LA Weekly - Not Recommended

"...Long before director Tony Gatto (abetted by Adam Flemming’s gratuitous video projections) runs Chua’s pop-historical potpourri completely off its postmodernist rails, the play’s mind-twisting quasi-profundities offer a sobering reminder of why the children of the ’60s traded in their LSD for the comforting lucidity of the 401(k)."
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Backstage - Somewhat Recommended

"...It’s colorful and funny but short on coherence and intellectual consistency."
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Stage and Cinema - Not Recommended

"...1969, billed as “a fantastical odyssey through the American mindscape,” feels more like a self-indulgent slog through a playwright’s inner monologue. Producers Fayna Sanchez, Chua and Gatto have corralled an impressive log of design talent and some committed, talented actors, in service of a play unlikely to be remembered as anybody’s best work."
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EyeSpyLA - Recommended

"...There’s a new serious play in the modernist style, with thoughtful direction, clever sets, and dedicated acting at Theatre/Theater. Also complete nudity. It is Damon Chua’s, intelligent, difficult, long, and elaborately titled 1969: A Fantastical Odyssey Through the American Mindscape."
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Stage Scene LA - Somewhat Recommended

"...I have the feeling that the more you know about 1969, the more you’ll appreciate 1969: A Fantastical Odyssey Through The American Mindscape, and though it doesn’t work as well as I’m sure its writer hoped it would (at least for this reviewer), I found much to enjoy over the course of its two acts. And as for its design—well that alone makes it work a look-see."
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LA Stage Times - Recommended

"...My favorite of the two shows is 1969, a collection of loosely connected picaresque stories about mostly well-known figures, with moments of lyrical and moving writing by Damon Chua, some eye-opening video by Adam Flemming and precise direction by Tony Gatto."
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