Chicago Tribune - Recommended
"...Dunn is, this show reminds us, now a gifted Chicago writer, landing squarely within the literary traditions of the city. A sense of having missed out on greater glories elsewhere afflicts us all here in the Second City. It fuels our creativity. Difficult Dunn just has to lay it all out, no holds barred, and go on from there."
Chicago Sun Times - Recommended
"...Full of lovely surprises, deft characterizations, a multitude of voices and a good deal of self-revelation, the piece is more meditative than flamboyant, and as gently poignant as it is comic. It also offers just enough of a self-portrait to suggest Dunn has arrived at this stage of her life with vivid memories of her financially-strapped Catholic childhood, fully connected to her flower child and Civil Rights era upbringing, and imbued with a bittersweet sense of the fleeting nature of celebrity."
Windy City Times - Recommended
"...A few stops on Dunn's tour of her contradictory world may tarry longer than necessary, but you couldn't ask for a more candid or compassionate guide than this raconteuse who ultimately chose to return to her midwestern home over the industrial centers of Manhattan and Malibu. Envy us, you coastal factory towns."
Time Out Chicago - Recommended
"...Leaving the psychoanalysis to the professionals, my guess is that the character pieces are more fully scripted, while Dunn wants the personal passages to feel off-the-cuff. (One of the character scenes, in which Dunn pretty effectively imagines an African-American woman recounting a family history that winds up in a clever reversal of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, is actually read from a notebook by the performer.) Setting her own, often entertaining stories more in stone might help Dunn make a stronger connection with her audience."
ShowBizChicago - Highly Recommended
"...Yes, your right, even reading this as a critical review Mythical Proportions doesn't make sense. But guess what? It doesn't have to. Ms. Dunn will put it all together for in a way in which very few performers are able; my allowing the patron to be emotionally accessible to the performer. That is that quality which made Ms. Dunn famous on SNL and continues to make her a vibrant actor and human being. By the end of the performance you will want to take her out for cocktails and continue the conversations. In fact, I'm going to do just that!"
Let's Play at ChicagoNow - Recommended
"...Parts of this show are riotous. Dunn plays a squeaky talking doll analyzing Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Parts of this show are profound. Dunn reads a monologue as a black woman talking about her racist husband. Parts of this show are tabloid dirt. Dunn describes her pre-SNL-gig dinner with Lorne Michaels and Dennis Miller. All of it is Nora Dunn as we imagine she would be in our living room. Because Dunn makes herself accessible to the audience, we feel a faux bond. After the show, I almost think we should wait and see if she wants to join us for dinner. There is a real pretend sense of a relationship established. I wanted to tell her over a drink that the ending needs a little work but other than that the show is tight."
Chicago Theatre Review - Somewhat Recommended
"...When we head to theater, it is to take a break from long, oftentimes tedious workdays. And when we head to a comedienne's show, the skip in our walk comes from forgetting all problems in the world through a good, jolly heartfelt laugh. Dunn does give a good portion of her time to show she hasn't lost her ability to impersonate characters in her recent novel or to reflect on the "good ole times of Hollywood" but she also goes into solemn characterizations of race relations in the '60's and interracial dating. She isn't shy about her liberal politics, her praying to Marilyn Monroe at St. Andrews Catholic Church, or her beliefs supporting birth control. Her multidimensional show gives us a mature Dunn. So, although she was a hilarious SNL icon, celebrate the fact that you now get to experience so much more that she has to offer."
Huffington Post - Recommended
"...Yes, there's a lot of good material here, but Dunn needs a director to focus her in and find a dramatic arc in her storytelling. Right now, it's a smattering of carefully constructed moments that don't fully hang together into a satisfying whole."
Chicago Theater Beat - Recommended
