By Tulis McCall

Calling all dramaturgs.  Come back!  All is forgiven.  Or mostly – whatever.  There is a sudden glut of waaaay too long plays recently hatched that could have used a judicious eye and a pair of scissors.  Greater Clements has now joined the three hour club, and for no good reason other than to add new meaning to “exposition”.  Judith Ivey and Edmond Donovan are the only nuggets in this mining town.

Greater Clements: Judith Ivey; Photo by T. Charles Erickson

Read my full review HERE

GREATER CLEMENTS by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Davis McCallum.

WITH Edmund Donovan, Andrew Garman, Nina Hellman, Judith Ivey, Kate MacCluggage, Ken Narasaki, and Haley Sakamoto

Through Jan. 19 2020 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Manhattan; 212-501-3100, lct.org. Running time: 2 hours 50 minutes.