PositiveThe Washington PostWith each of these characters, Glass does just what a generous author should do. She unfolds backstories; she demarcates key traumas; she recapitulates thoughts ... It should all be confusing, but because Glass is a pro, the trains keep running, and we wait to see what happens when her three co-protagonists all converge on Mort’s estate with their private agendas ... In the absence of narrative tension, then, we are left with this thresh of rival perspectives, all generously delivered in the same third-person omniscient. And we are reminded that, like St. Peter, we sit at the pearly gates of our own tastes, deciding (in the absence of clear direction) whom we want to spend our time with ... Meredith worries more than once about being an urban cliche, but even if she is, and even if she belongs in some other, more rigorous novel, hers is a thread I wouldn’t mind following out to its full length.
Joel Grey
MixedThe Washington Post“Master of Ceremonies has its share of showbiz unctuousness. But its chief interest lies in how it diverges from the celebrity memoir’s triumphal arc. Yes, Grey’s career soldiers on, with steady film and TV work and well-received stage appearances in The Normal Heart, Chicago and Wicked. And yes, he sort of comes out — but only in the polite, elaborately prolonged way that tends to frustrate younger gay generations (who never lived or breathed life pre-Stonewall).
