[1] The play was originally set to premiere in 2002 at Signature Theatre Company in New York City in a production starring Anne Bancroft.
The play premiered at the Peter Norton Space of Signature Theatre Company in 2008 in a production starring Mercedes Ruehl, Larry Bryggman and directed by Pam MacKinnon.
Ben Brantley writing in The New York Times described the play as having "a conversational flow that quickly carries you past fears of being trapped in a lecture hall."
"[2] Andrea Simakis, in her Cleveland Plain Dealer review, wrote "In this engaging, ethereal Q&A, Albee both eulogizes his friend and fans the flame of her legend.
"[5] Christine Howey, however, in her Rave and Pan blogspot review, notes: "one wishes that more time was spent on the struggle of this inspired woman to work her way through the male-dominated art scene, and on her particular artistic vision."