Well, I saw The Foreigner a week after your first post "PAB" (Oct 21) and I had fun, but I still thought they needed to tighten things up a little bit over all. I'm not a big fan of Matthew Broderick but I thought he did alright as "Charlie". I think he'll do alright, it just needed a bit more sharpening I guess that's what I mean. And his English accent he uses just sort of bugs me, too.
The play really doesn't kick in until the second act. It's a very slow opener, with the ground work being laid in the first act. But the whole cast is thoroughly enjoyable in their roles. I enjoy Frances Sternhagen as a wonderfully sweet and ditsy "Betty Meeks". But I think the real show stealer here is Kevin Cahoon as "Ellard". He plays "stupid" very well. (I mean that in a good way, of course! ... LOL) The scene between him and Broderick mimicking each other with the table utensils is hilarious and kept the audience rolling with laughter.
Mary Catherine-Garrison was fine and believable as "Catherine", too. The only character I thought that wasn't that believable was "Owen" the clan guy, played by Lee Terguson. I just didn't think he was menacing enough, but maybe that has changed since that first week of performance.
I plan on going to see it again the first weekend in December. I've always liked this play. It's a perfectly silly and fun way to spend an afternoon at the theatre. So, if you have any luck in trying to get a ticket for this one.... go see it.
Okay, that's my 2 cents worth......
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