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Time Out New York

Review: Lady
Craig Wright's politically charged buddy drama features a trio of superb character actors.

UPDATES FOR 9/10/08:

New York Times

Chasing the Truth While Hunting for Game
Craig Wright’s “Lady,” about three childhood friends on a hunting trip, says much about the nature of change and distance and truth.

New York Post

Familiar Iraq arguments make 'Lady' a drag
If you hold any political convictions whatsoever, you've probably had the kind of heated debate about the Iraq war that takes place in...

AmericanTheaterWeb

Lady: Exploring Time's Toll on a Friendship

New York Sun

A Walk in the Woods: Craig Wright's 'Lady'
No good can come to a dog in a hunting play, especially if the play is named after the dog.

Variety

Review: Lady
...The ideas he floats about the corrosion of American values don't really coalesce in "Lady," which finds childhood friends facing their buried hostilities while on a hunting trip. But a fierce ensemble, helmed by Dexter Bullard, fearlessly plugs the plot gaps with pyrotechnical displays of all-American characters in existential extremis.

Back Stage

Lady reviewed by Adam R. Perlamn
I went on a hunting trip and a political debate broke out. Both were ferociously enjoyable.

TheaterMania

Review: Lady
Craig Wright's three-hander about the Iraq conflict receives a crackling New York premiere thanks to to Dexter Bullard's deft direction and the superb performances of Paul Sparks, Michael Shannon, and David Wilson Barnes.

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Lady
With the nominations of John McCain and Sarah Palin as the 2008 Republican candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, it may at last officially be said: Our long national nightmare is almost over.

CurtainUp

Lady
The title character in the prolific and talented Craig Wright's latest play about three buddies on a hunting expedition is a Brittany Spaniel