Bei Variety.com gab es den 1. echten Verriß von "Slag Heap," allerdings wird auch hier Vincent Kartheiser explizit gelobt :-)

(Cherry Lane Theater; 198 seats; $35 top)
A Cherry Lane Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Anton Dudley. Directed by Michael Morris

Dave - Vincent Kartheiser
Ashley - Polly Lee
Fran - Brienan Nequa Bryant
Donna - Janelle Anne Robinson
Darwin - Alexander Flores
Natalie - Maggie Moore

On the evidence of "Slag Heap," there may be worse infringements than youth prostitution, many of them being committed by the playwright. It would be gratifying to report that this world premiere is a worthy discovery to kick off the ninth decade of the Cherry Lane, Off Broadway's oldest operating theater. However, Anton Dudley's lead-footed play about twentysomethings for rent in Thatcherian England is as obvious and inauthentic in its salty humor and self-conscious edginess as in the strained raw poetry of its tragic denouement. Sole saving grace is an arresting, scruffy perf from "Angel" regular Vincent Kartheiser.

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