“Next Fall,” a new play on Broadway that was a hit at Playwrights Horizon last year, has attracted a wide mix of views, from ecstatic praise from Ben Brantley of the New York Times to lukewarm indifference by Elysa Gardner of U.S.A. Today. But love it or not, all the critics agree on one thing: This six-character play that focuses on a relationship between an atheist and a committed Christian faces a challenge to find its audience in the current climate.

The Faster Times: a moving, amusing and thoughtful evening at the theater…What the producers needed for “Next Fall,” a play without music or stars but one that contemplates the heavens, was something close to faith. Faith is largely what “Next Fall” is about.
New York Times: you would hope New Yorkers would be eager to embrace a play that so eloquently celebrates humor as the great urban defense system. Most of the characters in “Next Fall” — which portrays a gay couple wrestling with issues big enough to be called cosmic — are as quick with a quip as the denizens of a zippy sitcom. Yet as portrayed by a wonderfully human cast, directed by Sheryl Kaller, there’s nothing synthetic about them. Their doubts and pain are very real, and the laughter they elicit comes more from the heart than the belly.
Associated Press: Nauffts embraces both the virtues and foibles of his characters. And that inclusion makes “Next Fall” an even richer experience.
Daily News: Can a serious drama be seriously funny? In the case of this gay love story, it can, due to Geoffrey Nauffts’ sitcom leanings. It can be seriously didactic, too.
New York Post: The show often drifts toward movie-of-the-week goodwill, but, then, movies of the week are rarely as charming and as humbly moving as “Next Fall.”
U.S.A. Today: But many who see the new production — which retains the original director, Sheryl Kaller, and cast, and has been tightened only slightly — are bound to wonder how this heartfelt but pedestrian drama generated so much fuss.
Hollywood Reporter: the play crackles with emotional force and acerbic humor.

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