"In Jonathan Spector’s “Birthright” — a thrillingly constructed drama about six Jewish American friends — the whole world is built out of conversation."
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"The contradiction in their relationships — profound love and knotty disagreement, glibness and generosity — was really always part of their friendship."
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"What's striking about Jonathan Spector's humane and capacious new play Birthright is twofold. First, it really is more deeply interested in its characters than its issues."
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"Birthright is a play that should feel dangerous. Instead, surrounded by metal detectors and security officers, it just feels
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"It's a lot of tsuris for a disappointingly mild dramedy about a group of American Jewish friends and how their differing views on Israel and Palestine splinter their relationships."
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"In its epic scale (including a running time of three-and-a-quarter hours) and its engagement with some of today's thorniest political problems, it has the potential to be a season-defining success."
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Jonathan Spector has crafted the best new play of the year, a drama that zeroes in on the specifics of 21st-century American Jewish identity while sketching how all of us strain under the weight of conflicting politics, religion, and personal dynamics. ★★★★★
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Fierce, bold, and unapologetic.
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