CRITIC’S PICK ‘The Underlying Chris,’ You Are Who You Were" Will Eno’s new play about the many people each person contains is glib at first, but grows, like life, from trick to tragicomedy.
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"The Understated Charms of 'The Underlying Chris,' and a High-Decibel 'Crucible'"
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"The subject of Will Eno’s new play is, he tells us, 'Life on Earth.'"
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"The latest play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Eno, author of 'Thom Pain (based on nothing),' chronicles a life from infancy to death in unconventional fashion."
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"The 'Underlying Chris' Asks, What's in a Name? It Might Not Be a Self
Will Eno debuts his latest exploration of life, death, and the identity that coalesces in between.'
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"Will Eno's Charming and Sweetly Philosophical 'THE UNDERLYING CHRIS'"
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"Eno's efforts to universalize the title character works against him; his subdivision plan, parceling Chris out to different actors, allows us to follow him/her through the seven ages of man, but it prevents a recognizable person from coming into focus."
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"One of the Chrises ruefully admits, 'It's easy for people to forget who they are sometimes.' Perhaps this is true, but in Eno's lovely and thought-provoking play, 'The Underlying Chris' makes a memorable and indelible impression."
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