[4] The play opened in London at the Menier Chocolate Factory on September 19, 2013 running to November 16, 2013.
Rita, trapped in a 40-year loveless marriage, now thinks of the future without Ben and plans to re-decorate.
In its review of the Off-Broadway production, the Variety reviewer wrote: "The basic joke of Silver's savage comedy is that the characters are given license to speak their private thoughts out loud ... As amazing as Lavin is at playing Rita's ferocious lust for life, she's surprisingly touching when Rita speaks with quiet dread of the lonely life she sees ahead of her.
"[7] Michael Feingold, reviewing the Off-Broadway production for The Village Voice, noted "The Lyons family seems to be the standard-issue dysfunctional middle-class Jewish-suburban family of several thousand previous Broadway and Off-Broadway dramas with comic relief, or comedies with poignant relief ...
Blessed with the magic power to make every moment onstage embody truth, she's a purveyor of gigantic nuances, comic or tragic as needed: Her tiniest gestures seem epic; her minutest shifts of vocal tone ring out grandly.
[12] Linda Lavin received a nomination for the 2012 Tony Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play.