Criticism > Contemporary Literary Criticism > Albee, Edward (Vol. 86) - Tim Appelo (review date 14 March 1994)

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Tim Appelo (review date 14 March 1994)

SOURCE: A review of Three Tall Women, in The Nation, New York, Vol. 258, No. 10, March 14, 1994, pp. 355-56.

[Appelo frequently writes for Entertainment Weekly. In the review below, he favorably assesses Three Tall Women and discusses the insight it gives into Albee's life and works.]

Photos reveal Edward Albee to be stricken with the Dick Clark Syndrome: an inexplicable imperviousness to physical decay. Instead, time has taken its toll on his festering reputation.

But I'm thrilled to report that Albee the artist lives. The Vineyard Theater production of his 1991 play Three Tall Women, his first big New York premiere in over a decade, should help reverse his audience's exodus. No more the noisy young shockmeister pop star, now Albee plays unplugged, still singing, softly, his bitter old themes of domestic-cum-cosmic discord. Rod Stewart unplugged is a lazy...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Jeane Luere (review date May 1992)
   2. Ben Brantley (review date 14 February 1994)
   3. Stefan Kanfer (review date 14-28 February 1994)
   4. Michael Feingold (review date 1 March 1994)
   5. Tim Appelo (review date 14 March 1994)
   6. Robert Brustein (review date 4 April 1994)
   7. David Richards (essay date 13 April 1994)
   8. John Lahr (review date 16 May 1994)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright