Review Excerpts
“’’NIGHT OF IGUANA’ SENSITIVELY PRESENTED’….Into this steamy broth enters a Nantucket spinster named Hannah, and Nonno, her 97-year-old grandfather, a minor poet. They have been roaming the world, cadging their overnight keep in a pitifully dignified form of showbiz: He recites poems to hotel guests and she paints water colors and makes quick pencil portraits in the dining room…. The 97-year-old poet, in a prodigious final effort, has completed and recited his last poem (copied down by the granddaughter) and has fallen gently into what may be his final sleep…. Meg Wynn Owen, as the dauntless Nantucket spinster, and Randall Duk Kim as Nonno, her 97-year-old grandfather, make the most of their grateful roles.”
–R.P. Harriss, (2/24/1978)
“’A NIGHT OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’….At all events, Owen is admirable and Randall Duk Kim, recently Walt Whitman at the Kennedy Center, is splendid as Nonno. There is, in Nonno’s poem, a characteristic William’s touch. Williams contributed 200 poems to Harper’s magazine and only one was refused publication. Williams has Hannah sending this one to Harper’s.”
–Richard L. Coe, THE WASHINGTON POST (2/25/1978)
“’’NIGHT OF THE IGUANA’ IS POETIC WILLIAMS’….Duk Kim, as you may have assumed, is Oriental in appearance. This is a curious piece of casting, but it works because the makeup is convincing, and the actor is more than able to overcome the obstacles of youth and ethnic contrast.”
–Lou Cedrone, EVENING SUN (2/24/1978)
“…Randall Duk Kim is a young actor, yet he plays the ninety-seven-year-old Nonno with a total understanding of what it’s like to be aged both physically and mentally. His make-up is superb and convincing so as to dispel any feeling of artificiality. His rendering of Nonno is precious, and the tender scenes between him and his granddaughter are some of the best in the production.”
–Ed Campbell, NEWS (3/1/1978)
