Belated Impressions: Sex Habits at Signature

Just getting around to this one. (Review--a shortie--will be in Thursday's paper.) Things I liked:

• the marvelously pointed way Helen Hedman introduces that olive to that martini
• the amusing aptness of that bit with the Electrolux
• the very fine work Amy McWilliams is doing on those teeny-tiny TV screens
• the sweetness and generosity in the character Will Gartshore has created

Things not so much:

• how far in advance you see the "surprises" coming
• that none of those revelations really add up to much
• the way those teeny-tiny TV screens short-change the very fine work being showcased on them

Tboy sat up nice and close, though, so he can confirm that Nelson Pressley, who offered up that last assessment in the WashPo review, was right on the money. Most of the audience has gotta be missing what seemed to Tboy a beautifully rueful portrayal of a smart woman who's made choices she refuses to regret, but hasn't quite made her peace with either.

Shame, that.

Comments

[Ronnie]

40" flat panels would have been perfect... and easily hidden.

[Bob]

Did you ever stop to think about how much it would cost for all those 40" flat screens you want so badly? That's a lot of dough for a show that ain't on Broadway

[Theaterboy]

Tboy, who didn't mention flat panels, would imagine that the approach they took in Chicago (a large projection, from what he's read) might have worked nicely.

That said: What Signature did was terribly stylish. Just not as effective as it might have been, perhaps.

Oh, and Bob: Nice website.