Admittedly, Damian Humbley was not nominated for the first incarnation of the Friedman production. Neither was Mark Umbers. There was some surprise about this at the time.
I was not happy with Umbers either in the original video of the production, or when he played the role in Boston (Huntington THeatre, 2017). So no surprise from me.
Humbley, on the other hand, was very good IMO. But also IMO, there was really no overwhelming reason to cast the 3 leads "out of town" for the Boston production, aside from the fact that I assume that the 2 men came with the territory. The Boston actors who played the supporting cast were equally as good. Having Eden Espinosa as Mary was great, but in particular, the 2 men could have been local actors and it might have been even better. |
