Review: Terrence McNally's 'Golden Age' at the Kennedy Center By Peter Marks
At this stage of the playmaking process (this production was unveiled in January at the Philadelphia Theatre Company), "Golden Age" lacks some of the infectious qualities that distinguish some of McNally's other opera plays: the explosive wit of "The Lisbon Traviata," for example, or the elevated idol worship of "Master Class," his illuminating biographical portrait of Maria Callas.