Tiny Beautiful Things Reviews
Los Angeles Times- Recommended
"...The self-help journey has privileged the individual over the collective, but what's refreshing about this play, which opened on Sunday at Pasadena Playhouse, is the understanding that our actions have ethical as well as emotional fallout. And that try as we may, these realms really can't be separated."
Stage and Cinema- Recommended
"...Well, there certainly is nothing wrong with good advice. And there's plenty of that in the structurally unconventional Tiny Beautiful Things, Nia Vardalos's stage adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's epistolary best-selling book which, in the incarnation at Pasadena Playhouse starring Vardalos herself, feels like a warm little hug when it could have been gripping and cathartic."
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
"...In need of a good laugh? A good cry? A message of comfort and joy in these particularly troubled times? Then look no further than the Pasadena Playhouse, where My Big Fat Greek Wedding star Nia Vardalos has set up house this month with her powerful stage adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's Tiny Beautiful Things."
On Stage Los Angeles- Recommended
"...Highly theatrical, Strayed's lyrics of care sweep the play along in individual episodes. They touch the heart. Sugar responds in what she reveals in one scene as Unconditional Positive Regard. She is harnessed to her own truth."
Stage Raw- Highly Recommended
"...Theatergoers, be warned: After seeing Tiny Beautiful Things, now playing at the Pasadena Playhouse, your heart may feel like a raw nerve. It's a show that sneaks up on you - how moving can a few actors reading advice columns aloud be?"