Interviews/Articles available online
(in no particular order)
New Yorker Magazine | Shanghai Daily | Salon | Observer | Backstage.com – Nicola Walker on How Not to Blow an Audition in 12 Seconds | Wall Street Journal | Vanity Fair | DuJour – short interview with Nicola | WNYC – Mark Strong, Nicola and Phoebe Fox being interviewed on The Leonard Lopate Show | P1X11 NY – Mark Strong and Nicola share crazy New York stories
An exclusive video interview with the cast can be found on broadwayworld.com
Reviews
(in no particular order)
Huffington Post – review by Regina Weinreich | Guardian | New York Times | Chicago Tribune | New York Post | Vulture | Entertainment Weekly | Theatre Mania | Newsday | Broadway World
a quietly powerful Nicola Walker
Nicola Walker brings a clear-eyed, modern fierceness and sorrow to the role of Eddie’s loyal wife, Beatrice
Eddie’s wife Beatrice, played with no-nonsense grit by the very fine Nicola Walker
Eddie’s wife, Beatrice (a deep, intelligent performance from the superb Nicola Walker … Traditionally, Beatrice is often portrayed as a loving, if dim-witted housewife who may or may not understand the psychological dynamic behind her husband’s obsessive behavior, but is unable to do anything but nag him to stop. Walker’s fierce performance forces us to acknowledge Beatrice’s intelligence while agonizing over her inability to reach him.
… and especially Nicola Walker, who is heartbreaking as Bea
Eddie’s wife Beatrice (the superb Nicola Walker)
In the much less showy role of Eddie’s wife, Walker offers a devastating portrait of a woman isolated by her awareness of what drives her husband. Too often, Beatrice becomes a pathetic character. Walker imbues her with genuine dignity throughout.
Playing his wife, Nicola Walker is understated and natural. Conflict reads in her eyes as a women painfully aware of — but powerless over — her husband’s obsession with his teenaged niece Catherine (Phoebe Fox, very good). No good will come of it.
Huffington Post – review by David Finkle
Walker’s Beatrice isn’t unlike Death of a Salesman’s Linda Loman in that she wants to stand by her man but can’t get through to him. Walker is excellent at conveying Beatrice’s conflicting frustrations.
Nicola Walker, a fine model of repressed suffering
Very negative reviews
Wall Street Journal | NJ.com | amNewYork
Broadway World’s chat with the cast on opening night (12 November 2015)
Celebrity sightings
From various sources, we gather that the following actors/actresses/celebrities have been to see the play (in no particular order) :
Emma Stone | Susan Sarandon | Frances McDormand | Chris Noth