"'Lobby‘s' talky quartet are knit together by several loose connective threads that draw tighter as the story unfolds...As thinly written as the role reads on the page, Evans makes him more than a swaggering caricature of white male privilege...The stress points of race and sex and power the script touches on are only glancingly resolved. but 'Lobby' is still a smart, thoughtful piece of work, fairy-dusted by the starry presence of its celebrated cast."
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"Despite a slow start and an abrupt ending, the play takes on an absorbing quality with the news that William’s brother has been accused of participating in a brutal murder, which brings out the complexities in the four uniformed characters. It also contains many funny moments and themes (harassment, crisis management, social mobility) that are relevant to working professionals."
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"Drama with pointed humor...Lonergan has given each of the characters a particular dilemma to work through...Under Cullman's expert direction, it's fascinating to watch this excellent company tie it all together...Cera is perfect...Evans is wonderful...Powley's spunky performance cuts to the heart of this fine play...'Lobby Hero' is packed with issues that resonate in very big ways today - gender, race, police abuse and the entire criminal justice system."
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"Under the sturdy direction of Trip Cullman, this is a strong inaugural production for Second Stage Theater at its new Broadway home...Even the ethically ironclad will find their moral clarity muddied by Lonergan's thoughtful human drama. 'Lobby Hero' is an unlikely candidate for a Broadway run, but this excellent revival makes a strong argument for its presence."
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"Director Tripp Cullman's terrific mounting of Kenneth Lonergan's touching, funny and streetwise character study from 2001, featuring an excellent ensemble of four...Lonergan's dialogue is sharp and realistically funny, and the question of moral ambiguity when working against structured corruption is intriguingly well-played. 'Lobby Hero' is a play that will inspire a lot of post-theatre debate, but there's no question that this one's a solid dose of good theatre."
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"Part of the pleasure of this comedy is its characters' salty, funny, frequently insolent way with words...In Cullman's first-class revival, their entanglements become the stuff of acutely observed comedy and more than a little suspense...All four cast members are ideally suited to their roles...A much funnier play than it was in its original production...A play that, more and more, is looking like an American classic...The production is well worth a visit."
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“A compelling revival…A play that borrows the trappings of romantic comedy to get at much deeper issues of ethics, morality, loyalty, and the abuse of power. Concerns about all of these suffuse our current social and political climate, which only serves to enhance our appreciation of the playwright's skill in creating credibly complicated situations and individuals…In Ms. Powley's hands, Dawn is a wondrous mix of fear, bravado, naiveté, and intelligence.”
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"Smartly constructed by Lonergan with finely-detailed characters whose talk and conflicts provoke plenty of laughter and suspense...Lonergan develops this story thorough extremely natural-sounding, often humorous, conversations that reveal the characters and their desires...All of the actors invest their characters with gritty naturalness and authentic accents under Trip Cullman’s finely-tuned direction that presents the drama literally from every angle."
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