Merciful God, did anyone else loathe The Vibrator Play as much as I did? — Page 2

I just avoided this play like the plague or Las Vegas, free tickets or no.

I like Benanti but the subject matter just sounded both prurient and boring. It's been really hard to find shows I want to bother to go and see this season because yes, I expect and want more from theatre, too. If Lincoln Center is supporting it, I'm sure it has something of value but even with Cerveris, an actor I like a lot, I can't find the desire to go. Now if Benanti and Cerveris were both singing I would probably go anyway for curiosity about the music, but a straight play, on what is for me a dullsville topic, no.

"Merciful God" as an expression just sounds like a British version of our "heaven, save us" or "Lord, save us," by the way.

I wish there were a bunch of plays out there that I was dying to see, a new Durang, an earth shaker, a beautifully costumed Boucicault, the National Theater of Greece trouping in with some classic, something. Something I was intrigued by at BAM got sold out early. It's been kind of a dry season, to say the least, just from where I sit.

I am a straight male and I certainly liked this show and enjoyed it, if not outright "loved" it. I did love Laura Benanti's performance, and I liked the issues the play raised. I'm glad LCT took the chance and produced this show on Broadway.

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Does anyone know if Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris are going out the stage door? (off topic I know...sorry)

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Petrovich - I can't believe you put so much thought into your post. That is not a criticism of you, by any means. It's just that this play was UNBEARABLE.