Wasserstein was a terrific playwright and will be missed. I had the privilege of seeing this performed in NYC. I'd already read it and loved it. She was brilliant at characterization.

Coming to a theater near you (Carleton College, Northfield MN) this fall. It has potential to be a good one. The script follows the life of Heidi and the path she takes to define herself as a woman and a person. It begins the mid 1960's when Heidi is a teenager and ends in the late 1980's.

I actually listened to a performance of The Heidi Chronicles. I could identify. With a lot.

This is a quick coming of age story about an art historian who isn't willing to give up her feminism. It really struck me that even though this play is about 25 years old, there are many themes that are still very relevant.

I enjoyed some of it, especially the dialogue between Heidi and her onetime love, Scoop, but I wish she could have kept it light and funny and snappy right through to the end, that we didn’t have that dreadful speech to listen to. I found the whole thing to be a bit predictable and dull — and dated. I agree with the Wall Street Journal, which said of the 2015 Broadway revival, “Now as then, ‘The Heidi Chronicles’ is a sentimental exercise in punch-pulling that purports to take a tough-minded look at feminism and its discontents but never cuts close to the knuckle of genuine self-doubt.” But rather than getting closer to that knuckle of genuine self-doubt, I would have liked more genuine comedy — more genuine self-ridicule and genuine fun.

I'm just about the right age to get most of the references in this very funny, very quotable play.

"Are you guarding the chips?" "Scoop: No, I trust them."

"You think Jane Wyatt demanded clitoral satisfaction from Robert Young?"

"But I’m not involved with him anymore. I just like sleeping with him."

"I made a list the other day of the people I care about. And you made the top ten. In fact, I reworked the list a few times and you were the only one who made the top ten through three decades. Yup. You and Smokey Robinson were the standards."


"I want to know you all my life. If we can’t marry, let’s be great friends." {You know who you are.}

Although the play seems slightly dated, it’s filled with interesting ideas and intelligent dialogue. The play’s unwillingness to settle on either comedy or tragedy felt similar to some of Woody Allen’s most original and complex movie scripts.

It does feel a bit dated, but it also still feels relevant. I particularly liked the way Heidi is denied her voice throughout so much of the play and then gets a lengthy monologue towards the end. I'm sure seeing it live would be preferable. Also appreciated all of the information about women artists!

I’m not a fan.

I listened to the audio version of the play from Library2Go. The story was pretty good. Enjoyed the interview with the author at the end.

I really enjoyed the dialogue but I found the play itself to be slightly meandering and lacking of momentum.

don't bother if you did not grow up in the 60's because the pop culture references will fly by you