patterson,

05/09/2014

4 stars! 'None escape unscathed, but they do grow up to “face the music'.

http://blogcritics.org/theater-review-nyc-playing-with-grownups-by-hannah-patterson/

Joanna and Robert have Stella and Jake over to see baby Lily and have dinner and wine. What unfolds is unexpected and forces the characters to look at themselves and their relationships with each o...

05/09/2014

Alan Cox telling you all about the show...

http://vimeo.com/94546913

British actor Alan Cox sits down with Jim R Moore and talks about the current play he is acting in. "Playing with Grown Ups" at the 59E59 Theaters. Written by Hannah…

05/08/2014

'Sharp wit and clever one-liners make this an entertaining, but ultimately devastating, look at one woman's attempt to reconcile self-actualization with the parenting of a newborn.' http://t.co/xAAZOvTzCO ab

BOTTOM LINE: Sharp wit and clever one-liners make this an entertaining, but ultimately devastating, look at one woman's attempt to reconcile self-actualization with the parenting of a newborn.

05/08/2014

From the Lean In movement to the Atlantic cover story that created an internet firestorm, the question of women “having it all” is clearly a hot button issue, and one that Hannah Patterson did not shy...

05/07/2014

'A Modern-Day Dolls House'
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/theater/playing-with-grown-ups-by-hannah-patterson-at-59e59.html?smid=tw-nytimesTheater&seid=auto&_r=0

“Playing With Grown Ups,” part of Brits Off Broadway, puts a couple under a microscope.

05/06/2014

Opening night tonight! Best wishes to all involved both in New York and elsewhere