THE NEW YORK TIMES Bruce Webber
A thoroughly persuasive transport to an exotic time and place…. The Syringa Tree stuns!

THE NEW YORKER
An emotionally powerful tour-de-force…

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Astonishing…Affecting… (with) a dramatic and heartbreaking conclusion…

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
…The Syringa Tree is a powerful play.

THE NEW YORK POST
The evening builds to a climax of striking intensity!

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
The work is a virtuoso piece for Gien

CURTAIN UP
The Syringa Tree packs a punch rarely felt in the theater today. Don’t miss it.

ON THE AISLE
A story worth telling and a play worth seeing.

SHOW BUSINESS
The play succeeds on the merit of an exceptionally moving story and Gien’s superbly dynamic performance… The material stands alone.

BACK STAGE
A whirl-wind display of acting excellence… Both exciting and moving!

THE VILLAGE VOICE
A first-rate actress…Pamela Gien reaps vivid stories

JASON ALEXANDER
Pure theatrical magic… Don’t ask questions- just go!

MIKE NICHOLS
Astonishing, amazing, highly entertaining and deeply moving.

HELEN HUNT
It’s exquisite- don’t miss it!

FRANK DARABONT Director, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption
Theater at its most glorious… a riveting and mesmerizing event.

HILARY SWANK
The Syringa Tree is an absolute, life enriching masterpiece!

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
Superb…a surprising and utterly believable and affective tale of family, love, and loss.

NEW YORK MAGAZINE JOHN SIMON
It is an extraordinary performance — or, rather, some dozen or more extraordinary performances of beautifully controlled panache.

Newsday
A WORD OF MOUTH SENSATION

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Frederick M. Winship
A remarkable play, a touching drama, an indelibly impressive performance that anyone who loves the theater will not want to miss.