"A window on the 1960's, the problem for younger people will be the number of household names that aren't well-known anymore like Elizabeth Arden, Jack Warner, Louella Parsons, and David Susskind, pioneers who should not have been forgotten. The show program conveniently has a Pop Culture Glossary in the back...The problem for older people is that the pacing is a bit slow where it should be played at farce tempo which would make the repartee all that much more scintillating."
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"This Xennial derived pleasure from the silver-haired audience filling the majority of the seats...I enjoyed their laughter and nostalgia, made obvious by their knowing sighs during those intimate moments best understood by couples who have been together long enough to finish each other's sentences...While the first act lags at times, the second act is laden with energy and physical comedy...Sometimes it's nice to see a revival that doesn't try to put a modern lens on old themes."
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"On Broadway in its prime, the play was revolutionary, charming, and witty...Attempting to resuscitate this dated work now, Retro’s 'Mary' seems quaint at best, and unbearably dull at worst. The laugh factor alone has seriously dropped...Director Shay Gines and the cast fail to pump any needed energy into the material, leaving a trail of wan half-chuckles and displaying a puzzling lack of chemistry....Unfortunately this piece hasn’t aged well with modern sentiments of class and gender."
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"Yet for all the funny lines in this romantic comedy, this production of 'Mary, Mary' garners few laughs. It isn’t that the actors aren’t trying; more adept direction would have guided them toward better comic timing and tighter humorous synapses. Furthermore, 'Mary, Mary' is by no means the best in its 'rom com' class...Kudos to the cast for giving it their best go, and to Retro Productions for their charitable fundraising efforts and for keeping classic American theater alive."
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