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Total Rating: 
***1/2
Previews: 
March 28, 2002
Opened: 
April 21, 2002
Ended: 
July 28, 2002
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Lincoln Center Theater (Andre Bishop, artistic dir; Bernard Gersten, executive producer).
Theater Type: 
Broadway
Theater: 
Belasco Theater
Theater Address: 
111 West 44th Street
Phone: 
(212) 239-6200
Running Time: 
2 hrs, 30 min
Genre: 
Comedy
Author: 
Paul Osborne
Director: 
Daniel Sullivan
Review: 

Tired of the relentlessly pointless plays littering the season and yearning for the deep contentment one gets from a gentle and satisfying human comedy? Look no further than Paul Osborne's 1939 charmer, Morning's at Seven, which was rediscovered two decades ago and, thankfully, re-rediscovered again, courtesy of director Daniel Sullivan and a nifty cast of old pros, most notably William Biff McGuire, Elizabeth Franz, Estelle Parsons and Buck Henry.

Some of the not-as-old pros are a little too obvious or wink the subtext at the audience, but no matter. This tale of four sisters, three husbands and four houses adds up to a (nearly) four-star evening.

Parental: 
adult themes
Cast: 
Buck Henry, Frances Sternhagen, Piper Laurie, Julie Hagerty, William Biff McGuire, Stephen Tobolowsky, Estelle Parsons, Elizabeth Franz, Christopher Lloyd.
Technical: 
Set: John Lee Beatty; Costumes: Jane Greenwood; Lighting: Brian MacDevitt; Sound: Scott Myers.
Other Critics: 
PERFORMING ARTS INSIDER Richmond Shepard !
Critic: 
David Lefkowitz
Date Reviewed: 
May 2002