Review: "The How and the Why" is Unquestionably Worth Seeing
The How and the Why Written by Sarah Treem Directed by Austin Pendleton Presented by Good Egg at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture 18 Bleecker Street, Manhattan, NYC October 20-November 6, 2022 L-R: Karen Leiner and Arielle Goldman in the Good Egg production of The How and the Why , written by Sarah Treem and directed by Austin Pendleton. Photo by Carol Rosegg The title of Sarah Treem's 2011 play The How and the Why refers to the contention that any biological issue can be understood in terms of both mechanism–how it operates–and function–to what end the operation occurs. These dual perspectives simultaneously map onto the personal and professional lives of the two women on whom the play centers. Under the direction of the acclaimed Austin Pendleton, the new revival of The How and the Why by Good Egg–a theater company that focuses on plays by and about women, with an emphasis on characters fifty and older–presents a magnificent production of this intellectually and emot...