New York Times (Critics’ Pick):

“The play’s frothing comedy is studded with such moments of plain-spoken clarity. The smack-talking sisters goad and swear at one another, swap secrets and gossip, and grouse about their mother and male suitors. In their encounters, Lizzie (Elyse Steingold) and Darcy stare at each other like hostile cats horrified to be sharing the same patch of garden. Their exchanges are not-cute staccato bursts of misapprehension.”

Theater Mania:

“Steingold does a remarkable job capturing her youthful spontaneity, self-centeredness, and ego, making her character journey especially satisfying. The final emotional beats land hard, and it’s impossible not to get swept away by the celebration.”

Theatre Beyond Broadway:

“Elizabeth Bennet, portrayed with effervescent wit and unapologetic verve by Elyse Steingold, emerges in Are the Bennet Girls OK? not as the genteel proto-feminist of Regency lore, but as a thoroughly modern young woman with no interest in matrimony, decorum, or anything remotely resembling a suitor. Steingold is delivering a performance that refreshingly refuses to sand down the character’s edges. This Lizzy is not the arch heroine we’re used to admiring from afar—she’s petulant, ego-driven, brilliant, and deeply human. in watching her resist, relent, and reckon with her role in this fragile domestic order, we are reminded—sometimes through laughter, sometimes through lump-in-throat poignancy—that what’s at stake for the Bennet girls is not just who they will marry, but whether they will survive at all.”

Mark Harris, columnist & journalist for NY Magazine via Bluesky:

“Fantastically sharp, thoughtful, tough and uproariously funny take on Austen…with the best comic cast I have seen in ages.”

Interludes:

“They’re portrayed with terrific vibrancy and personality by a quintet of eclectic actresses, the standouts being Elyse Steingold’s whip smart and stubbornly uncompromising Lizzie.”

Ithaca Times:

“As Eva, Elyse Steingold is vibrant, witty, and honest. Steingold’s delivery impressively lands with every line, and her performance demands attention..”

Ithaca Stages:

“As the hesitant, self-effacing (indeed semi-terrified) Eva, Elyse Steingold provides torrents of delight—her scattered, ever-evolving weaving of protective camouflage are arias of dizzying virtuosity.”

Rolling Stone: “Bowen Yang Plots ‘Hot White Heist’ Season Two With Trixie Mattel, Jane Lynch, Cynthia Nixon”

People: “Bowen Yang Teases ‘Special’ New Season of ‘Hot White Heist’”

DC Theater Arts:

“Terrific performances by a completely natural Millennial cast. The innovative work of these first-rate talents is funny, insightful, and masterful.”