HUNGER: IN BED WITH ROY COHN: 80% – SWEET

Barry Pearl in "Hunger: In Bed with Roy Cohn" at the Odyssey Theatre. Credit: Michael Lamont.

BITTERSWEET
Great direction and great cast provide a fascinating fresh look at an old demon. Even if the bad boy Cohn stays irritating and rotten – does he really go to heaven in the end?/ that’s right, this is only a fantasy! – he’s still somewhat amusing to watch.
Don Grigware – BroadwayWorld

SWEET
Waiting for judgment, Cohn is a little boy trying to be a big one. That core idea isn’t half as interesting as the kaleidoscopic swirl of history, so well performed and cleanly staged by Jules Aaron.
Steven Leigh Morris – LA Weekly

SWEET
Despite the disjointed presentation, Hunger is a very funny and ironic piece.
Keisha7 – LASplash

BITTERSWEET
Jules Aaron, who it seems directs half the shows in LA, does a commendable job of keeping things moving and extracting the humor. Still, trying to humanize Roy Cohn is not the most exciting or entertaining subject matter.
Robert Machray – Blog Critics

SWEET
It’s Aaron’s excellent direction, aided by Kay Cole’s captivating choreography, that makes this Brechtian leap, which Beber sets in purgatory, such a dazzling experience.
Dink O’Neal – Backstage

HUNGER: IN BED WITH ROY COHN
Odyssey Theatre
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., W.L.A.
Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m.; through March 11, 2012
Tickets: (310) 477-2055