| To my mind, it was a competent performance, but smaller than Linda Lavin's work in every way. This was especially true in the mother's big scene, her memory of dancing with George Raft, to which she brought a much more limited range. Oddly, she also didn't nail the big laughs that Lavin got. On the plus side, she did capture the character's innate sadness. But she also was a little bit hard to hear, probably not being used to projecting her voice in a 1,100-seat theatre. |
