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Michael Chernus (Steve) and David Hyde Pierce (Paul Barrow)
Michael Chernus (Steve)
and David Hyde Pierce (Paul Barrow)
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What the popular press said...

"Has little to recommend it."
Charles Isherwood for New York Times

"The story of an editor and, brother, this unamusing absurdist comedy could have used one."
Joe Dziemianowicz for New York Daily News

"A misguided, tiresome wreck."
Elisabeth Vincentelli for New York Post

"This is a huge disappointment."
David Sheward for Back Stage

"A woefully weak play, and there's little that Pierce or director Leigh Silverman can do to help."
Robert Feldberg for The Record

"Manhattan Theatre Club stages six new shows every season, so it stands to reason that every so often they unleash a dud. Such is the wretched case with 'Close Up Space.'"
Michael Sommers for Newsroom Jersey

"Becomes awfully wearing for a one-act running a mere 80 minutes."
David Rooney for The Hollywood Reporter

"A conventional generational play about a rebellious teenager."
Marilyn Stasio for Variety

External links to full reviews from popular press...

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Production Details
Venue: NY City Center Stage I
Genre: Comedy
Previewed: 1 Dec 2011
Opened: 20 Dec 2011
Closed: 29 Jan 2012
Playwright: Molly Smith Metzler
Director: Leigh Silverman
Cast: David Hyde Pierce (Paul Barrow), Michael Chernus (Steve), Rosie Perez (Vanessa Finn Adams), Jessica DiGiovanni (Bailey) and Colby Minifie (Harper).
Synopsis: Paul Barrow is an obsessive book editor on a major deadline. With an assistant who's been camping in the office, a famous author threatening to bail on him and an intern who is no help at all, Paul's just about had it! But when his fiery daughter shows up and lambasts him in Russian, Paul faces a glaring personal error that can't be corrected with red ink.

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