The Prisoner of Second Avenue
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 13, 2010
Closed Sep 25, 2010
Opened Jul 13, 2010
Closed Sep 25, 2010
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Jeff Goldblum and Mercedes Ruehl star in the West End revival of Neil Simon's award-winning comedy The Prisoner of Second Avenue. Terry Johnson directs the production for The Old Vic Theatre Company.
Set in the 1970's, the black comedy depicts a New York couple, Mel (Goldblum) and Edna Edison (Ruehl), enduring the trials and tribulations of city life. Mel is made redundant and the stress of an economic crisis and urban life pushes him into having a nervous breakdown. The family gathers to offer support, with Edna stoically bearing the burden of his disintegration and self-pity.
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At first glance, it's easy to see why the Old Vic chose Neil Simon's 1971 comedy The Prisoner of Second Avenue for its first foray into the West End. After all, the issues dealt with by the play feel quite current: the uneasy economic climate, the threat of redundancy, the undercurrent of financial anxiety.
Unfortunately, what may have felt daring and edgy when the play was originally staged now feels tired and surprisingly lacking in insight. The play shines little light on what it really means to become unemployed in middle age and is rather awkward in its handling of mental collapse.
Moreover, despite the top-flight work of stars Jeff Goldblum and Mercedes Ruehl,
the rather stiff and[...]