![]() Directed anonymously by James Naughton, the production glides over the play’s deep emotional currents glibly, too often falling into the trap of sepia-toned folksiness that is always dangerously close at hand in Wilder’s affectionate portrait of daily life in turn-of-the-(last)-century Grover’s Corners, N.H.ĭepicting the trivial minutiae of his characters’ discourse - the friendly chat with the milkman, the gossip over the back fence, the schoolyard flirtation - Wilder subtly evokes the larger impulses that move beneath the surface of everyday life: the striving for love, the fear of death, the comfort in company, the persistence of loneliness. An import from the Westport Country Playhouse, where Newman’s wife, Joanne Woodward, is artistic director, it never shakes the shadow of summer stock clinging to its heels. Also inescapable, alas, is the gradual revelation that the stardust Newman casually trails across the stage - virtually despite himself - is all that glitters in this modest, mediocre production. ![]()
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