1990 Tony nomination for Best Play
Outer Critics Circle winner
Drama Desk nomination for Best Play
"Easily the finest play of the
season!"
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"A piece of perfection"
Michael Feingold, Village Voice
"An extraordinary journey. A
bewitching fantasy."
Michael Kuchwara, A P
"A thrilling fairy tale."
Linda Winer, Newsday
"I loved this play.... It propels the
audience through hairpin emotional turns...until one is deposited
at the final curtain in a winded and teary yet exhilarating state
of disorientation."
Frank Rich, The New York Times
"There is no one writing for theater
today who explores the mysteries of intimacy with as much wonder
and grace as Craig Lucas.... he has fancifully charted the dark
side of love's moon: that explosive region of insecurity, fear,
family skeletons, and Achilles' heels that we keep from each
other's sight. Lucas reveals lovers, marrieds, kin, and bosom
buddies in the act of concealment, his ear wittily attuned to the
nuances of getting-acquainted chatter, and his heart so
unfashionably expansive he makes sentimentality hip
again...."
Jan Stuart, 7 Days
"PRELUDE TO A KISS is a charming and
highly original fantasy comedy about the wonder and confusion of
love.... Author Craig Lucas reveals a pragmatic romanticism and an
enchanting daffiness in this modern fairy tale about the
complications that befall two young lovers.... Uncynical and
optimistic, but aware of the uncertain staying power of romantic
love, PRELUDE stands tall in this lean season for new American
plays...."
Humm, Variety
originally produced by South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa CA
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