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Updates for January 30, 2009

Bloomberg.com

Richard Dreyfuss, Sporting Earpiece, Triumphs in New Play: London Theater
Journalist Benjamin Kritzer confesses he has done “a bad thing, a very bad thing.” His guilt provides the slow fuse in Joe Sutton’s “Complicit,” a new London play that features Richard Dreyfuss.

Variety

Complicit, Old Vic, London
The terrible timing is not Kevin Spacey's fault: He couldn't have known "Complicit" -- U.S. dramatist Joe Sutton's fictional indictment of his country's possible condoning of torture and rendition -- would premiere after President Obama had taken steps to dismantle that practice.

Hollywood Reporter

Theater Review: Complicit
Bottom Line: Poor play about politics and journalism leaves good actors adrift.

Financial Times

Complicit, Old Vic, London
It isn’t Richard Dreyfuss but Joe Sutton’s play that is the problem here, writes Sarah Hemming

TheaterMania

Review: Complicit
Richard Dreyfuss, Elizabeth McGovern, and David Suchet star in Joe Sutton's ire-filled and tensely performed harangue about a journalist being asked to name an anonymous source.

Londonist

Theatre Review: Complicit at The Old Vic
Last night finally saw the delayed opening of the World Premier of Complicit at the Old Vic; a new play by Joe Sutton, directed by Kevin Spacey himself.

The Guardian

Complicit, Old Vic, London
Kevin Spacey's excellent run at the theatre comes to an abrupt halt with this ham-fisted political thriller, thinks Michael Billington

Daily Telegraph

A play about torture? It certainly was
Complicit at the Old Vic, which stars Richard Dreyfuss and deals with American use of torture in the war on terror, is another flop from Kevin Spacey.

The Times UK

Complicit, Old Vic, London
Earpiece or not, Dreyfuss scores a success – which is more than can be said for the play

Whatsonstage.com

Review: Complicit
The Richard Dreyfuss affair with the London theatre has not been happy. Some years ago he had a modest success, and mixed reviews, in a Neil Simon comedy. More recently he was dropped from The Producers before the show even opened. And now he’s...

London Theatre Guide

First Night Feature: Complicit
Boasting a stellar cast including two Academy Award nominated actors, the Old Vic stages the world premiere of Joe Sutton’s Complicit, a political play written in response to the changing face of America post 9/11.