Phyl Off-Broadway Reviews

Britt Berke, the director, gives Phyl a well-paced, agreeably performed production. Initially an anxious figure in unbecoming black and a tight hairdo as the heroine, the elfin-faced Ganser visibly relaxes and brightens as Phyl’s repressed spirit t...

Britt Berke, the director, gives Phyl a well-paced, agreeably performed production. Initially an anxious figure in unbecoming black and a tight hairdo as the heroine, the elfin-faced Ganser visibly relaxes and brightens as Phyl’s repressed spirit takes wing. Energizing the show with his gleaming presence as Jack, Martinez lends the careless playboy a casually rumpled, hands-in-pockets ease that carries him through every awkward situation. Long a Mint favorite, Firth sharply portrays snooty Mrs. Ponsonby, pronouncing nasty inferences with a prim smile

The play lumbers somewhat in the last third when the conclusion has already been telegraphed, but under Britt Berke's sure-footed direction, Phyl exhibits the dramatic craft and social conscience of other works of the era by George Bernard Shaw, John...

The play lumbers somewhat in the last third when the conclusion has already been telegraphed, but under Britt Berke's sure-footed direction, Phyl exhibits the dramatic craft and social conscience of other works of the era by George Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, and Harley Granville-Barker. The main characters may articulate prevalent social critiques, but they are more than just mere mouthpieces. We care about them as individuals rather than simply as bold ideas personified.