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Thanks to Amy for all her hard work.
Here's another review (had to make a separate post kept getting spam message).

http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/theater-review-prodigal-son.html

There is this interesting bit at near the bottom:

Robert Sean Leonard as Hoffman does as much as possible with a character who doesn’t make much sense to us because Shanley, still seeing his teacher through a teenager’s eyes, cannot make sense of him either. That being the case, and knowing from the play that Hoffman, before he died, specifically asked Shanley not to write about him, I wonder whether this material was ill served, not just theatrically but morally, by its fully autobiographical treatment

I find it frustrating that the writer makes a statement and then leaves it hanging for us to contemplate any possible reasons. I wonder if those who've seen the play have any thoughts on this?

Posting this here as edit can't seem to add to list so will also add any other I find here. Please discofunction add to your original list

Have now deleted reviews that have been added to discofunction original list.
Will post any new ones I find any here.

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Hmmm this interesting. I don't really know what to make of it as we don't really know the bigger picture...

I haven't had chance to properly read the reviews as the kids are home and keeping me busy. But scanning briefly, they seem a bit luke warm. I didn't see anything negative but it doesn't look like it wowed either. The critics do seem to find RSL very capable though.