It's official: A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR has stolen the hearts of critics and audience members alike! The late-period, rarely produced Tennessee Williams play has earned rave reviews in its first weekend, and we're excited for more people to see the play in the next three weeks (we close October 16).
But don't just take our word for it. Here's our collection of what several of Milwaukee's theatre critics had to say about the show. Don't forget to pick up your tickets at the MCT box office!
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| Molly Rhode (L) and Kelly Doherty in LOVELY SUNDAY. Photos by Paul Ruffolo. |
"Powerful quartet delivers 'A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur'"
"Takeaways: 'A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur'"
"an exceptionally well-acted production ... under Leda Hoffmann’s direction. Alternately funny and poignant, it’s another welcome reminder that late Williams deserves much more attention."
"Kelly Doherty gives her latest nuanced, supremely intelligent performance in sketching a woman who is both wistfully wise to life’s disappointments and determined to make the best of the hand she’s been dealt."
"Doing battle with Bodey for Dorothea’s soul, Molly Rhode adeptly straddles the line between snobby, deliciously snarky comments on Bodey’s life and pathos regarding her own profound loneliness."
"Disheveled and frequently in tears, the reliably comic Karen Estrada captures the unintended humor in Sophie’s plight, while still letting us feel Sophie’s pain."
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| The full cast of LOVELY SUNDAY, from left: Karen Estrada, Kelly Doherty, Kay Allmand, Molly Rhode. |
"'A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur' is an unbridled joy at Chamber Theatre"
"For a play that is so riotously funny, the laughs easily give way to the famed Tennessee Williams sorrow in 'A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur.' The perfect production, which opened Friday night at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, is one of the less frequently produced Williams plays, but the character portraits are familiar to anyone who knows Williams."
"The torrent of a variety of colors is an assault on the eyes ... set design by Courtney O'Neill captures all of the crampiness of this dwelling with a marvelous sense of space."
"The one thing this play needs is a special sense of clarity for each character. It only works with four distinct personalities that cross only briefly. And (director Leda) Hoffmann makes that happen."
"This play may be one that is rarely seen, but the production at Chamber makes it both valuable and vital."
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| Kay Allmand (L) and Kelly Doherty in LOVELY SUNDAY. |
"A Light-handed Exploration of Loneliness"
"Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s production of a little-known late work by Tennessee Williams, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, is a masterful study of loneliness, unlikely companionship and 'going on' after dreams are shattered."
"As the heart-and-soul character of the play, Bodey, Kelly Doherty is a force of nature. ... it’s fascinating to watch Doherty react in different ways and build gradually toward revelation of her character’s own unfulfilled desires and refusal to take any more verbal abuse."
"Andrea Bouck’s costume design offers a charming glimpse into the period and effectively evokes each character’s slight variations in class, ethnic background, temperament and even shifting emotions."
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"'Lovely Sunday' shows Tennessee Williams' humorous side"
"Dorothea is an unhappy civics teacher ... spinning her fantasies around an imagined life with a man of some social consequence. Kay Allmand vividly brings her personality to life."
"Masterfully directed by Leda Hoffman, this talented group of actors captures the dichotomy of a lovely Sunday amidst a quartet of broken hearts."
'"A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" Review'
"Although 'creve coeur' is the French word for heartache, one discovers more humor than anguish in this sweet, funny play."
"Without her family or a solid grasp of English, Estrada demonstrates that Sophie is particularly isolated from the world around her ... (she) shines in this role."
'Gifted Women Define Tennessee Williams' Tender Heartbreak at MCT'
"Allmand's Dorothea and Doherty's Brodey discover an uncommon sisterhood onstage ... Doherty offering warmth to Brodey's boldness, and Allmand giving strength to Dorothea when confronted with disappointment."
"There's more feminine prowess on the Broadway Center Studio Theatre stage than imaginable despite the levels of continual heartbreak."
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