The Other Place
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 11, 2011
Closed May 1, 2011
Opened Mar 11, 2011
Closed May 1, 2011
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Running Time:
1hr. 40min.
1hr. 40min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Hot off a string of hits in Seattle, Chicago, and L.A., fast-rising playwright Sharr White (Sunlight, Six Years) makes his New York debut with MCC Theater's production of this volatile and emotional thriller.
Just as Juliana Smithton's (Laurie Metcalf) research leads to a potential breakthrough in neurological medicine, her life takes a disorienting turn. During a lecture to colleagues at an exclusive beach resort, she glimpses an enigmatic young woman in a yellow bikini amidst the crowd of business suits. One step at a time, a mystery unravels as contradictory evidence, blurred truth and fragmented memories collide in a cottage on the windswept shores of Cape Cod.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
RE:Bravo Laurie Metcalf! Don't Miss It!
This play is a splendidly complex work, part psychological thriller and part a depiction of the neurological breakdown of an unsuspecting and otherwise strong and competent woman. Laurie Metcalf really steals the show in her star turn as Juliana, a juicy role that gives her an opportunity to change her persona, chameleon-like, from moment to moment. She is sensitive and feeling in one scene, angry, jealous and paranoid in another, bitter, sarcastic and sardonic in yet a third; her personality and mood changes are dramatically effective and the stuff of which great theatre is made. It is worth seeing the play for her performance alone.
I have posted an expanded review of this play and of several other plays on my blog www.aseatontheaisle.blogspot.com.
Reviewed by alansshows
on Sunday, Apr 24th, 2011
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Promising playwright Sharr White is keeping top-notch company with his Off-Broadway debut, The Other Place, now receiving its world premiere via MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in a production directed by Tony winner Joe Mantello and starring Emmy Award winner and stage veteran Laurie Metcalf.
The actress gives a splendid performance as Julianna Smithton, a research scientist whose own neurological problems toss her into a tempest of her own mind. It's a potent premise that unfolds admirably in the first half of this 75-minute drama, but spins off its axis as it heads toward its denouement.
Juliana is a tough middle-aged researcher who becomes mentally unglued during a conference[...]