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ADDITIONS: 11/13/08 - 10:00am EST

New York Times

An Antiwar Revival
Joe Calacro’s peculiar yet impassioned revival of “Bury the Dead” for the Transport Group Theater Company turns its attention to modern-day Iraq.

Time Out New York

Review: Bury the Dead
Irwin Shaw’s antiwar play must have already seemed timeless in 1936; it suits today quite well, too.

ADDITIONS: 11/12/08 9:26am EST

nytheatre.com

Review; Bury the Dead

TheaterMania

Peter Filichia's Diary: High Schoolers' Non-Musical
After the ticket-taker dutifully dealt with my ticket, before I actually entered the Connolly Theatre, I heard a voice coming from the stage. Was I late? I consulted my watch, and saw that it was 1:50, a full 10 minutes before the Saturday ...

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ADDITIONS: 11/11/08 8:07am EST

New York Post

Grave issues
It's not surprising that the Transport Group would revive "Bury the Dead." Written in 1936 by a 23-year-old Irwin Shaw, this powerful anti-war drama about six dead soldiers who refuse to be buried is all too relevant in a time when the sight of military coffins arriving from the Middle East is considered too upsetting to be televised...

Back Stage

Bury the Dead reviewed by Gwen Orel
As woman after woman pleads with the dead soldier she loved to allow himself to be buried, in this stylish production of Irwin Shaw's Bury the Dead, tears ran down my face.

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Variety

Review: Bury the Dead
Hard to believe Irwin Shaw wrote "Bury the Dead" in 1936, between the War to End All Wars and all the wars to come. The angry, searing pacifist drama feels as up-to-date and urgent as an incoming text message.

TheaterMania

Review: Bury the Dead
Transport Group serves up a marvelously affecting version of Irwin Shaw's 1936 anti-war play.

CurtainUp

Review: Bury the Dead
Joe Calarco has streamlined Irwin Shaw's 30-character fantasy about war's cost in young lives. His own added prologue is an interesting but flawed addition. . .