CRITIC’S PICK "Day-Drunk and Careening Toward Rock Bottom: In Sean Daniels’s grim autobiographical comedy, a charming stage director tries, and tries again, to sober up."
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"Tapper's energy and humor never flag as he guides us through Steven's years of drunken revelry followed by a long, soul-searing hangover. Even his darkest moments of bottoming out are handled with incisive wit -- and are all the more powerful for it."
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3/5 Stars "'A Blithe Spirit Spins into Chronic Alcohol Abuse': Three actors make a cautionary saga of excessive drinking go down easily"
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"...directed with an earnest finesse by Sheryl Kaller who sometimes has difficulty keeping her three different performers in character, in terms of whom they represent. If one has difficulty following the many tangents, Kaller has to be held principally responsible for that."
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"A Theasy Best Bet…While recovery narratives may be a familiar terrain, The White Chip stands out due to Daniels' preference for honesty and nuance over preachiness and sentimentality…and Oliver in particular shows great range and a knack for comedy."
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"An inventively presented, inspirational, temperance dramedy…While it has moments both funny and touching, it’s hard not to see it as something that might more appropriately be produced regularly at AA meetings…A nagging question is the degree to which ‘The White Chip’ is autobiographical."
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"As Daniels's play turns darker…Tapper pulls the audience along with each setback. Steven becomes an engaging and sympathetic guide to his own disease, and that 'The White Chip' ultimately overcomes its familiar subject matter."
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