(It's Been 76 Years And We're) Still Waiting for Lefty

A smartly-written quartet of contemporary vignettes about sticking to your guns in times of conflict. The play depicts integrity under pressure, as four characters face the temptation of the easy way out versus fighting for a higher cause — be it a delivery worker's strike, or keeping a beloved sibling accountable. Thought-provoking in a way that goes beyond the ripped-from-headlines subject matter. I don't think the play is as indebted to its titular ancestor as it implies. Having never seen the original "Lefty", I didn't feel like I was missing out.... full review

STILL WAITING FOR LEFTY pulls back the curtain on some of toughest ethical questions and social concerns that have been pulled to the forefront in these incredibly trying times. The writing tackles these things from the micro, versus the macro, inviting us into intimate, personal conversations that demand you to examine your own point of view - and what you are willing to stand for. Beautifully written and beautifully executed by the team at Theatre Unleashed.... full review

A well written script and great casting. Scenarios and moments plucked right from our headlines that will force you to look at some of the hardest times we've had in recent years.... full review

The play tackles the need for a modern retelling of the themes highlighted in the original Waiting for Lefty.... full review

Good political theatre at this point in 2021.... full review

From the writing, to the acting, to the choreography, the show was superb. ... full review

This show speaks directly to the woes of current society, be it at home, in the workplace, online, because of the pandemic, lack of good jobs or fair housing, in the news, believing everything you read online, or due to discrimination in all its forms. In each of the scenes, it becomes apparent that everyone is waiting for someone else to fix the problem, and while we all can see them and comment on them, nothing is getting done because we are still "waiting for Lefty" to do something about it. Problem is, Lefty isn't coming. In fact, there probably isn't anyone named Lefty. So while Tik Tok and Instagram offer quick and fun entertainment, often addressing problems to be fixed, how will anything really get done if we continually wait for som... full review

Wow. Wow wow wow. I was left speechless. This show is amazingly put together, from writing to directing to acting to staging, everything about is...it's phenomenal.... full review

Very nice show, interesting stories with relevant topics. I watched the streamed version enjoy it a lot.... full review

There are people who revere the Group Theatre in the same way others revere the Beatles, Ernest Hemingway or Pablo Picasso. They have read every memoir, history, (auto)biography of Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Elia Kazan and Clifford Odets. They have read and/or seen performances of every play the Group mounted or even thought of producing. They have hunted down and watched every snippet of every studio system screen test of any actor who was a member of the Group, even if only for one season. And they strive to fully understand how--for seven or eight months in 1935--the voice of everyday Americans was ... a theatre company. I am one of those people. You have to admire the cojones of Greg Crafts and Theatre Unleash... full review