Hot L Baltimore | Critical Overview

Hot L Baltimore was very popular with both critics and audiences on its debut in February 1973. After a month, Wilson’s play moved to an Off-Broadway theatre, the Circle in the Square Theatre, where it opened March 22, 1973.

Amongst critics, a sense of nostalgia prevailed. As Douglas Watt noted in his review, ‘‘It’s no place to live, but it’s worth a visit.’’ Watt discussed the setting, a crucial element of this play: ‘‘Time stands still in seedy hotels. The locations may change, and the people’s names; but today’s castoffs are the same as...

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