By Sam Shepard / Music by T Bone Burnett / Directed by Bill Hart
With Vincent D'Onofrio, Kirk Acevedo, Paul Butler, Michael Deep, Jesse Lenat, Jeffrey Anders Ware, Sturgis Warner, Rebecca Wisocky
2ST ARCHIVES
Sets by E. David Cosier, Costumes by Teresa Snider-Stein, Lighting by Anne Militello, Sound by David Van Tieghem, Video by Kevin Cunningham, Musical Director Loren Toolajian, Production Stage Managers Ruth Kreshka/James FitzSimmons, Casting by Jerry Beaver and Associates
In association with Lucille Lortel and Signature Theatre Company.
"DIRECTOR BILL HART KEEPS THINGS TENSE AND PROWLING AND ANGRY IN THIS STRANGE PLAY OF UNCERTAINTY AND ANGUISH THAT IS ABOUT BOTH THE MUSICIANS' DOUBTS OF MUSIC AND THE WRITER'S TERROR BEFORE LANGUAGE. VINCENT D'ONOFRIO GIVES DEPTH AND PAIN TO HOSS: THIS FINE ACTOR IS COMING INTO HIS OWN. KIRK ACEVEDO'S CROW IS LIKEWISE A STAR-MAKING TURN. THIS IS, I THINK, BY FAR SAM SHEPARD'S BEST PLAY."
— Donald Lyons, The Wall Street Journal
"SAM SHEPARD'S TOOTH OF CRIME IS HIS MOST SAVAGE VISION, A DIABOLICAL DUEL BETWEEN THE FADING KING AND THE FAST-RISING CHALLENGER."
— Mel Gussow, The New York Times
"THIS NEW VERSION HAS MUSIC AND LYRICS BY A RESPECTED ALTERNATIVE FOLK MUSICIAN, T BONE BURNETT, AND IT ADDS TO THE POWER OF A PLAY THAT TRADES HEAVILY ON MUSICAL METHODS AND VERBAL REFERENCES. THE PRESENT STAGING BY BILL HART SEEMS EXEMPLARY. IT PACKS A POTENT PUNCH NOT READILY FORGOTTEN."
— Clive Barnes, New York Post
"TOOTH OF CRIME (SECOND DANCE) REALLY IS - HONESTLY! - A FASCINATING, EVEN BRILLIANT WORK, AND THOSE WHO CONSIDER IT MR. SHEPARD'S BEST AREN'T INSANE."
— Ben Brantley, The New York Times
