For a dress rehearsal, it was very tight. There aren't many moving parts, so it makes sense that everything went smoothly. I'm not usually a fan of Sarah's, but I thought she did quite well. And Danny is always excellent. The real low point is the play itself. It feels a little stale.
"Stale" doesn't mean good or bad. Some plays don't hold up perfectly over time--even Pulitzer Prize winners.
I'll be there tonight.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
So what happened at the beginning? Did Danny forget his lines from all the kibbitzing he was doing? Why did he start all over. He is so likeable, I thought it was part of the play a first.
When I saw the original production, the third or fourth cast was playing it, and it was lifeless, tired, not compelling. When I read the script, I fall in love with its depth, its heart, and its connection to FIFTH OF JULY, a play I'm besotted with, as always. I would love to see it in rep with JULY (and the third play, name escaping me), where the three might present an extraordinary portrait of Wilson's world. I wish this production well. The play certainly deserves a revival, and these actors seem almost ideal.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Pammylicious, nothing went wrong; the only thing Danny added was "Gesundheit" (in response to an audience member loudly sneezing), which was hilarious (he also repeated the "Gesundheit" in his double-time version of the opening).
Auggie, I love the idea of doing those three shows in rep. I didn't realize Talley's Folly was connected to two other plays, but based on how much I enjoyed seeing Talley's Folly, I'd expect the other two plays to enhance the experience.