The Year of Magical Thinking.(Theater review)

Daily Variety, March, 2007 by Rooney, David

(Booth Theater; 780 seats; $96.25 top)

A Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Debra Black, Daryl Roth, Shubert Organization presentation of a play in one act by Joan Didion, based on her memoir. Executive producers, Stuart Thompson, John Barlow. Directed by David Hare. Set, Bob Crowley; costume, Ann Roth; lighting, Jean Kalman; sound, Paul Arditti; associate director, BT McNicholl; production stage manager, Karen Armstrong. Opened March 29, 2007. Reviewed March 26. Running time: 1 HOUR, 35 MIN.

Joan Didion Vanessa Redgrave

Joan Didion's best nonfiction writing has always been distinguished by a rare balance between probing personal reflection and clear-eyed reportorial detachment. That combination found a new acuity in her shattering 2005 memoir,...