produced by: The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
presented by Viterbo University NexStar season
playwright: John Cariani
director: Laura Gordon
cast: Steve Haggard, Elizabeth Ledo, Gerard Neugent, Deborah Staples
In a remote, 'almost' town in Maine, residents find themselves falling in (and out) of love.
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Disappointing.
Really, there isn't much more to say about this. Perhaps my expectations were too high, but really, I went in to this knowing nothing other than that it had been a prize winner and was supposed to be funny and touching. What I found was not a play, but a series of vignettes that relied WAY too much on a punch-line which was often a physical, literal interpretation of a metaphorical saying ("waiting for the other shoe to drop" would be the most obvious).
Was it amusing? Yeah, sort of.
Was it touching? Yeah, sort of.
Was it memorable? No.
Was it worth the $35 a seat? No.
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