Women of a Certain Age
by Richard Nelson

“[The Gabriels]…may collectively represent the most profound achievement in topical theater in this country since the Depression-era triumphs of Clifford Odets’ WAITING FOR LEFTY and Marc Blitzstein’s THE CRADLE WILL ROCK.

Not that Mr Nelson’s cycle of works is anything like those ardently partisan predecessors… What Mr Nelson…does is quieter and, ultimately sadder and more resonant.

He asks us to sit down in real time, in the kitchen of a close family for a casual meal.

And as we listen to its members talk, even on trivial subjects like the decoration of cookies, we feel the far-reaching tremors of a scared country that has come down with a rattling case of identity crisis…”Ben Brantley, The New York Times “Nelson’s work seems more vital than ever.”

Max McGuinness, The Financial Times “One of the exquisite rewards of WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE, and there are countless, is that while the play takes place on Election Night 2016 when it premiered…it provides a reprieve from the muck of politics.

It’s a kind of healing balm, if you will, from the toxicity of a U S presidential race that was nastier and more divisive than any in memory.”David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter “It’s Nelson’s greatest strength as playwright and director here that he relegates politics mostly to the background; it’s oddly secondary (it wouldn’t be for anyone else) that this is at once the most and least momentous installment in the series—and perhaps Nelson’s canon—with nothing and everything happening simultaneously, and at a dizzying pace.”Matthew Murray, Talkin’ Broadway