How I Learned to Drive
Tickets and Information
SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 13, 2012
Closed Mar 11, 2012
Opened Feb 13, 2012
Closed Mar 11, 2012
Directions & Map
Visit the How I Learned to Drive website:
http://www.2st.com
TICKETS TO THIS SHOW
BUY TICKETS
CHECK FOR DISCOUNTS
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, How I Learned to Drive explores the complex relationship between Li'l Bit (Elizabeth Reaser) and her Uncle Peck (Norbert Leo Butz), as a series of driving lessons progresses from innocence to something much darker. Told with surprising wit, Paula Vogel's acclaimed play is returning to New York City for the first time since its world premiere 15 years ago.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
No user reviews have been posted yet.
Write a review
NEWSLETTER SIGN UP
MOST POPULAR
SHARED ON FACEBOOK
By providing information about entertainment and cultural events on this site, TheaterMania.com shall not be deemed to endorse,
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.
©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.
©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
There's a delicate balance that needs to be maintained in Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive, now being revived at Second Stage Theatre. There are elements of comedy, tragedy, drama, romance, and farce combined into a potent mixture that deservedly earned Vogel the Pulitzer Prize. Sadly, director Kate Whoriskey's heavy-handed production robs the play of some of its complexity.
The work centers on Li'l Bit (Elizabeth Reaser), and the highly inappropriate relationship she had with her Uncle Peck (Norbert Leo Butz). Towards the beginning of the play, the balance of power between the two of them seems to be somewhat equal, but as the show shifts backwards and forwards in time, it's quite cle[...]