ColorTheHours048 said: "I saw this last night. Denise Gough’s performance is exhilarating - raw, funny, specific, tragic. She’s so absolutely disappeared into the role, it’s hard to separate the actor and the character (which is, interestingly, a large thematic element in the piece). I agree with others here who feel her career deserves to skyrocket after the one-two punch of this and ANGELS. It’s a truly one-of-a-kind performance.
That being said, I wasn’t wild about the whole play. There is a visceral, exciting one-act play in there and the scenes that work are excellent. But other scenes felt overlong and unnecessary, and some of the extended hallucinations felt extraneous. The second to last scene alone is worth the running time. As someone who has dealt with too many addicts in my family, the lies and selfishness they wear like clothing, it was a hard dose of reality the rest of play had been setting up for two hours.
This is 100% worth seeing. Denise Gough - and, in fact, the entire ensemble - is tremendous. It’s a performance for the ages and the play has a lot on its mind that we see too little of in the theatre."
I agree completely. The play is nothing to write home about but Denise (and the whole cast) is fantastic. The staging and set are also great.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
Updated On: 11/1/17 at 12:24 PM
