"Crackling good dialogue and timely themes ... Powers weaves together multiple strains of plot and character with a seasoned pro's skill. His mission to present a believable slice-of-life with contemporary resonance is, like Clay's, achieved in a decisive knockout." –Variety
"An astounding debut for playwright Kemp Powers ... Superb across the board ... breathtakingly good. There just aren't enough superlatives. Powerful, funny, exhilarating - what a play." –
ArtsBeatLA "In less than ninety minutes, a long, difficult chapter of American history seems to sweep by. The mind keeps flashing back and forward, even as the play grips us with the immediacy of the hotel room. Great theater hits you hard and in many places. That's exactly what you get from the powers of this play ... great theater." –
Baltimore Sun "Although the setting is historic, the issues remain as timely as ever... You brothers are our bright shining future, says Malcolm X at one point, but Powers' play raises urgent questions as to how that is to be achieved... it is still stirring to hear the path to racial progress being argued with such passion and presented with such fervour on a British stage... I wished the play, at 90 minutes, had been longer, but in evoking the dreams and aspiration of the past, Powers makes you think about the persistent inequalities of the present." –
Michael Billington, The Guardian "Crackling good dialogue and timely themes ... Powers weaves together multiple strains of plot and character with a seasoned pro's skill. His mission to present a believable slice-of-life with contemporary resonance is, like Clay's, achieved in a decisive knockout." –
Variety "In less than ninety minutes, a long, difficult chapter of American history seems to sweep by. The mind keeps flashing back and forward, even as the play grips us with the immediacy of the hotel room.Great theater hits you hard and in many places. That's exactly what you get from the powers of this play ... great theater." –
Baltimore Sun "An astounding debut for playwright Kemp Powers ... Superb acrossthe board ... breathtakingly good. There just aren't enough superlatives. Powerful, funny, exhilarating - what a play." –
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