‘Rosie O’Donnell: Common Knowledge’ Review: Poignant Off Broadway Show Recounts Family Challenges, The Trump Feud And What She Just Might Do On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
8 / 10
If the 75-minute solo show – the title comes from Clay’s insistence that her mental collection of facts and information is merely common knowledge, or should be – can feel a bit underdeveloped (it premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year), O’Donnell efficiently and effectively ties up the family tales of her life by ultimately circling back to her own mother. The comedian sees her mother’s face everywhere in the women of Ireland, and draws a crucial lesson from them all: Life, when all is said and done, is about perseverance. Or as O’Donnell says at the end of her charming show, after all the tribulations of life and Trump , “I’m still here.”
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