Tracy Letts’ new play Superior Donuts is surprisingly saccharine for the man known for such hard-hitting works as Killer Joe, Bug, and last season’s excellently acerbic family dramedy August: Osage County. As New York Times critic Charles Isherwood notes in his review, “Superior Donuts, a gentle comedy that unfolds like an extended episode of a 1970s sitcom, is a warm bath of a play that will leave Broadway audiences with satisfied smiles rather than rattled nerves. Don’t construe the sitcom comparison as a simple sneer. Who doesn’t like to spend the occasional evening, clicker in hand, with a few episodes of a beloved old favorite?”
