#26
Posted: 4/19/11 at 9:54pm
The Faster Times is negative with fine things for Turner (ANOTHER review to mention Equus and Agnes of God):
“High,” a play starring Kathleen Turner as a tough nun who tries to save a drug addict, is playing on a street of Broadway that has become a drug corner: Right next door is “The MotherF**ker With The Hat” and across the street is “Jerusalem,” both also involving drug users. “High,” though, has little in common with these superior plays. It actually shares more with last year’s “Looped,” which was created by the same team, playwright Matthew Lombardo and director Rob Ruggiero. “Looped” focused on a colorful grand dame of the theater, Tallulah Bankhead, wonderfully portrayed by Valerie Harper. “High,” too, has an awesome actress at its center, Kathleen Turner. “Looped” had the basics for a good play, Tallulah and her famously bawdy witticisms, but undermined its best material with a character that seemed less than credible and dialogue less than likely. The same could be said of “High,” except there is no great wit at its core, just bawdiness: The nun uses foul language.
Kathleen Turner gives us a no-nonsense performance that is the reason to see this downer of a play meant to give us the gritty truth about addiction, but that feels too much like a recipe: Start with a base of “Equus,” sprinkle with a little “Agnes of God,” stir in some R-rated spice and unpalatable grit, and serve in a bowl of Lifetime movie, heaped high."
http://thefastertimes.com/newyorktheater/2011/04/19/high-review-kathleen-turner-on-broadways-new-drug-corner/
“High,” a play starring Kathleen Turner as a tough nun who tries to save a drug addict, is playing on a street of Broadway that has become a drug corner: Right next door is “The MotherF**ker With The Hat” and across the street is “Jerusalem,” both also involving drug users. “High,” though, has little in common with these superior plays. It actually shares more with last year’s “Looped,” which was created by the same team, playwright Matthew Lombardo and director Rob Ruggiero. “Looped” focused on a colorful grand dame of the theater, Tallulah Bankhead, wonderfully portrayed by Valerie Harper. “High,” too, has an awesome actress at its center, Kathleen Turner. “Looped” had the basics for a good play, Tallulah and her famously bawdy witticisms, but undermined its best material with a character that seemed less than credible and dialogue less than likely. The same could be said of “High,” except there is no great wit at its core, just bawdiness: The nun uses foul language.
Kathleen Turner gives us a no-nonsense performance that is the reason to see this downer of a play meant to give us the gritty truth about addiction, but that feels too much like a recipe: Start with a base of “Equus,” sprinkle with a little “Agnes of God,” stir in some R-rated spice and unpalatable grit, and serve in a bowl of Lifetime movie, heaped high."
http://thefastertimes.com/newyorktheater/2011/04/19/high-review-kathleen-turner-on-broadways-new-drug-corner/
