Bill W and Dr Bob Reviews

NoHoArtsDistrict- Highly Recommended

"...Ronnie Marmo directs and instills in the story a noir-like energy. A rhythmic, nuanced stylish production brimming with authenticity and realism while still embracing the twin plot lines of these men’s stories as they hurtle toward each other in karmic unison."

Stage Raw- Somewhat Recommended

"...While the play is a workable biography of the men in the years leading to the birth of AA, it strays more into didacticism than engaging drama, largely because the scenes are so short that they fail to capture what must have been a series of deeply disturbing events with painful impacts on the men's spouses and families. We often hear Bill and Bob express regrets for the injuries to their loved ones, but we don't see it often enough. And in a couple of scenes where the playwrights (Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey) start to dig into the muck of the effects of alcoholism (at one point Lois Wilson tells her husband "You don't even have the decency to die"), the scene ends before it can build to a point where the audience can feel horror, much less compassion, for the characters and their struggles."

The Hollywood Times- Highly Recommended

"...As presented by Theatre 68 in North Hollywood, Bill W. and Dr. Bob exemplifies independent theatre at its finest. Precisely directed by Ronnie Marmo, who has lit up stages across the country with his one-person take on the life of Lenny Bruce, the play strikes at the core of a truly historic event. Indeed, the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous is classified as one of the most outstanding achievements of the 20th Century. Many believe, and even more know, that the meeting between Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith on June 10, 1935, in Akron, Ohio, began a movement that positively changed the world."