“Directed by Scott Ellis at the Imperial Theater — a 1,445-seat house that Crystal makes, somehow, feel intimate — this is a wisely judged show, suffused with nostalgia yet never overwhelmed by it.”
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“The laughter is back in 860, Crystal’s warm and bittersweet new monologue, and so is the blueness in its background.”
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“His hair might be white, but his sculpting of a moment is still unparallelled: this is both the funniest and saddest show on Broadway right now, and with good reason.”
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"Billy Crystal turns heartbreak into hilarity in '860,' a moving reminder of why he’s truly beloved."
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"This is good theater. It is great storytelling. It is not stand-up comedy. Billy Crystal is a fine actor and a remarkable comedian talking about his life."
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Most of “860” is a memoir, primarily highlights from Crystal’s career as an actor and comedian. It is studded with stars.....A cynical (or practical) explanation... is that he felt that a 90-minute show just about the house that burned down wouldn’t be entertaining enough, and celebrity is the coin of Broadway. A less cynical interpretation is that the loss of a lifetime of “stuff” made him reflect on the life he has lived. And hasn’t the life he has lived for the past half century been as a celebrity surrounded by other celebrities?
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This is a comfy cardigan of a show, full of warm reminiscences and genial impressions of everyone from Muhammad Ali to Jack Nicholson to Robin Williams to Robin Williams doing Ronald Reagan. ★★★★☆
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