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Reviews
"CLEVER AND DEEPLY FELT! Playwright Stephen Karam's talent is UNDENIABLE! The wonderful Joanna Gleason steals every scene she's in. Gleason's trademark delivery — her combination of utter self-assurance and utter obliviousness — has seldom fit a character better than it does Gloria." — The Boston Globe
"First class! Stephen Karam's darkly funny and touching new play is wonderfully acted and sensitively helmed by Peter DuBois. Karam demonstrates an original comic voice." — Variety
"STELLAR! With writing this good, we don't want to miss a word. Karam seamlessly intertwines multiple stories with great comedic effect." — BroadwayWorld.com
"The excellent Karam couldn't ask for a better production!" — WBUR
"This is one of the best plays I have seen in a long time. Brilliant, touching, and absolutely hilarious, and perfectly cast to boot! See it now before it heads to NYC!" —Molly Pitcher (ArtsBoston.org)
"Absolutely LOVED Sons of the Prophet. Joanna Gleason has perfect comic timing. Seriously, check it out before it moves to NY." —Scott Sinclair (Facebook)
"Go see Sons of the Prophet! It's a wonderful production all the way around — writing, acting, directing, staging." —Helene C. Mayer (Facebook)
"As a college student, this play was especially engaging. It really felt as though it was written for my generation. Seeing it again on Friday, and recommending it to everyone." — Kevin Parker (Blog)
"'Sons of the Prophet' was terrific @huntington tonight! Definitely the top of my list for 2010—211 Boston theater season." — @kylewwright
"Enjoyed @huntington’s Sons Of the Prophet at the Calderwood tonight. HIGHLY recommended. Has it all — gays, Mormons, Middle East, disabled." — @ashmont
"Brilliant, poignant. Loved ‘Sons of the Prophet.’ If you’re in Boston go out and get tickets b4 it’s too late." — @efeghali
"'Sons of the Prophet' Fun roller coaster of emotions. Laughed (it hurt) but had tears at the end. Worth it! Stellar cast. Go!" — @julesbbos
Features
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From B.U. Today, April 19, 2011: "In the formative weeks leading up to the openong of the Huntington Theatre Company's world premiere of Stephen Karam's dark comedy Sons of the Prophet, the playwright was into his 14th draft, handing the cast new changes at almost every rehearsal . . . "
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From BroadwayWorld.com, April 5, 2011: "Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason is undeniably a Broadway luminary, as evidenced by the three word qualifier placed before her name for her Best Actress performance as the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods in 1987, as well as receiving acclaim for I Love My Wife, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels . . . "
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From EdgeBoston, April 3, 2011: "Two gay men — brothers — are central to Sons of the Prophet, a new play from Stephen Karam, himself a gay man. Don't expect Gay 101 from this accomplished, young playwright, however . . . "
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From The Boston Globe, April 1, 2011: "Scranton, Pa., population 72,000 and falling, is a place whose young people are more likely to leave than to stay, and playwright Stephen Karam left, too, going first to Brown University, then to New York City. But at 31, it makes a certain sense to him that his Sons of the Prophet is rooted in the corner of the world where he spent his first 18 years . . . "
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From Brown Alumni Magazine, March/April, 2011: "Sons of the Prophet is the first collaboration for Stephen Karam '02 and Peter DuBois '97 AM, but both say they felt an immediate connection. They had similar ideas about the play from the start . . . "
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