David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole, Manhattan Theater Club's new show now on Broadway, is a domestic drama about a couple's obsession with the death of their child, and the aberrations that can grow out of grief. The entire cast, including Tyne Daly, Mary Catherine Garrison and John Slattery, is excellent, and Cynthia Nixon in the central role is powerful, real, and riveting. Directed with deep understanding of the conflicts in the play by Daniel Sullivan, with appropriate costuming by Jennifer von Mayrhauser and lighting by Christopher Akeerland on John Lee Beatty's fine set, the play raises many questions about relationships, early-on not satisfying to me, but by the end I was happy with the resolution and with the play and felt a satisfying catharsis that made me happy that I saw it. Check it out. I think you'll be glad you did. (I think I love Nixon. I know, I know, she's taken. Ah, the vicissitudes of life!)
Previews:
January 12, 2006
Opened:
February 2, 2006
Ended:
April 9, 2006
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Manhattan Theatre Club
Theater Type:
Broadway
Theater:
Biltmore Theater
Theater Address:
261 West 47th Street
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Daniel Sullivan
Review:
Parental:
adult themes
Cast:
Cynthia Nixon, John Slattery, Mary Catherine Garrison, Tyne Daly
Technical:
Set: John Lee Beatty; Costumes: Jennifer von Mayrhauser; Dialects: Deborah Hecht.
Critic:
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed:
January 2006
