Before You Go (play)

Before You Go is a 1968 comedy play by Lawrence Holofcener about the relationship between an actress and a sculptor.[1]

Before You Go
Written by	Lawrence Holofcener
Date premiered	11 January 1968
Place premiered	Henry Miller Theatre
Setting	Greenwich Village

The critic from Time magazine praised the play, saying that :

The two character man-woman play is now a Broadway staple. Lawrence Holofcener's Before You Go ranks with Two for the Seesaw and The Owl and the Pussycat as the best of the genre. Wry, perceptive, honest, sad, funny and tender, it is compassionately discerning about two people who are not quite wise to themselves.[2]

|The critic from the New York Times was less enthusiastic but said the play "unwinds pleasantly enough."[3] The play did not enjoy a long run. It was produced in London in 1969[4] and Washington in 1970.[5]

The play was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway.

References

1. Playbill from the original production accessed 16 June 2013
2. "Theater: Before You Go". Time. 19 January 1968. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
3. Dan Sullivan (January 12, 1968). "'Before You Go' Opens: Comedy by Holofcener at Henry Miller's". New York Times. p. 20.
4. "Irving Wardle, "Theater in London Offers New Play On 'Seesaw' Theme". New York Times. April 9, 1969. p. 51.
5. Richard L Coe (July 16, 1970). "'Before You Go' Gets 2d Chance". The Washington Post, Times Herald. p. C10.

External links

• Before You Go at the Internet Broadway Database