The play, which had its world premiere in March at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, focuses on the unique business relationship and complex friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln (played by five-time Emmy Award nominee Linda Kelsey) and her free mixed-race seamstress Lizzy Keckly (played by Shŕ Cage in her Park Square debut, hot off her success in Clyborne Park at The Guthrie).
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| Star Tribune - Not Recommended
"...The play’s problem — with its shouting matches and talky, meandering scenes — is an unfocused attention on the relationship between the title characters. One moment stands out as the exception that proves the rule: Mrs. Lincoln calling out for her dead son and Keckly indulging her sorrow. Cook’s staging, though, does not embrace this particular opportunity with much warmth."
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Recommended
"...Both women endured great tragedies and losses over the course of their lifetimes, which bound them together as much as their proximity. Theirs is a little-known story offering historical and human insights that makes it well worth an evening at the theater -- in the shadow of another infamous theater."
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