“A one-person play can be a daunting task. The success of the project depends on the acting chops and charisma of the star, and the quality of the material.
Thankfully, The Bent’s current production of I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers has both. Hollywood veteran Cathy Moriarty is perfectly cast as the feisty Mengers, a real-life agent to the stars in the 1960s and ’70s who fought her way to the top in a male-dominated business.
John Logan‘s script is full of juicy Hollywood stories—85-minutes of name-dropping, with a liberal dose of profanity. The truth is, most of us love hearing dirt about celebrities. It makes them seem more human, and makes us feel so much better about our own less-than-perfect lives…”
[Read the full review at cvindependent.com]