Wanted Isn’t a Perfect Shot, But Its Leading Ladies Are
Wanted is at its most satisfying when it surrenders to the guttural. But that catharsis comes in fits and starts, getting caught in the throat of a poked and prodded musical that’s become all too self-conscious. To be sure, none of that restraint is coming from the show’s three lead actresses. Liisi LaFontaine and Solea Pfeiffer are giving star-making performances as Martha and Mary Clarke.
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One of them paved a path of his own ascending to artistic godhood by glorifying the mundane; the other painted SAMO (meaning the Same Old Sh*t) criticizing the very idea of repetition. One of them broke down the wall between art and business; for the other, walls didn’t mean a thing. One saw beauty, immortality, […]
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Complex Men and Caricatures of Women Are Caught ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’
Walter “Pops” Washington, as he self-describes in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer-winning play Between Riverside and Crazy, is “a flesh and blood, pee standing up, registered Republican.” He is also a litigious former cop caught within the crossroads of bureaucracy, racism, life as a widower, and a fast-gentrifying Riverside Drive. He also happens to be Black. […]
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