‘Grand Horizons’ Broadway Review: Jane Alexander and James Cromwell Try to Simonize Broadway Again

While Cromwell plays curmudgeon with crotchety perfection, Alexander imbues her sometimes enigmatic character with some real nuance — and she lands her punchlines like a pro. And there are punchlines galore in Wohl’s well-crafted script, where the laughs and the story beats land like clockwork under Leigh Silverman’s nicely paced direction.

Since her 2016 Off-Broadway breakout “Small Mouth Sounds,” Wohl has emerged as a major voice in American theater — with three very different, but very good shows premiering just last year: “Continuity,” “Make Believe” and this one, which debuted at the Williamstown Theater Festival last summer (with a mostly different cast).

What’s refreshing about “Grand Horizons” is how Wohl widens the scope beyond the immediate family to a winning degree, offering plum cameos for Maulik Pancholy as a late-night booty call for Brian gone wrong and for Priscilla Lopez as a fellow Grand Horizons resident who’s taken a shine to Bill.

Yes, the humor can be as broad as a U-Haul truck. But “Grand Horizons” delivers old-fashioned entertainment that’s become a rarity on Broadway.