"Brits Off Broadway" at 59E59 offers Some Kind of Bliss, a one woman play by Samuel Adamson performed by the British actress Lucy Briers.
An energetic, fast-talking contemporary woman describes an ill-fated walk through London to Greenwich, at times playing several characters, each with a new voice and attitude. She experiences a toke of spliff, a bit of sex with a kid, a mugging.
Although the performance is quite good and full of dramatic description and action, and Briers is an accomplished actress and mimic, I did not find it emotionally engaging. I was not moved by her difficult journey and remained an observer.
Directed by Toby Frow, and billed as a comedy, it is a drama with a few chuckles played on an interesting set of slanting walkways by Lucy Osborne. What we observe in the performance is quite interesting, and being a spectator is not a bad way to spend an evening. But I'd prefer my innards to be stirred either by empathy or by the incongruity that provokes real laughs.
Previews:
June 11, 2008
Opened:
June 15, 2008
Ended:
June 29, 2008
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Brits Off-Broadway Festival
Theater Type:
off-Broadway
Theater:
59E59 Theaters
Theater Address:
59 East 59th Street
Phone:
212-279-4200
Genre:
Solo
Director:
Toby Frow
Review:
Cast:
Lucy Briers
Critic:
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed:
June 2008
