Summer Shorts

Posted: 7/20/13 at 4:42pm

Did anyone go to the opening of Summer Shorts at 59E59? I was thinking about going but if the Weitz, LaBute and Howe plays are worth seeing

[After Eight]

Posted: 7/20/13 at 7:55pm

I went to series A. All three were professionally done and well acted.

The Labute play, about two actresses awaiting an audition, was passable. It offers a few chuckles but isn't really insightful or incisive.

The second, about McCain choosing Palin as his running-mate, also has a few laughs, but is sorely undernourished. If fleshed out, it could make for an interesting play.

Several years ago Tina Howe wrote a beautiful play entitled Chasing Manet, starring Jane Alexander. All the more disappointing that her previous entry in Summer Shorts was awful, and so is this. It's a fractured fairy tale about a sleeping princess whom various folk try to awaken. It's a misfire from start to finish.

Updated On: 7/21/13 at 07:55 PM

Posted: 7/21/13 at 3:26pm

Thank you!