ATW News Digest: Edward Albee's 'Occupant' opens - read the reviews

'Occupant' - On Becoming an Artist (AmericanTheaterWeb.com)

Resurrecting an Artist’s Greatest Creation: Herself (New York Times)
Mercedes Ruehl performs with unimpeachable conviction in Edward Albee’s touchingly modest tribute to the sculptor Louise Nevelson.

In 'Albee's Occupant,' a sculptor's life takes shape (New York Daily News)
Imagine an episode of "Inside the Actors Studio" reworked as "Inside the Sculptor's Studio" and you've got a decent bead on "Edward Albee's Occupant."

Review: 'Occupant' (Newsday)

Should vacate now (New York Post)
Artistic timidity isn't a trait that springs to mind when thinking of Edward Albee, but it's hard to avoid pinning the label on his...

A portrait of an art-world legend shines (New York Journal-News)
"Occupant," at the Signature Theatre Company, is Edward Albee's riveting, must-see portrait of sculptress Louise Nevelson, who died in 1988.

Review: "Occupant" (NY1)

'Occupant' Portrays Louise Nevelson With Humor, Gusto (Hartford Courant)

Albee crafts portrait of sculptor (Star-Ledger)

Theater review: 'Occupant' (Bergen Record)

Edward Albee looks for the real Louise Nevelson in off-Broadway play (Associated Press)

Edward Albee's Occupant reviewed by David A. Rosenberg (Back Stage)
Judging from Occupant, Edward Albee is still angry and adamant, but this time he closes off the dramatic conflict.

Review: Occupant (Variety)
With any luck you turn into whoever you want to be, and with even better luck you turn into whoever you should be. No, you got somebody in you right from the start, and if you're lucky you figure out who it is and you become it." That contorted philosophy of identity, articulated by sculptor Louise Nevelson, is as good a summation as any of Edward Albee's enigmatic character study, "Occupant." Delving again into the vast blur between truth and illusion, the playwright investigates the complex process of self-invention, reflecting on the way artists create their work and themselves.

Mercedes Ruehl Gives Edward Albee's `Occupant' a Second Chance: John Simon (Bloomberg.com)
"Edward Albee's Occupant'' -- a play whose title advertises its author is already in trouble -- is revived by Midtown Manhattan's Signature Theatre Company, where its 2002 premiere may have been handicapped by Anne Bancroft's prolonged illness. This time round, with those troupers Mercedes Ruehl and Larry Bryggman, the only handicap is the play itself.

A 'Lion' Roars in Chicago (Wall Street Journal)
...In New York, Edward Albee's "Occupant," falls somewhat awkwardly -- if interestingly -- between balancing history and creativity.

Review: Edward Albee's Occupant (TheaterMania)
Mercedes Ruehl stars as sculptor Louise Nevelson in this unsatisfactory bio-play.

Review: Occupant (Talkin' Broadway)
....it’s also the neon-tinged theme statement of his witty and wonderful play Occupant, which is at last seeing its long-delayed Signature Theatre Company debut at Peter Norton Space....

Review: 'Occupant' (CurtainUp)