Apple Cove reviews, 2011

"Allison Mack is all fresh-faced enthusiasm as Edie, as she and Alan at first gamely try to follow all the rules governing a privileged, secure life in Apple Cove."

"Allison Mack is fantastic, going from adorable/charming then growing into a much stronger and moving role. She carries the show through its absurd twists and adds her gift of comic timing and true earnestness to a role that demands to be listened to."

"Edie (a winsome Allison Mack) hasn't even started to "pop out" progeny and already she's chafing at the strictures imposed by the edenic gated community she's moved into with husband Alan (Erin Gann)."

"Allison Mack...you are no longer Chloe Sullivan. As I said in the beginning, she shifts back and forth between tame wife and curious psycho woman. Allison, in my opinion, has opened herself up to numerous theatre and television roles that do not fall in the Superman canon. She is versatile and talented and hopefully the industry will not turn up their nose to her simply because of Smallville, which has been on the air for ten years on the WB Network which then became the CW Network."

"Gann and Mack, who have more of an arc to their characters, are saddled with a more difficult task, but for the most part, succeed. Rosen's "four scenes, four seasons" structure has a variety of built-in routines, and Mack's blithe distortions of them trigger some great reactions from the tightly wound Gann: the highlight of Apple Cove is Edie's attempt to sexually awaken the repressed Alan -- a dirty dance made all the more humorous by Edie's awkward and clumsy motions . . . and the fact that it occurs in their imaginary son's crib. (Given the phonetics of Alan and Edie, the play's title, and the paradise-with-rules setting, I'm tempted to talk about how this all relates to Adam and Eve, but honestly, Rosen does nothing with the concept beyond suggesting it.)"

"Allison Mack showed her acting ability very well. Having seen her in the character of Chloe on “Smallville” and then seeing her in this play was evidence of that ability. We were not even tempted to try to compare Edie with Chloe. She played them both so differently and so convincingly. We had never been to an off Broadway play before and were very impressed with the professionalism."