Marie and Bruce

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Marisa deserved better!
Although I am a huge Marisa Tomei fan..I was felt the play was very boring and lacked a good story line. I was very disappointed,

Reviewed by Nor3805 on Friday, Apr 8th, 2011

RE:A Boring Play Not Worthy of Marisa Tomei's Talents
The play itself is banal and boring, a one note composition focusing on the relationship between Bruce Frank Whaley, a narcissistic,thick-skinned lout and Marie Marisa Tomei, his dysfunctional, foul mouthed wife. And the play?s unrealized pretensions to existential insights are just plain embarrassing. Marisa Tomei does as well as might be expected with the role she has been given but the role itself isn?t much. Probably the best performance in the play is that turned in by Frank Whaley as Bruce, who milks his role for all its worth. Similarly, Adam Trese provides a fine performance as Marie?s and Bruce?s friend Frank, their dinner party host. But notwithstanding Tomei?s, Whaley?s and Trese?s performances, the play really wasn?t worth reviving in the first place and you won?t be missing much if you skip it. I have posted an expanded review of this play and reviews of several other plays on my blog www.aseatontheaisle.blogspot.com.

Reviewed by alansshows on Wednesday, Apr 6th, 2011