"An angry, unremitting and gripping piece of political theatre."

New York Daily News

"Like the best social playwrights, Kramer produces a cross fire of life and death energies that illuminate the many issues and create a fierce and moving human drama."

 Newsweek

"A spectacular and spectacularly moving revival."

The New York Observer

"If you see only one play this year, make it The Normal Heart."

Backstage

"Run to The Normal Heart if you want to be reminded of how alive you are!"

The Village Voice

"Hits you like a jackhammer. A powerful example of theater at its most direct, passionate and urgent. Devastating."

AM New York

"Riveting theater!"

Newsday

"A stunning Broadway revival. This is essentially Ibsen for our times. The play's complexity is brought to pulse-pounding life! The entire company acts up a storm, and the production leaves you drenched. Raw, scary and galvanizing."

 Time Out New York

"Scalding and poignant. It is a breathtaking achievement. Period."

Daily News

"The Normal Heart is breathing fire again! A great cathartic night at the theater!"

The New York Times

"One harrowing meltdown seems to incite another -- a cascade of anguish as a terrifyingly unknowable killer bears down on a great metropolis... A theatergoer of any age or background can relate... You come to understand in the naked fury of The Normal Heart that the voices of history can, in fact, feel as if they are speaking directly to you."

The Washington Post