What a treat this was!
Probably the best modern play I've seen in... well, I don't know how long... maybe ever...
Winner of last year's Pulitzer and Tony awards and both were well deserved. Even at 3 hours and 20 minutes (with 2 intermissions) -- time flies.
One of the best characters I've ever seen on stage as written for that of this family matriarch -- Violet Weston. Estelle Parsons was absolutely fantastic in this role. A brilliant and energetic performance.
This play opened a year ago on Broadway and has been sold out ever since... and for good reason. With thirteen characters on stage, there's not a person in the audience that can't relate to at least one person in this particular dysfunctional family.
As my wife is fond of saying... "the opposite of dysfunction is dysfunction." And this family is functional dysfunction personified.
If you can't make it to the Big Apple anytime soon, then check it out as it will soon go on tour at a theater near you.
This is true art... go see it.
