“The show ends up succeeding best as a mirror for anyone who feels like they're constantly on red-alert mode, reminding them they aren't alone in that."
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"3/5 Stars. As a character study, Weather Girl sizzles. Watkins wrote the role of Stacey for McDermott, his offstage partner, and she is blazing in it."
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“McDermott is extremely watchable, and the show contains earnest strains of longing and despair. And yet there’s something missing, or perhaps something that’s already moved on to someplace else.”
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"It’s refreshing to see a piece of theater that’s both dramatically exhilarating and civically profound without ever tipping toward sanctimony. "
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"Watkins fearlessly weds Stacey's farcical psychological meltdown to environmental catastrophe; the result is both shockingly hilarious and an urgent warning to pause before we all jump, lemming-like, off an existential cliff."
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"...what we witness is nothing less than a nervous breakdown of a performance that never feels forced or gratuitous. That is not only testimony to the strength of Watkins’ writing, but to McDermott’s and Rafaeli’s instinctive work as well."
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Julia McDermott gives a skillful performance that’s comic only on the surface.
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Julia McDermott’s performance is so fluid it could snap years of drought with torrential downpours.
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