Reviews

“…Mr. Fairbairn[s] … wrenching third act soliloquy is the real thing.” THE NEW YORK TIMES, by Andrea Stevens, 1/26/5:

: “…features several powerful performances – including [that] of Bill Fairbairn…” THE NEW YORKER, 2/7/5

“Bill Fairbairn’s crotchety and, by turns, loveable and menacing drunk takes center stage …Fairbairn’s Henry sobers up marvelously for the play’s penultimate moments when the man recounts his spiritual death.” BACKSTAGE, by Andy Propst, 2/4/5:

“Bill Fairbairn plays an excellent Henry Moss. He avoids the trappings of playing just another drunk, and fills him, at first with foolishness that soon translates over into the elderly rage of a lost man. In his final monologue - just before the answers come - as he stares out into the audience, his face seems magically to age another 30 years, his eyes becoming sad and darker as he drifts off.” NEWYORKCOOL.com, by Jonathan Greene:

“Special attention should be given to Bill Fairbairn …” [who gives a performance] “…that could easily play in a much bigger theatre … Fairbairn brings a veterans knowledge and talent to a role that could easily become one dimensional. We may not want to like Henry, but we don’t hate him either, and the audience has a damn good actor to thank for that.” New York Amsterdam News, by Damaso Reyes:

“Bill Fairbairn … understands Henry quite well and embodies him with equal parts vitriol and desperation.” TALKIN BROADWAY.com, by Warren Hoffman:

Henry Moss “…played with both majesty and decrepitude by Bill Fairbairn…” OFFOFFONLINE.com, by Daniel Burson, 1/22/5:

This is good, bitter, whiskey soaked stuff….Mr. Fairbairn does a great drunk…” THE SUN, by Helen Shaw, 1/25/5:

“One look at Henry’s raging, drunken shenanigans explains a lot … Bill Fairbairn believably modulates between the highs and lows, the rage and confusion of a career drunk.” NYTHEATRE.com, by Michael Criscuolo, 1/21/5