Buyer & Cellar

"Tolins's writing is smart, sharp, and hilarious—and he paints a vivid picture that even a perfectionist like Barbra would have to applaud." —James Lapine"BUYER & CELLAR is a delight, like a small and perfect short story which Mr. Capote might have dashed off for ESQUIRE once upon a time, to be read on a beach or train. Wrapped up in its bittersweet arc, is the story of a young man who grows a little wiser and smarter about love, illusion and fool's gold in an imaginary playland on the edge of the Pacific, where dreams are broken as easily (and as pleasurably) as a meringue melting under the tongue. And like any wonderful short story, it's bigger than it seems, and resonates long after you leave the theatre, which I did, smiling, and also a little sad at just how true it was." —Jon Robin Baitz"A gorgeous play: funny and beautifully observed and richly insightful." —Moises Kaufman"Jonathan Tolins has concocted an irresistible one-man play from the most peculiar of fictitious premises...This seriously funny slice of absurdist whimsy creates the illusion of a stage filled with multiple people, all of them with their own droll point of view" —THE NEW YORK TIMES"BUYER & CELLAR is not only irresistibly entertaining, it's a superbly well-written and surprisingly moving play. Jonathan Tolins is a master, of show business wisdom, all things Barbra, and the human heart. We're talking bliss." —Paul Rudnick