Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Theater Primary Stages Extends Happy Now? by Two Weeks
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 4:12 PM
- "We got extended? Really?!"
The fact that Coxon offers no new perspectives or insights on the very familiar mid-life crises she's portraying seems not to have bothered audiences and (other) critics. Most notably there's that glowing review from the Times' Charles Isherwood—a reprise of sorts of his earlier review of the show at Yale Rep, from which half the cast was taken on for this Off-Broadway production. Also, knowing that the wonderful Olivia Williams played the starring role (now portrayed by the very capable Mary Bacon, pictured) when the show premiered at London's National Theater in 2008 makes me wonder if Coxon's play isn't more interesting than this unremarkable production made it seem.
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