The Heidi Chronicles | Prize Problems
In this mixed review of The Heidi Chronicles, Weales praises the performances but complains that the play ‘‘has no dramatic center’’ in its title character. He criticizes Wasserstein for providing a protagonist who is little more than a foil for the supporting characters.
Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles began as a workshop production at the Seattle Repertory Theatre; then, shepher ded by the Seattle Rep’s Daniel Sullivan, it moved to a well-received off- Broadway debut and then to Broadway; it has now been blessed by the Pulitzer Prize committee. It is a typical American-theater success story of the 1980s, but I have trouble working up much enthusiasm for its triumphant journey.
The Heidi of the title is an art historian, a presumably intelligent and sensitive woman who moves from 1965 to 1989, picking her way through the...
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