Hunter, a prolific Off Broadway playwright with an oeuvre of works set in Idaho (“A Case for the Existence of God,” “Grangeville”), is making his Broadway debut with “Little Bear Ridge Road,” which ...
I’ve often said that Hunter writes plays about sad people in Idaho, and I don’t mean that to be reductive. Rather, I think LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD actually represents Hunter at the height of his powers ...
The script for Samuel D. Hunter’s “Little Bear Ridge Road” indicates that the play takes place at “a couch in a void.” As the lights come up, we see it — a white leather monstrosity with separate ...
95 minutes, with no intermission. At the Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th St. Actress Laurie Metcalf and playwright Samuel D. Hunter are a match made in Middle America. There are few writers who can ...
The actors are dueling forces as a semi-estranged aunt and nephew in small-town Idaho in Joe Mantello’s production, brought to Broadway by Scott Rudin and Barry Diller. By David Rooney Chief Film ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Pick The playwright Samuel D. Hunter makes his Broadway debut with an addition to his Idaho oeuvre, set during the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Laurie Metcalf ...
A collection of our favorite reviews from professional news sources. "Even by Metcalf’s lofty standards, this is one stunner of a performance. A beautiful play. In today’s American theater, it’s ...