SIMON SAYS

Lynn Redgrave Theater
45 Bleecker Street
NY NY
7-30 July 2016

Written by: Mat Schaffer
Starring Brian Murray with Vanessa Britting and Anthony J. Goes
Directed by: Myriam Cyr

Do you believe that you meet the same souls over and over again in different incarnations over time? Do you believe that a soul has the ability to enter a person’s body to channel spiritual wisdom? If so, SIMON SAYS will be just your cup of tea. If you want to see metaphysical ideas exposed as so much hooey, then you will be mightily disappointed.

Either way, you will not be disappointed in Brian Murray’s performance as a professor of metaphysics who has taken on the role of mentor to a bright young man who has the ability to channel a spirit named Simon. Mr. Murray is a delight to watch, bringing his multi-Tony-Drama Desk-Obie-Lucille Lortel award-winning ability to the intimate space of the Lynn Redgrave Theater.

Anthony J. Goes and Vanessa Britting round out the cast admirably in Mat Schaffer’s mystical mystery. Billed as a thriller, the play is really more of a drama with mystical overtones than a suspenseful thriller, but that is quibbling, since the characters keep one riveted the entire time.

- Jean Tait -