| "Torch Song" this afternoon, such a mixed bag. | |
| Last Edit: Leon_W 05:15 pm EDT 10/14/17 | |
| Posted by: Leon_W 05:12 pm EDT 10/14/17 | |
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| I am not convinced that Michael Urie was well cast as Arnold, I adore him usually but found some of his direction or choices not so great. Urie gives a speed reading performance in "International Stud" especially with the words flying at such a rate that most of the funnier lines don't land very well. I am not a fan of the accent he as doing either. I would rather have stayed ten minutes longer in the theater and had a few pauses in that first play. "Fugue in a Nursery" fares better and is quite well done but still I was feeling disappointed. However "Widows and Children First" was fantastic, it completely rescued the production for me. Mercedes Ruehl is stunning as Ma, a very believable character, warm and loving to her son in some moments and horrifying in others. The pacing for the second half of the production is much better giving the material time to breathe. I must admit I had a tear in my eye by the end which was a minor miracle considering how let down I was feeling before the interval. By the way I was in Row F, I wouldn't recommend sitting much further back. I bet the stage look very very distant form the rear of the theater. There was also a man with a terrible loud awful laugh that was doing HAR HAR HAR HAR over and over again at every little thing, arrrggghhhhh! If I ever hear that laugh at another performance I am leaving. |
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