Harry Townsend's Last Stand NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (270)
See it if you want to see a timely play about going to an assisted living facility.
Don't see it if you don't want to see a play about aging. Read more
See it if U want to laugh & explore the issue of parents aging & how children/parents handle it. Great acting, funny & thought provoking.
Don't see it if Don't want to deal with the matter of aging parents.
See it if you have or are an aging parent thinking about the need for downsizing and moving into a retirement community
Don't see it if you'll be upset by a father-son play involving an estranged relationship even if it has a positive resolution
See it if you like a powerful & moving play about a father who wants to stay home in his house and a concerned son who wants him in assisted living.
Don't see it if this story is too close to home for you to handle. You would miss 2 amazing actors, though, giving incredible performances! Read more
See it if Very good play about relationships between a old father and his son. It is very sad and real! Amazing acting, funny smart
Don't see it if If you are looking for funny , comedy. This play is actually sad about an aging father.
See it if you want to see a well-developed piece about aging parents and family dynamics.
Don't see it if you are freaked out by the impact an aging relative on you and your life.
See it if you like perceptive handling of issues of aging, a father-son relationship, wonderful acting, clever, funny, touching & insightful script.
Don't see it if you dislike realistic explorations of relationship conflicts & issues but favor light hearted entertainment & pure comedy.
See it if You want to see a play with great acting that is funny and very moving about difficulties in aging.
Don't see it if If you don’t want to both laugh and be moved to tears.
Critic Reviews (12)
Score: 87% "Even age cannot tame the lion that is Len Cariou in this play about a father and son navigating the treacherous waters of their less than sunny relationship. It's time for father to give way to his son's authority, by opening a space for him in his life and his heart."
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"It is always a pleasure to attend a performance of a play that stars two Broadway veterans and even better when it is a two hander because you are assured ample stage presence for both talented actors. Such is the case in 'Harry Townsend's Last Stand.'"
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"This sitcom-like, predictable two-hander, about a crusty, aging father and his exasperatedly devoted son, sticks rigorously to a naturalistic template, avoiding such furbelows of contemporary playwriting as magic realism, dreams, and literary ambiguities."
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"Cariou has at least some audience members in tears by the time Harry walks out that lake house door for the last time. If only the playwright, George Eastman, had more gracefully shaped the crisis that brings him to that point. Instead, he loaded the first act with too much exposition."
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