| Los Angeles Times - Recommended
"...I was probably meant to see the three Cobbs’ destiny as the more unpleasant, but they were so entertaining that I left with the impression that purgatory won’t be so bad if I can relive my triumphs, nurse my regrets, laugh at my jokes, roll my eyes at my foibles and throw a ball around with two other me’s."
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LA Weekly - Recommended
"...All four actors are fine, especially Daniel Sykes’ stereotype of a gum-smacking ballplayer, eyes lowered into smug slits, cheek scrunched from his smirk. Gregg T. Daniel’s direction is crisp, and the production clips along."
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Broadway World - Recommended
"...Lee Blessing gives us a three-dimensional look at baseball legend Ty Cobb in his fiercely honest one-act Cobb now onstage at Group rep in NoHo. Superbly staged by Gregg T. Daniel and gloriously acted by an ensemble of four, Cobb is represented at the beginning, middle and end of his life by three actors who play simultaneously around and against each other, as the man, like all men, attempts to sum up his life and make sense of his accomplishments."
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StageHappenings.com - Recommended
"...This spirited play, being presented at The Group Rep in North Hollywood, gives an insight into the man that still holds many records in the field of baseball. It is performed by four excellent actors and well directed by Gerald T. Daniel."
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The Tolucan Times - Recommended
"...Toplined by an excellent cast, the Group Rep’s production of Cobb hits a home run in analyzing the life and career of this cantankerous and despised baseball star."
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Culture Vulture - Recommended
"...Under the direction of Gregg T. Daniel, they fight with each other as fiercely as the real Cobb did with almost everyone during his 74 years of life — over an early family tragedy involving his parents; the tactics and mind games he used during his career to defeat opponents; his troubled and disappointing marriages; and his place in baseball history."
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NoHoArtsDistrict - Recommended
"...The Group Rep has a hit on its hands and has “hit a home run”, directed by the superb Gregg T. Daniel and produced for the Group Rep by Richard Alan Woody."
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