The Verdict: Critics Review The Big Knife, Starring Bobby Cannavale

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News The Verdict: Critics Review The Big Knife, Starring Bobby Cannavale Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' Hollywood drama The Big Knife, starring Bobby Cannavale, C.J. Wilson, Marin Ireland, Chip Zien, Richard Kind, Brenda Wehle and Reg Rogers, opened April 16 at the American Airlines Theatre.

By Adam Hetrick

April 17, 2013

//assets.playbill.com/editorial/0704bd2a5a81a63645cba398546f99ff-knife200.jpg — Marin Ireland and Bobby Cannavale Photo by Joan Marcus

Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt) directs the rarely revived 1940s play by the author of Golden Boy. In The Big Knife, recent Glengarry Glen Ross star Cannavale plays a Hollywood actor whose buried past is being unearthed. Previews began March 22.

The critics have filed their reviews and Playbill.com has collected them for our readers. Click through to read them all. Playbill.com will continue to update our list as the reviews come in.

The Hollywood Reporter