Review: On Broadway, Downtown Hit Job Has Emperor’s New Clothes Syndrome
That’s a far cry from how Herwitz’s production felt at the much smaller Connolly Theatre and Soho Playhouse, where the closer proximity of audience to actor made you feel like you were in Loyd’s office, too. When Lemmon held up that gun downtown, it was extremely confronting. We were in her crosshairs, complicit in the atrocities that she’s avenging. At the Hayes, there’s a clear division between stage and spectator. On Broadway, Job just feels like work.
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