King o' the Moon Over the Tavern, Part II by Tom Dudzick

"Winces with pain and winks with joy. In its easy accessibility, this is a play that sometimes feels like an all-American musical comedy without the music."

"The new play--like the decade in which it is set--has a greater urgency and sharper realism than its predecessor, as the adult Pazinskis tackle grown-up issues like divorce, remarriage, war and draft-evasion. Dudzick is well on his way to becoming the Neil Simon of the Catholic, Polish-American working class..."

"...like the comforting taste of homemade bread, this production leaves reviewers satisfied, delighted and hungering for more."

"Dudzick's play will no doubt at some point be referred to as a Catholic's Brighton Beach Memoirs, with its lovable down-to-earth family members and well-timed comedic happenstances. Yet it is original and real--a slice of Americana that helps us all remember what being a family is all about."

"What is true about individual plays may be also true about Dudzick's Pazinski family saga--that it reaches a better end for taking its time getting there."

"Tom Dudzick's play has taken inertia out of sixties nostalgia and brought to life an honest take on family and an honest look at tolerance. King o' the Moon is dynamic entertainment from the very beginning."

"It isn't necessary to have seen Over the Tavern to be immediately drawn into King o' the Moon. The Pazinskis are compelling to watch whether one knows their history or not. A breezy comedy marked by more than a dash of heartache and poignance, King o' the Moon is a clever hybrid of dysfunctional family sitcom and emotional gut-wrencher. That's not an easy mix to create, but playwright Tom Dudzick manages it."

"Tom Dudzick's done it again. His follow-up to the wildly popular Over the Tavern, set a decade earlier, offers another warm, funny and bittersweet look at American family life, tinged with bright nostalgia but edged with dark realism."

"Dudzick's writing offers an enjoyable piece of escapist theatre with distinct, memorable characters and a message of family unity that will seem welcome to many during these hard times."

"Dudzick presents the tensions and struggles associated with the nuclear family, fortunately without falling into nostalgia-for-nostalgia sake syndrome."