Dead Inside Reviews

MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended

"...Accompanied by projections that offer glimpses into her challenging gestational past, Lindhome, fortified with guitar, sings and jokes her way through a topic that she says nobody truly talks about. Just think about why it is that it's only "safe" to talk about a woman's pregnancy once she's into the second trimester. This way if anything happens, she spares others the discomfort. Lindhome has a sharp handle on candidness and still keeps it light, frothy, and ridiculously fun."

BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended

"...And yet, with this superbly clever and thoughtful framing, there’s one additional element that really elevates Lindhome’s performance: she’s genuinely and straightforwardly hilarious. She’s a charming and entrancing storyteller, but her humor isn’t used to deflect or lighten the tone. Instead, she’s honed it to emphasize that she’s providing an unflinching, honest portrait of her experiences, and that there’s still joy and comedy to be found even in those darker patches."

DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended

"...Whether a production we see is live or on film or video, and whether we acknowledge it our not, we don't go to the theater for moderation. We want to see Tosca throw herself off of the parapet to her death. We want to see the crippled Porgy follow Bess to New York City on his goat cart. Dead Inside is a story of immoderate passion told immoderately. Through this show, Riki Lindhome says out loud what many people are not willing to acknowledge they are even capable of thinking. The show prods us to laugh, gasp, and cry and in doing so, at least for the amount of time we spend watching the show, makes it impossible for us to be what the title describes: Dead Inside."