“Amid arias, mad scenes, catfights and swoons, ENOUGH OPERA LORE TO KEEP AFICIONADOS ARGUING LONG INTO THE NIGHT.”
- The New York Times
“BEBE NEUWIRTH brings DIVA GLAMOR, WIT and WISDOM. LEE PACE TOUCHES THE HEART.”
- Bloomberg News
“ILLUMINATING & MISCHIEVOUSLY HUMOROUS. A FASCINATING glimpse of the passions and piques of top-notch performers as they struggle to get through the pressure-cooker nerves of a major opening-night performance. LEE PACE HOLDS THE STAGE WITH APLOMB.”
- Associated Press
“A GLITTERING & DIVA-INE NEW PLAY BY TERRENCE McNALLY. Director WALTER BOBBIE brings the same COMIC FLAIR he did in THE SCHOOL FOR LIES. LEE PACE has the debonair good looks of a golden-age Hollywood heartthrob!”
- New York Post
“PLEASURES ABOUND IN GOLDEN AGE, A CHARMING and PASSIONATE LOVE STORY. BEBE NEUWIRTH is STUNNING & REGAL, giving a portrait that suggests Maria Callas in her prime, and WALTER BOBBIE directs the cast with the SMART tempi of a dedicated Bellini conductor.”
- The Huffington Post
“Whether you are an opera fan or not, you will be FASCINATED and thoroughly entertained by this MARVELOUS new play. Enough THRILLS, EXCITEMENT and PASSION to keep YOUR HEAD SPINNING, YOUR HEART DANCING and YOUR SOUL SMILING! LEE PACE steals the stage with a PHENOMENAL, TOUR-DE-FORCE performance. BEBE NEUWIRTH delivers the funniest lines in the play with the determination and dignified status of a GENUINE LEGEND.”
- The Houston Chronicle
“A SUMPTUOUS STAGING BY WALTER BOBBIE.”
- Daily News
“TERRENCE McNALLY loves opera and knows how to transfer his passion to theater audiences. BEBE NEUWIRTH finds just the right world-weary but wounded and wise presence as the force-of-nature Maria Malibran.”
- Newsday
“LAVISH & SUMPTUOUS WITH A STELLAR CAST!”
- The Hollywood Reporter
“LIVELY, LAVISH & ENTERTAINING. LEE PACE gives a SOULFUL performance.”
- Financial Times