Tuesday, November 6, 2007

The Importance of Being Earnest

Germantown Community Theatre

The Great: Oscar Wilde's sharp script. It's golden material to work with.
The set design is well thought out, especially given the small space, and the in-character set change in between Act II and III is genius.
Joanne Malin's performance as Lady Bracknell--knocks it out of the park.


The Eh:
Daniel Pound's performance as Lane is one of the most boring things I have ever seen. He brought absolutely nothing to the part.
Tripp Hurst's performance as Jack is misguided. His accent comes and goes and he drops too many of his punchlines.
The physical mismatch of the actors playing Jack and Gwendolen--her timing is great, but she looks too old for him, and really, just too old for the part.

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