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Previews:
November 11, 2003
Opened:
December 3, 2003
Ended:
October 31, 2004
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
David Richenthal, Anthony & Charlene Marshall & Max Cooper in assoc w/ Playwrights Horizons.
Theater Type:
Broadway
Theater:
Lyceum Theater
Theater Address:
149 West 45th Street
Phone:
2 hrs
Genre:
Solo Drama
Director:
Moises Kaufman
Review:
If I Am My Own Wife were merely a fascinating story, compellingly told, it would be worth attending and strongly applauding. But this tale of a man, living as a woman and curating a veritable museum of Weimar era-history, not only during the Nazi period but throughout the Communist years in East Berlin, has a second-act twist that keeps us guessing long after the show's over. Think of it as the equivalent of Golda's Balcony, only here we're not sure if Golda might really be Yasser Arafat.
The simple radiance of Douglas Wright's phrasing is matched by Derek McLane's set and David Lander's extraordinarily beautiful lighting.
Parental:
adult themes
Cast:
Jefferson Mays
Technical:
Set: Derek McLane; Costumes: Janice Pytel; Lighting: David Lander; Sound: Andre J. Pluess & Ben Sussman.
Critic:
David Lefkowitz
Date Reviewed:
December 2003
