Rabbit Hole Cast

[Tricky Joe]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 9:38am

They just announced that Mary Catherine Garrison has signed on for the last role. I LOVE her! I am so excited for this play. Cynthia Nixon, Tyne Daly, John Slattery AND Mary Catherine Garrison. (Not to mention that sweet boy from Kimberly Akimbo.) I'm sad I have to wait. I really hope I'm not disappointed when I finally see it. I can't wait.


Rabbit Hole Cast

[Smaxie]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 10:16am

Still, do not go in expecting Fuddy Meers or Kimberly Akimbo-style wackiness. While there is humor in the play, Rabbit Hole has a different tone from Abaire's other works. There are scenes in it that are almost unspeakably sad.

[Corine2]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 10:49am

I love his work. Fuddy Meers was such a wild, wacky joy ride.
My Mother hated it, but it was exceptional in my eyes.
I have never had so much fun at Second Stage.
Than again I am usually the youngest person there and most MTC patrons snore through fantastic theater.
Drives me batty! Updated On: 11/15/05 at 10:49 AM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 10:55am

See my post above. "A wild wacky joy ride" Rabbit Hole is not.

And what does Second Stage have to do with anything? Fuddy Meers, Wonder of the World and Kimberly Akimbo were all produced by MTC.

Updated On: 11/15/05 at 10:55 AM

[Tricky Joe]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 12:01pm

Maybe Corine meant Stage Two AT MTC? She did mention MTC subscribers after all.

As for this play being unlike anything Lindsay-Abaire has written before, GREAT! Bring it on. I don't need wacky, so long as it's still well-written. I'm looking forward to seeing something so different from him.

Smaxie, can I ask how you got to read the script? Did you see a reading? If so, how was it (other than sad in places.) In an earlier thread someone else had also read the script - they had a friend who worked at MTC. I would love to read the script ahead of time, but that person said it wasn't published yet. Is this your understanding as well? Just curious.

Thanks for the heads up about the play though. I'm really excited about it.
Updated On: 11/15/05 at 12:01 PM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 12:08pm

Except that Fuddy, Wonder and Kimberly were all on the larger Stage One space, so Corine's post is still bewildering.

I saw a reading of it. Without revealing too much about the play, it's about how people cope with loss in different ways. That's not dissimilar to some of Lindsay-Abaire's other plays, but there is a definate change in tone in Rabbit Hole.

[Tricky Joe]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 12:30pm

Thanks, Smaxie. Sounds like an intriguing play. I wish I had seen the reading.

As for the Second Stage confusion, yes Kimberly and Wonder were performed in the bigger MTC space, but Fuddy Meers was actually performed in Stage 2 (at least when I saw it) and then transferred to the Minetta Lane Theater downtown for a commercial run. And Corine was talking about Fuddy. But I shoud probably let her explain herself.

Thanks again for the Rabbit Hole reports though.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 12:45pm

That's true about Fuddy. Still, Second Stage and Stage II are two different things.