LET ME DOWN EASY is on Entertainment Weekly's
Top 10 Theatre List for 2009!

"SPECTAULAR! The best theatrical experience this season!"
- The New York Observer

"RUN - do not walk - to see this play! watching anna deavere smith on stage is magical. one minute you are laughing, the next you are crying. it is truly brilliant and stunning."
- The Today Show

"a continually engaging and engrossing collection of testimonials about life experienced at its extremes."
- The New York Times

"thoughtful, vibrant and elegantly directed by leonard foglia, let me down easy traces a graceful arc from lighthearted to funny to downright philosophical."
- New York Post

"fascinating! anna deavere smith's remarkable new show is a joyous celebration of human perseverance."
- Associated Press

"the punchy 95-minute show is a totally vital piece of theater, mixing a standup comic's instincts with a great reporter's keen eye and delivered with a compassion that is all anna deavere smith's own."
- Variety

“PROVOCATive and moving! Expertly performed work that creeps under your skin.”
- NY Daily News

“bracing and poetic with a terrific cumulative effect.”
- The New Yorker